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The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said a total of 91 people had tested positive for the new coronavirus after they were released from quarantine. KCDC Director-General Jeong Eun-kyeong said a viral test on such cases was under way, with the results expected at least two weeks …

The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has repatriated 997 Americans. The move was to reunite them with their families and friends during this time of unprecedented challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. From April 6-8, three U.S. Consulate-organized chartered flights operated by Delta Air Lines and Ethiopian Airlines repatriated 850 American …

A 107-year old Dutch woman has recovered from the coronavirus, probably becoming the oldest survivor of the pandemic in the world. Cornelia Ras fell ill on March 17, the day after her 107th birthday, Dutch newspaper AD reported, after attending a church service with other residents of her nursing home on …

The United States surpassed Spain’s coronavirus death toll late Wednesday night, according to the latest figures gathered by Johns Hopkins University, putting it in second place behind Italy, which still leads the globe in fatalities. The lethal virus has killed 14,817 patients in the US, the new data shows, edging …

Pakistan army Thursday shot down a small Indian surveillance drone in Kashmir, as tensions rose over continued cross-border shelling in the disputed territory. According to a statement from the army media wing, the Indian quadcopter – about the same size as a commercially available hobby drone – had crossed 600m …

As the world’s fifth largest economy faces the worst economic hit since World War Two and the state has had to rapidly ramp up state spending, the government said it had expanded its overdraft with the Bank of England. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent a third night in intensive care …

Somalia on Wednesday reported its first death of a patient suffering from COVID-19 and also said transmission was occurring among people who had no history of foreign travel. Though the Horn of Africa country officially has just 12 positive cases, Wednesday’s announcement highlights concerns that the coronavirus may in fact …

Five Nigerians have tested positive for coronavirus in China, according to Dailymail.co.uk. Four of them had recently visited the same eatery, ‘Emma Food’, multiple times, announced the Guangzhou Health Commission on Tuesday. The restaurant owner, alongside her daughter and another child, later tested positive for the contagion. Wuhan, the former epicentre, …

United States presidential aspirant, Sen. Bernie Sanders, has suspended his campaign for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the November election. “Today I am suspending my campaign. But while the campaign ends, the struggle for justice continues ”, the 78-year-old Vermont lawmaker said in a tweet on Wednesday. Today I am …

Recall that Delta Air Lines from the United States on Tuesday afternoon evacuated 200 Americans at the airport in continuation of the exercise. Another evacuation was also done on Monday by the United States of America government using Ethiopian Airlines that flew the evacuees directly from Lagos Airport to Washington …