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US COVID-19 death toll crosses 20,000, now world’s highest

Daily Dispatch April 11, 2020

The US death toll in the coronavirus outbreak topped 20,000 on Saturday, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. The outbreak has now claimed the lives of at least 20,071 people in the US, which also leads the world in the number of confirmed infections with 519,453, by the

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COVID-19: New York City To Keep Schools Closed Till End Of 2020, As Politicians Squabble

Daily Dispatch April 11, 2020

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Saturday that public schools in the city would remain closed to the end of the school year as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage, but the state’s governor later said the decision was up to him. “There is nothing easy about this decision,” the mayor said at a […]

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Breaking: UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson moved out of ICU

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2020

United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has been moved out of Intensive Care Unit, ICU, after his health improved. A spokesman for the UK prime minister said: “The prime minister has been moved this evening from intensive care back to the ward, where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery.” […]

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Breaking:Mexican mayor shot dead by gang members after he blocked road to his town to prevent coronavirus

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2020

A Mexican mayor has been shot dead by gangs after he blocked roads to his town to stop the spread of coronavirus, local media say. Obed Duron Gomez, the Mayor of Mahahual was reportedly shot whilst travelling to the community of Xcalak, in the southern Mexican state of Quintana Roo. He was travelling in a […]

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Five Nigerians test positive for coronavirus in China

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2020

Five Nigerians have tested positive for coronavirus in China, according to Dailymail.co.uk. Four of them had recently visited the same eatery, ‘Emma Food’, multiple times, announced the Guangzhou Health Commission on Tuesday. The restaurant owner, alongside her daughter and another child, later tested positive for the contagion. Wuhan, the former epicentre, on

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U.S to citizens leaving Nigeria over COVID-19: You will be responsible for your medical bills

Daily Dispatch April 6, 2020

The United States of America on Sunday said its nationals leaving Nigeria amid the coronavirus pandemic will be responsible for their medical bills. In a statement on its website on Sunday, the US noted that its hospitals are “overwhelmed” and there are shortages of basic supplies across the country. The statement also noted that two […]