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mIn this March 2020 photo provided by Gilead Sciences, rubber stoppers are placed onto filled vials of the investigational drug remdesivir at a Gilead manufacturing site in the United States.AP A Gilead Sciences antiviral drug is reportedly showing promise for treatment of the coronavirus. Remdesivir is causing “rapid recoveries in fever and respiratory symptoms, with nearly […]

A worker in a protective suit collects a swab from a construction worker for nucleic acid test in Wuhan, Hubei province, on April 7, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] The city of Wuhan has recently conducted more than 270,000 nucleic acid tests, among which 182 were found to be cases carrying the novel coronavirus but showing no symptoms, […]

2.6 million IDPs[1] amongst those at highest risk and more than 1.3 million children already missing out on education due to closure of schools. On 16th March, 2020, Somalia recorded its first case of coronavirus.  Somalia comes top of the INFORM Global Risk Index with a vulnerability score of 8.9 out of 10. This makes it the country with […]

A member of a privately funded nongovernmental organization fumigates and disinfects streets and the stalls at Parklands City Park Market to help curb the spread of COVID-19, Nairobi, Kenya, April 15, 2020. (AFP Photo)  Without adequate intervention measures, estimates show that between 300,000 and 3.3 million African people could lose their lives due to the […]

US President Donald Trump at a White House briefing April 17, 2020 © Leah Millis, Reuters  The U.S. coronavirus crisis took a sharp political turn on Friday as President Donald Trump lashed out at four Democratic governors over their handling of the pandemic after having conceded that states bear ultimate control of restrictions to contain the outbreak.  The Republican […]

A man reacts as a medical staffer tests shoppers who volunteered at a pop-up community COVID-19 testing station at a supermarket car park in Christchurch, New Zealand   –   Copyright  Mark Baker/AP Photos  Still confused about when and how to wear masks? What is hydroxycholoroquine? And can you have COVID-19 twice? There’s a lot of confusion about COVID-19 right […]

Journalist Abdimalik Muse Oldon remains in Hargeisa jail for one year today after he was arrested on 17 April, 2019. (Photo credit: Courtesy/HO). NAIROBI – Amnesty International is calling on the Somaliland authorities to immediately and unconditionally release detained journalist Abdimalik Muse Oldon who was arrested and arbitrarily detained a year ago today for exercising […]

Workers move a coffin of a COVID-19 victim to a burial site at a cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 15, 2020. (AFP Photo)  China acknowledged Friday that the coronavirus death toll for the epicenter of Wuhan was 50% higher than previously reported – a major revision that highlights just how seriously current numbers on infections […]

Director-General of the NCDC, Dr.Chikwe Ihekweazu ‘Disease will reach every state in Nigeria’ Confusion and fear held sway yesterday in Kano as the government and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) presented conflicting figures on the coronavirus disease cases in the state. At 10:25 a.m. on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health announced nine confirmed […]

German Health Minister Jens Spahn speaks during a press conference with the head of the Robert Koch Institute. Photo: AFP The coronavirus epidemic in Germany is “again under control” thanks to a month of lockdown imposed after an early surge in cases, Health Minister Jens Spahn said Friday, adding that the country would make tens […]