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Coronavirus: NANTA gets 4.9 percent share of N5 billion funds, warns against further lockdown

InterNewsCast12th January 2021

by InterNewsCast12th January 2021028

The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) has received about N196 million out of N5bn given to the aviation industry as Covid-19 Palliative to...

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South African minister tests positive for coronavirus

InterNewsCast12th January 2021

by InterNewsCast12th January 2021042

South Africa’s Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu has become the fourth member of the executive to test positive for coronavirus. Mr Mthembu was tested...

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South Africa blasts tourists for defying coronavirus beach ban

InterNewsCast6th January 2021

by InterNewsCast6th January 2021028

South Africa’s Police Minister Bheki Cele has accused mostly European tourists of defying a ban on going to beaches along the famous Garden Route. The...

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Africa’s second coronavirus wave ‘more aggressive’

InterNewsCast6th January 2021

by InterNewsCast6th January 2021022

The second wave of coronavirus hitting Africa is “more aggressive” than the first, according to the head of the African Centres for Disease Control (CDC),...

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Egypt to probe four coronavirus deaths due to alleged lack of oxygen

InterNewsCast3rd January 2021

by InterNewsCast3rd January 2021037

Egyptian prosecutors opened an investigation into the deaths on Sunday of at least four coronavirus patients at a public Egyptian hospital, after a video of...

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Virologist: Coronavirus vaccines not 100% solution

InterNewsCast31st December 2020

by InterNewsCast31st December 2020017

A Virologist, Dr. Sebastian Eugene Arthur, has said that vaccines are not medicines that will cure the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Arthur, speaking in an...

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South Africa tightens restrictions amid surge in coronavirus cases

InterNewsCast29th December 2020

by InterNewsCast29th December 2020044

South Africa has announced tighter restrictions once again to combat the increase in coronavirus infections driven by a faster-spreading new variant. Among other restrictions announced...

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Germany extends entry ban on Britons, South Africans over new coronavirus strain

InterNewsCast22nd December 2020

by InterNewsCast22nd December 2020034

Germany on Tuesday extended a ban on arrivals from Britain and South Africa until January 6 after a new more infectious coronavirus strain appeared in...

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On Congo’s muddy trails, lessons for a global coronavirus vaccine rollout

InterNewsCast22nd December 2020

by InterNewsCast22nd December 2020026

When Ebola hit the city of Mbandaka in northwest Congo in 2018, health officials had to act fast – the city was connected via regular...

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Coronavirus: Five countries block flights from South Africa

InterNewsCast21st December 2020

by InterNewsCast21st December 2020015

Five countries on Monday announced that they have banned flights from South Africa following the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus. South African...