South Africa has 2028 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (C2OVID-19), with 25 deaths
The threat came knocking on the country’s western border with Iran, when thousands of panicked Afghan refugees started returning, voluntarily or otherwise, with evident symptoms of the COVID-19 disease
Tribert Chishanyu, president of Zimbabwe Traditional Practitioners Association, said his organization was happy that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is allowing herbalists to treat coronavirus-positive Zimbabweans
Hundreds of thousands of African families depend on money sent home by relatives working in North America, Europe and elsewhere. The safety net for millions of people is now threatened, and some families fear for the worst
Bangladeshi authorities meanwhile on Thursday confirmed 112 new cases of the pneumonia-like disease and one death from it. That took the national tally to 330 cases and 21 deaths since the first case was detected in the country of 165 million people early last month
She talked about her friends and family, how uncomfortable it is to wear a mask, and the deaths of coronavirus patients, as well as poking fun at her nationalist critics who crowded onto Maoist patforms to criticize her
In recent days, thousands of prisoners in at least eight prisons around the country have staged protests over fears of contracting the coronavirus, sparking deadly responses from prison officers and security forces
South Africa is the most affected state on the continent, with 1505 cases of contagion and 9 deaths. The lock-down imposed by the executive is total with the army lined up in the streets and very tight measures. The Church faithfully follows government guidelines. “The Bishops have declared that the masses and the liturgical celebrations will not be public under any circumstances”
According to the state controlled Herald newspaper, Mnangagwa said, “I cannot tell you whether at the end of 21 days we will extend the lockdown or not. Let’s observe lockdown measures and prevent the spread of the virus.”
Ghoji Abdullahajim Hotan, 55, died at 10:00 a.m. at the VM Medical Park Maltepe Hastanesi in Istanbul, Turkey, where he had lived with his wife Mahpiret and their four children since relocating in 1992 from Hotan (in Chinese, Hetian) prefecture, in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region