PARIS, (Reuters) – The World Health Organization is worried by the community spread of the new coronavirus in a significant number of West African countries, the regional head of the organization said today.
Ranks of the Guyana Police Force yesterday at about 8.30 pm recaptured one of the recent Lusignan Prison escapees in the cane fields aback of Beterverwagting Sideline Dam, ECD.,
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian actor Rishi Kapoor, who starred in celebrated movies such as “Bobby” and “Mera Naam Joker” made by the Bollywood film industry, died on Thursday after a two-year battle with leukemia, his family said.
De facto Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence this afternoon said that the number of persons positive for COVID-19 has risen to 78 from yesterday’s 75.
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has written the National Coronavirus Task Force (NCTF) calling for urgent relief measures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic including income tax relief for employees in vulnerable sectors and the removal of VAT on all food items.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – Some 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy, representing nearly half of the global labour force, are in immediate danger of losing their livelihoods due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said today.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Irrfan Khan, an Indian actor who brought versatility and style to recent hit films and had roles in Hollywood movies such as “Life of Pi” and “The Namesake”, died on Wednesday, aged 54.
FREETOWN, (Reuters) – Smoke billowed from the central prison in Sierra Leone’s capital and gunfire could be heard from nearby streets today after a riot broke out following the confirmation of a coronavirus case there, a Reuters reporter said.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Millions of Americans who have been thrown out of work during the coronavirus pandemic have been unable to register for unemployment benefits since the U.S.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – It is too early to consider lifting Japan’s state of emergency over the novel coronavirus, the head of a powerful physicians’ lobby said today, adding Tokyo would find it tough to host next year’s Olympics without an effective vaccine.
GECOM today said that CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque has dispatched a letter to the Chairman of the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) indicating that:
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An engineer of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Saturday succumbed to his injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident on the Herstelling Public Road, East Bank Demerara.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina has banned until September ticket sales for commercial flights, according to a decree published today, in a new measure the government said is part of its coronavirus response.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The shuttering of the U.S. economy due to the coronavirus pandemic is a shock of historic proportions that likely will push the national unemployment rate to 16% or higher this month and require more stimulus to ensure a strong rebound, a White House economic adviser said on Sunday.
SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Singapore is rapidly building bed space for coronavirus patients in cavernous exhibition halls and other temporary facilities as it faces a surge in cases, mainly among its large community of low-paid migrant workers.
MADRID, (Reuters) – On foot and with bicycles, skateboards and scooters, Spanish children went outside at last today, emerging from their homes for the first time after six long weeks of living under one of Europe’s strictest coronavirus lockdowns.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba sent 216 healthcare workers to South Africa on Saturday, the latest of more than 20 medical brigades it has sent worldwide to combat the coronavirus pandemic, in what some call socialist solidarity and others medical diplomacy.