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1, April 2020
Coronavirus: Discipline Courage will take us through the Pandemic 0
The world is facing a colossal crisis. Its biggest crisis in living memory and the future is bleak. The health and economic consequences are seismic. More than 41,494 people have died so far and these numbers are growing daily and alarmingly according to figures released by Johns Hopkins University. The experts say the peak of […]
31, March 2020
Former Olympique de Marseille president Pape Diouf dies of coronavirus aged 68 0
He is the latest victim of the coronavirus outbreak. The former president of Olympique de Marseille (OM) Pape Diouf died after being hit by Covid-19. His death has been confirmed by RTS, Senegal’s public television channel. He was 68 years old. Hospitalized in Dakar, where he was under respiratory assistance, Pape Diouf was to be […]
31, March 2020
Batons, bullying and handcuffs mar Africa’s virus shutdowns 0
Soldiers tower over youngsters in South Africa’s Soweto township, forcing them to do push-ups and roll on the floor as punishment for not adhering to a lockdown meant to halt the spread of coronavirus. Caught on camera and circulated on social media, they added to a string of videos purporting to show violence by security […]
31, March 2020
Cardinal Vicar of Rome tests positive for coronavirus 0
Pope Francis’ Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome, Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Monday after testing positive for Covid-19. The Cardinal is running a fever, but his general condition is currently good, and he has begun antiviral therapy. Cardinal De Donatis, following procedures in place to halt the spread […]
31, March 2020
Coronavirus: France reports record 499 deaths in a day, total death toll of 3,523 0
French health authorities reported a record 499 new deaths from coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the total to 3,523, an increase of 17 percent in the past 24 hours. It was the third consecutive day that the rate of deaths accelerated in France, which is now in its third week of lockdown to try to slow […]
31, March 2020
Coronavirus and the forgotten people of Sub-Saharan Africa 0
Donald Trump indicated that keeping the US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic to 100,000 would be a very good job. Prof. Stephen Powis, national medical director of NHS England stated that if the UK kept its death toll below 20,000, the country would have done very well. From these frightening figures, Cameroon Concord News Group presupposes […]
31, March 2020
Spain reports its highest daily coronavirus toll, with 849 new deaths 0
Once again, Spain hit a new record with 849 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours on Tuesday although health chiefs said the rate of new infections was continuing its downward trend. After Italy, Spain has suffered the world’s second most deadly outbreak which has now claimed 8,189 lives there. The latest figures came a day after […]
31, March 2020
Congo’s ex-President dies of COVID-19 0
A former president of the Republic of Congo has died after contracting coronavirus. Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango is reported to have died at the age of 81 in a Paris hospital. His family confirmed that he had underlying health conditions before contracting the virus. He served as president and Prime Minister in the Central African country. […]
31, March 2020
Lagos in lockdown as Africa virus closures spread 0
Africa’s largest city Lagos was deserted Tuesday after Nigeria locked down its economic hub and shuttered its capital, in the continent’s latest effort to brake the juggernaut of coronavirus. Businesses were closed, markets abandoned and streets empty as the usually chaotic megacity of 20 million, along with the capital Abuja, shuddered to a halt on […]
1, April 2020
Yaounde reports 51 new coronavirus infections 0
by soter • Headline News, Health, Life
Cameroon has registered 51 new infections of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 193, Cameroonian Minister of Public Health Manaouda Malachie said in a tweet Tuesday morning. According to the minister, these 51 new cases were diagnosed out of a total of 94 travelers quarantined in hotels in Yaounde, the Cameroonian capital. Twenty-four of […]