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Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that he fears a ”genocide” in Brazil due to the ”callousness” of current President Jair Bolsonaro. He accused Bolsonaro of steering Brazil toward “chaos” with his calls to reopen the economy despite the country emerging as one of those hardest hit by the new coronavirus […]
Saudi Arabia is tripling its value added tax (VAT) as part of austerity measures to support its coronavirus-hit economy. The government in Riyadh also said it will suspend its cost of living allowance to shore up state finances. The oil-rich nation has seen its income plummet as the impact of the pandemic has forced down […]
A further 3.2 million Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as the economic toll from the coronavirus pandemic continued to mount. The new applications brought the total number of jobless claims since mid-March to 33.3 million- or about 20% of the US workforce. The number of new claims reported each week by the Department of […]
Goats and pawpaw (cheese) have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus in Tanzania. As a result, the country’s President John Magufuli dismissed the testing kits as ”faulty”. The COVID-19 testing kits had been imported from abroad, the President said during an event in Chato in the north west of Tanzania, although he did not give […]
Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday announced the extension of the lockdown till June 1. PM Lee in a televised address to the nation said that aim was to bring down the number of coronavirus cases in the community “decisively” and to ensure that “leakages” do not occur. “To achieve these two objectives, we […]
The governor of the Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya is facing backlash after he included bottles of cognac (high quality brandy) in coronavirus care packages. Mike Sonko, the governor confirmed that the alcohol would be part of the COVID-19 care packages that were given to residents at a food donation site. He claimed that […]
Iran is rapidly expanding a major cemetery in Qom, the area worst hit by the country’s novel coronavirus outbreak, satellite images revealed. The country has reported at least 12,729 confirmed coronavirus cases and 611 deaths. The satellite images from March 1 and March 8, put out by Maxar Technologies, appear to show an increase in […]
The number of coronavirus patients in India has risen to 74 from 31 a week ago. The latest positive case of coronavirus in Leh adds to the two positive cases confirmed already in the region. Zakir Hussain was confirmed positive of coronavirus. Zakir Hussain hails from a village in Leh and is a son of […]
The rapidly spreading coronavirus has reached over 100 countries and has set people in a panic mode. In order to prevent themselves from the virus, people are rushing to buy sanitizers and masks to stockpile at home. As the medical stores are running out of face masks and hand sanitizers, people have resorted to stealing […]
Barcelona’s Champions League last-16 second leg match with Napoli scheduled for March 18 will take place without spectators due to fears over the spread of the coronavirus, a club spokesman said on Tuesday. The match will take place at Camp Nou after a 1-1 draw in Napoli, but no supporters will be allowed to enter […]
The head of the religious sect that has been at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea has apologised to the nation for the disease’s spread. Lee Man-hee, the leader of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, got on his knees and bowed at a news conference. About 60% of the country’s more than […]
The United States has reported four new apparent cases of the novel coronavirus, raising concerns that it is spreading through West Coast communities. Authorities said three of the cases – an older Northern California woman with chronic health conditions, a high school student in Everett, Washington, and an employee at a Portland, Oregon-area school – […]