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The Ministry of the Presidency says it wishes to inform the public that President David Granger is not afflicted with the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and is enjoying good health.

The authorities tonight confirmed that a fourth person has died after being infected by the COVID-19 virus.

Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence today announced that seven additional coronavirus cases have been recorded in Guyana overnight, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 19 inclusive of 2 deaths.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Wimbledon championships were cancelled for the first time since World War Two today as the coronavirus pandemic struck another blue-riband sports event off the calendar and wiped out the entire tennis grasscourt season.

The three opposition-appointed members of GECOM have condemned the delay of a meeting today of the commission on the recount of votes following a request by the three government-appointed members to “study” the decision yesterday of the Full Court.

Attorney Anil Nandlall has condemned an apparent GECOM decision that the Full Court’s ruling yesterday clearing the way for a recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections will be studied today and a meeting which was to be held at 10 this morning will now be held tomorrow.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Losing your sense of smell and taste may be the best way to tell if you have COVID-19, according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by scientists in Britain and the United States to help monitor the coronavirus pandemic.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Stuart Young has announced that gatherings of more than five persons will not be allowed, as the Government moves to implemented stricter measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri this evening said that it will be closed until May 1st as part of measures against the coronavirus.

 (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic took a personal turn for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday as he disclosed that his brother, CNN television anchor Chris Cuomo, had tested positive for the disease caused by the virus.

The second patient who succumbed to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) this morning has been identified as the Executive Director of Reliance HealthCare, Jermaine Ifill.

The Full Court this morning ruled that the injunctions granted to APNU+AFC candidate Ulita Grace Moore to halt a recount of the votes cast at the March 2 polls and granted by Justice Franklyn Holder are null and void.

Status Hotel on Croal Street in a notice in today’s Stabroek News announced its closure until further notice over the COVID-19 pandemic.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – More equipment is needed to protect the world’s nurses working on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic to save lives, the head of the International Council of Nurses said.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Trump administration today offered to begin lifting Venezuela sanctions if the opposition and members of President Nicolas Maduro’s Socialist Party form an interim government without him, marking a shift in a U.S.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Social Protection has suspended visitation to the Palms Geriatric Facility on Brickdam and other old people’s homes.

Magistrate Renita Singh this morning discharged the murder charge against Marcus Brian Bisram at the Whim Magistrate’s Court.

 (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic and resulting plunge in crude prices will result in a leaner, stronger oil industry but raise the risk of shortages further down the line, Goldman Sachs analysts said today.

WUHAN, China,  (Reuters) – China reported a drop in new coronavirus infections for a fourth day as drastic curbs on international travellers reined in the number of imported cases, while policymakers turned their efforts to healing the world’s second-largest economy.

ATHENS,  (Reuters) – Manolis Glezos, a prominent Greek whose act of defiance against Nazi occupation during World War Two was a rallying cry for the country’s resistance movement, died on Monday, authorities said.