The City of Ekurhuleni closed the Duduza Clinic in Nigel, Gauteng, indefinitely after a nurse tested positive for Covid-19. According to mayoral spokesperson Phakamile Mbengashe, the facility and the surrounding area will be sanitised during the period of closure to kill any traces of the novel coronavirus on surfaces.The nurse had attended the prayer breakfast…
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New Orleans — Ellis Marsalis Jr., jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan that includes famed performer sons Wynton and Branford, has died after battling pneumonia brought by the new coronavirus, one of his sons said late Wednesday. He was 85. Ellis Marsalis III confirmed in a phone interview with The…
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Australia’s national science agency has begun testing potential coronavirus vaccines in what has been described as a critical milestone in the global fight against COVID-19.CSIRO scientists are performing the first stage of testing for two vaccine candidates at the agency’s high-containment biosecurity facility in Geelong.The pre-clinical trials, which are expected to take three months, will…
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Latest figures from Wednesday show 14 further deaths and 212 new cases In a statement released to The Irish Times on Tuesday evening, the HSE said testing centres had performed ‘in excess of 2,000 tests across the country’ on Tuesday. Photograph: RollingNews.ie
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In an exclusive interview with the "CBS Evening News," Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said governors will have the option of bringing in the National Guard to help enforce stay-at-home orders. Esper spoke to CBS News as more than 500 members of the military have tested positive for COVID-19, including at least 70 sailors on…
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RTÉ has learned that 242 asylum seekers, deemed vulnerable to Covid-19 and who require "cocooning", are being moved to new accommodation in Dublin, Cork and Galway. Yesterday it was announced that 650 additional beds had been secured in response to the crisis. Most of those identified in the first group to be relocated are moving…
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The first plane of critical medical supplies from the world’s largest producer, China, is to depart from Shanghai today (Australian Western Standard Time). Minderoo Foundation has arranged the charter of the Airbus A330, operated by China Eastern, that will touch down in Perth after a 10-hour flight. Aiming to resolve Australia’s extreme shortage of PPE…
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QUEENSLAND has recorded 40 new cases of the novel coronavirus overnight, taking the state’s total to 781 - an increase of just five per cent.It comes as a top Queensland police officer has admitted there is a great deal of confusion regulating social distancing in the community, preventing cops from fining people. But that hasn’t…
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An insightful documentary shown on RTÉ Two on Sunday night highlighted the plight of the pangolin, a shy, scaly animal found in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, which has the unfortunate title of the world's most trafficked mammal. A 2016 report by animal charity, WildAid, estimated that one million pangolins were taken from the wild in…
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Blues v Crusaders (Getty Images) New Zealand's top rugby players will share homemade videos on how they are coping during Covid-19 lockdown and keeping fit in a new show airing on Wednesday called "Isolation Nation".With the Super Rugby season in limbo, pay-TV broadcaster Sky Sport is desperate to provide fresh content for subscribers and worked…
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