LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The UK has the third-highest coronavirus death toll in the world after the British government published new figures Wednesday that include deaths outside of hospitals. After factoring in deaths in all settings such as care homes, the number of people in Britain who have died after testing positive for the virus has…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 3.8 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, meaning the coronavirus crisis has sidelined more than 30 million workers, new federal data show. That means 18.6 percent of the nation’s workforce — more people than the entire state of Texas — tried to collect unemployment checks in the…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Prime Minister Nuno Nabian of Guinea-Bissau and several other senior officials have tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the Lusa news agency reported on Wednesday. Nabian and at least three other members of his government are infected, Lusa quoted Health Minister Antonio Deuna as saying…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Nigeria centre for disease control, NCDC, has stated that coronavirus patients can recover with or without medicine. This statement was made by the DG of the NCDC, Mr Chikwe Ihekweazu on Wednesday during the daily Presidential taskforce briefing on COVID-19. The briefing which was closely monitored by NEWS DIRECT was…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS) -President Donald Trump called President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday and promised to help Nigeria fight the deadly coronavirus. He promised to send ventilators. “President Muhammadu Buhari had a phone conversation with the US President Donald Trump today, the two leaders discussed Nigeria’s efforts to defeat the COVID–19 Pandemic, and President Trump pledged…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS) The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said the use of non-medical face masks, which include self-made or commercial masks or face covers made of clothes, only reduce and not prevent spread of diseases. The agency in a statement said face masks made with cotton materials…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGRES)-Donald Trump said the US could demand a ‘substantial’ amount of money from China for coronavirus damages. ‘Germany’s looking at things, and we’re looking at things, and we’re talking about a lot more money than Germany’s talking about,’ he said Monday in a briefing Trump was asked whether he was considering seeking…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGRES)-No fewer than 700 people have died in Iran after ingesting toxic methanol, erroneously thinking it can cure the new coronavirus. The national coroner’s authority said that alcohol poisoning killed 728 Iranians between February 20 and April 7. Last year there were only 66 deaths from alcohol poisoning, according to the report….