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Africa: Pres. Weah, Others Chat On Economic Interventions During COVID-19 At UBA Africa Day 2020
The series, in its second year, brought together African and World leaders to discuss 'Domestic policies, regional development, and possible threats facing Africa's Global achievement of the SDGs amidst the COVID-19 pandemic amongst
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Coronavirus crisis is frightening for White folk, scarier still...
CNN Health reported on May 9, “Black Americans represent 13.4% of the U.S. population…but counties with higher Black populations account for more than half of all COVID-19 cases and almost 60% of the
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Pandemic Halts Vaccination for Nearly 80 Million Children | Afro
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Health organisations say children under one at risk of diseases amid COVID-19
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — Several health organisations are warning that children under the age of one in the Caribbean are at risk of contracting diseases like diphtheria, measles and polio because the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting life-saving immunisation
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Africa: COVID-19 - Caring for Care Workers
This 'invisible' work contributes over US$10.8 trillion a year to the global economy, and before COVID-19, women and girls provided 12.5 billion hours of free care work every
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World War Z 2 Release Date and Other Updates
If you are a fan of Brad Pitt’s 2013 hit movie World War Z, you are reading the correct
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US firm’s vaccine shows promise in first phase
A Covid-19 vaccine that has been developed by an American biotechnology company has been found to be safe and able to stimulate an immune response in the humans against the virus, its manufacturer, Moderna, announced on
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Tourism timeline - Stakeholders pressure Gov’t to set date for reopening ports
THE ANDREW Holness administration has come under immense pressure from the powerful and influential Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), which has called for a planned reopening date of the island’s borders for international and local
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Moderna: Early coronavirus vaccine results are encouraging
An experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers, its maker announced
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Fauci: Next few weeks critical to tamping down virus spikes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Tuesday — issuing a plea for people to avoid crowds and wear masks just hours before mask-shunning President Donald Trump was set to hold a campaign rally in one hot
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WRAP | Govt to appeal ruling against regulations, more on the tobacco saga
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Downplaying virus risk, Trump gets back to business as usual
Three months after President Donald Trump bowed to the realities of a pandemic that put big chunks of life on pause and killed more Americans than several major wars, Trump is back to business as usual — even as coronavirus cases are on the upswing in many parts of the
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Nigeria coronavirus: 17,148 cases; govt hails role of media
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American virus deaths at 100,000: What does a number mean? | The Atlanta Voice
Facing such massive death and challenges counting the dead, Americans started to realize that numbers and statistics represented more than knowledge; they contained power, according to historian Drew Gilpin
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Coronavirus Update: Black Churches Nationwide Are Losing Their Leaders to COVID-19
A recent ABC News analysis of coronavirus deaths found that many African American faith leaders have lost their
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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Private Sector, Labour Leaders Oppose Fresh Lockdown
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D.C. Reopening Plan Gets Mixed Reviews from Residents, Businesses
The DC ReOpen Advisory Group recently made recommendations to the Bowser administration on how the District should come back from its dormant economic and social activity amid the coronavirus pandemic and those ideas were met with mixed feelings among residents and business
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Fauci: Next few weeks critical to tamping down virus spikes
The next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Tuesday — issuing a plea for people to avoid crowds and wear masks just hours before mask-shunning President Donald Trump was set to address a crowd of his young supporters in one hot
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FACT CHECK | No, Nigeria has not found Covid-19 vaccine - but the hunt is on
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South Africa: How to Keep Safe in Supermarkets, Schools and On Public Transport
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Haiti, in the West Indies, occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. About the size of Maryland, Haiti is two-thirds mountainous, with the rest of the country marked by great valleys, extensive plateaus, and small
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Africa: WHO Urges Caution As Countries in Africa Ease Lockdowns
Many countries implemented lockdowns and key public health measures early and these appear to have helped slow down the spread of the
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WASHINGTON, DC, United States — Dr Anthony Fauci said if Americans don't start following public health recommendations US coronavirus cases could grow to 100,000
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Africa: U.S. - What Virus? COVID Who?
The United States is easing out of lockdown, but many citizens appear unaware of this as they flock to bars and restaurants in some
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Keep wearing masks. Masks save lives
In error, President Trump believes that if he no longer talks about the coronavirus, or fails to wear a mask, it may
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Black businesses reopen with caution due to coronavirus –
As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis eases stay-at-home restrictions to reopen the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, local businesses in the area are doing all they can to reopen under those
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China pledges to supply any Covid-19 vaccine to Africa first, free of charge
China has pledged to supply any vaccine against Coronavirus to African first free of
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Black People’s Fears Of Clinical Racism Must Be Addressed In COVID-19 Vaccine Trials, Experts Say
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Cameroon: The Imperative Response Measures
Pending the discovery of a vaccine that will help eradicate the virus, the government in its frantic effort put up 19 response measures that could attenuate the pain inflicted into the population in its entire dimension by the
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