Ecuador city resorts to using cardboard coffins
The authorities in Ecuador’s most populous city, Guayaquil, say they are handing out 4,000 cardboard coffins amid a shortage of traditional wooden…
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Spain Covid19 deaths drop again
The daily death toll in Spain has dropped for a fourth consecutive day. The number of new deaths announced by the government…
US to give India nearly $3m for coronavirus fight
The US government has announced a grant of £2.3m ($2.9m) to India to help its efforts against Covid-19. Kenneth Juster, the US…
Coronavirus: US accused of ‘piracy’ over mask ‘confiscation’
The US has been accused of redirecting 200,000 Germany-bound masks for its own use, in a move condemned as “modern piracy”. The…
Coronavirus: Trump to defy ‘voluntary’ advice for Americans to wear masks
US President Donald Trump has said he will not wear a face mask despite new medical guidance advising Americans to do so.…
Tomb Sweeping Festival: China pays ‘virtual’ respects to ancestors
People in China are paying their respects to dead ancestors digitally as the country continues to face the coronavirus outbreak. The Qingming…
COVID-19: Saving lives more paramount than saving jobs – WHO, IMF
The WHO and IMF chiefs insisted Friday that saving lives was a “prerequisite” to saving livelihoods in the coronavirus pandemic — a…
Rwandan soldiers accused of raping women during lockdown
Five Rwandan soldiers have been arrested after residents of a slum in the capital, Kigali, alleged that they raped women as they…
Coronavirus: Google reveals travel habits during the pandemic
Google is to publicly track people’s movements over the course of the coronavirus pandemic. The tech firm will publish details of the…
Malaysia’s indigenous inhabitants ‘flee into forests’
Malaysia’s indigenous inhabitants ‘flee into forests’ Indigenous people in Malaysia are fleeing into the country’s forests to avoid the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters…
Students in England to get their grades from teachers
Teachers in England will be asked to decide the grades they think pupils would have achieved in cancelled GCSE and A-level exams.…
Coronavirus: US set to recommend wearing of masks
The White House is expected soon to advise Americans living in coronavirus hotspots to wear cloth masks or scarves in public to…
Confirmed global Covid19 cases pass one million
More than a million cases of coronavirus have been registered globally, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University – another…
Four countries receive Covid-19 donations
A pan-African infrastructure and logistics solutions company has donated an assortment of equipment to four African countries aimed at fighting the coronavirus.…
Netherlands recall 600,000 coronavirus face imported from China
The Dutch government has recalled over half a million face masks it imported from China after discovering that they were faulty. The…
US ‘essential’ businesses include guns, golf, marijuana, and crafts
A majority of US states have issued some form of restrictions on businesses in an effort to combat the spread of Covid-19…