Senegal has reportedly developed one of the world's most affordable Coronavirus testing kits, which costs $1 each and $60 3D printed ventilators. A laboratory in Senegal used its AIDS and Ebola experience to develop a $1 COVID-19 testing kit and ventilators that cost just $60.
NHS issues urgent alert as children are being admitted to intensive care with a new Coronavirus-related 'inflammatory syndrome' (photo)
The National Health Service (NHS) has been issued an urgent alert about a spike in the number of children being admitted to intensive care with a Coronavirus-related condition. In an alert sent to GPs, health chiefs said: 'There is growing concern that a [COVID-19] related inflammatory syndrome is emerging in children in the UK.
Students wear social distancing headgears to class as schools resume in China (photos)
Life in China is now returning to normalcy since the outbreak of Coronavirus. With some schools slowly reopening after the long hiatus, one school in the city of Hangzhou have enforced social distancing by letting students wear DIY hats with 3-foot-long horizontal plumes.
Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for crimes committed by minors after 'effectively' abolishing flogging
Saudi Arabia is ending the death penalty for crimes committed by minors, the kingdom’s Human Rights Commission has announced. In a statement published on Sunday, president of the state-backed commission Awwad Alawwad said: “The decree helps us in establishing a more modern penal code.”
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson returns to work after recovering from Coronavirus
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson returned to work on Monday morning, after making full recovery from Coronavirus. In his first public statement since he was admitted to St Thomas’s Hospital in London on April 5, Boris said the U.K. was beginning to "turn the tide" on the virus.
UK Govt to give £60k life assurance payout to families of medics and care workers killed in Coronavirus line of duty
The UK government has announced that families of medics who tragically lost their own lives to Coronavirus while trying to save others will receive a £60,000 life assurance payout.
Coronavirus: 8000 Borussia fans pay for cardboard cutouts of themselves to fill stadium if league returns behind closed doors (photos)
Fans of the German club, Borussia Monchengladbach, ave paid for more than 8,000 cardboard cutouts of themselves to fill their stadium if the Bundesliga returns behind closed doors due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
First patients injected as UK begins Coronavirus vaccine trial
The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford. Two volunteers were injected out of more than 800 people recruited for the study. Elisa Granato (pictured above), a scientist, was the first volunteer to be injected and she said she volunteered because she wanted to try to support the scientific process.
Director Of Popular Cartoon “Tom And Jerry” Gene Deitch Dies At 95
Gene Deitch, popular cartoonist and director of Tom and Jerry has passed away at the age of 95. According to Metro UK, the Oscar-winning illustrator died on Thursday night at his apartment in Prague.
COVID19: Thousands of protesters shockingly take to the streets of Michigan and chant 'lock her up' after Governor Whitmer issues stay at home order (photos/video)
Shocking scenes played out in Michigan, the US as thousands of protesters took to the streets after Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Wednesday that she will be extending the state's strict 'stay at home' order.
Huawei want someone to travel the world while trying out their latest smartphone!
It's official. The new Huawei P30 Pro is the best-rated smartphone camera in the world and here's why it's simply glorious news.
Heartbreaking moment a mother killed her baby while fighting (Video)
A careless mother has been charged for murder after her baby fell and died, while she’s fighting. The South Georgia woman was therefore charged for murder for dropping her 3-month-old baby during a fight with another woman, leading to the baby’s death.
Popular Sports Photographer, Anthony Causi Dies Of Coronavirus At Age 48
Anthony Causi, a New York Post sports photographer, died on Sunday, April 12, from COVID-19 at North Shore University Hospital. Causi, is survived by his wife, Romina, and their children John, 5, and Mia, 2, as well as his parents, Lucille and John Causi, and sisters Maria Marangelli and Dianna Marotto.
Gospel Singer, BeBe Winans Reveals He, His Mother And Brother All Contracted COVID-19
54-year-old American gospel and R&B singer, BeBe Winans is on the road to recovery after contracting COVID-19. But touching on how contagious the novel coronavirus is, the Gospel singer also revealed that his brother was hospitalized due to the virus, and his mother also was infected.
Tyler Perry Gives Restaurant Staff $21,000 As Tips
Multiple award-winning American actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry whose birth name is Emmitt Perry Jr. have surprised many after he gave restaurant staff in Houston, Atlanta, a $21,000, as tips. According to a report by TMZ, on Sunday, April 5th, the “A Fall From Grace” producer gave each of the 42 workers at the restaurant a $500.
PHOTO: Chinese Man Born With Nine Toes Undergoes Surgery To Cut Off Four Of Them
21 years after leaving with a birth deformity, a Chinese man identified as Ajun has undergone surgery to correct nine toes on his left foot. The Chinese man has two smaller toes in a ‘v’ shape rather than a big toe and smaller digits sprouted out between his normal-sized toes in odd places.
Ajun who distanced himself from any social interaction owing to the deformity in his left foot disclosed he was too embarrassed to ask a girl on a date.“I stopped wearing sandals outside since my third year of primary school. I’ve never had a girlfriend because I’m so imperfect. I never thought I’d find anyone who wants to be with me, he said while describing his tough schooldays.
According to reports, he suffered for so long with the condition because of his parents’ stubborn belief that it was a ‘gift from the heavens’.It was learnt that Ajun’s superstitious parents did not correct the left foot surgically because a fortune-teller told them they were a good omen. Surgically, people with extra digits can be easily treated during childhood.
Ajun said: ‘They were superstitious, so they didn’t deal with it. They thought if it really looked too bad, I could just cover it with my shoes.’ Ajun was however determined to rid himself of the extra toes once he reached adulthood. Dr Wu Xiang, from Shunde Heping Surgical Hospital in Foshan, said: ‘It’s very rare to see such a serious deformity having not been treated in a 21-year-old patient.’ His team spent nine hours operating on Ajun, forging a new big toe and chopping off the extra ones. Dr Wu said: ‘Other hospitals would’ve just removed his outermost extra toes. ‘That would’ve been the easiest solution, but it wouldn’t look the best.
‘His most natural-looking toe is on the outside, so we decided to migrate it inwards to its most ideal position, replacing his fifth digit and creating a new big toe.’ Polydactyly is the scientific name for having extra digits on hands and feet. Affecting one in every 700 to 1,000 worldwide, it occurs during the sixth or seventh week of pregnancy, where a foetus’ ‘paddle hands and feet’ divide into fingers and toes.
Peru Police Arrest Chinese Man For Illegal COVID-19 Testing With Stolen Kits
A Chinese citizen has been arrested by Police in Peru on Sunday for illegally conducting rapid COVID-19 tests on the public with newly-delivered kits stolen from Peru’s health ministry. According to the Police, 36-year-old suspect identified as Tianxing Zhang was arrested in the Brena district of Lima as he was about to take samples from two women at the door of their house, police said.
We’ll not allow China maltreat Nigerians - Gbajabiamila tells Chinese Ambassador
Speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has decried the maltreatment Nigerians living in China are subjected to. Gbajabiamila who had a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria Zhou Pingjian today April 10, confronted him with a protest video in which a Nigerian was seen challenging Chinese officials over the maltreatment.
Coronavirus: “Dead Bodies Will Litter Streets In Africa”, Bill Gates’ Wife Warns
While speaking on the effect of novel Coronavirus on the third world countries, American philanthropist, Melinda Gates, who is also the wife of billionaire Bill Gates, has warned that if the world does not act fast enough, then there will be dead bodies all over the streets of Africa due to the coronavirus pandemic.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson discharged from hospital after being treated for Coronavirus
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital after being treated for Coronavirus. A No 10 Downing Street spokesman said Sunday that: "The PM has been discharged from hospital to continue his recovery, at Chequers," he said.
US becomes the first country to mark 2,000 Coronavirus deaths in 24 hours with 500,000 cases
The US on Friday, became the first country in the world to record 2,000 deaths in 24 hours making it the deadliest day from the Coronavirus pandemic any country has so far seen.
Five of Africa’s biggest ethnic groups that are truly transnational
Colonization did not allow African nations to organically form and take on identities symptomatic of a peoples’ values and history. European politicians, having arrogated to themselves the right to split the continent, also determined the future of nations in Africa. The Berlin Conference of 135 years ago set Africans on an irreversible path.
New York Now Epicentre of Covid-19; See as Bodies are being buried in a mass grave
New York is now the epicentre of the world after the state recorded more Coronavirus infections than any country apart from the United States. The number of confirmed cases in New York state increased to 159,937 after 10,000 new infections were recorded in 24 hours. In comparison, Spain has over 152,000 cases while Italy has more than 142,000. China, which is where the Coronavirus first broke out currently has nearly 83,000 infections.
TOP 8 BEAUTIFUL DOGS IN THE WORLD
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Pomeranian is a terribly active, conformable and are an extremely popular dog with its qualities and popular within the world. It comes during a wide selection of colours together with orange, lavender, sable, brindle, merle, red, chocolate and cream.
Remembering Latunde Odeku; first Black African neurosurgeon trained in the U.S.
Latunde Odeku was the first African-American neurosurgeon trained in the United States and Africa’s first neurosurgeon. Born Emmanuel Olatunde Alaba Olanrewaju Odeku on June 29, 1927, in Lagos, Nigeria, Odeku received his M.D. from the Howard University College of Medicine in 1954. The son of a Baptist deacon, Odeku obtained his preliminary education in Lagos, Nigeria, attending St. John’s School, Aroloya and later proceeded to the Methodist Boys’ High School where he took and passed the London Matriculation Examination in 1945. Odeku moved to the United States in 1947, where he would receive his undergraduate and professional medical education, graduating from Howard University with a B.S. degree in zoology in 1950.
What Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. wrote about his son’s assassination.
legendary civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., until he was fatally shot on this day in 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, was a preacher who used the tactics of nonviolence and civil disobedience to fight for equality and justice. At 6:05 P.M. on Thursday, April 4, 1968, King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He had come to lead a peaceful march in support of striking sanitation workers. News of King’s death sparked racial violence, leading to the death of more than 40 people nationwide.
Zimbabwe approves herbal treatment for COVID-19
Could herbal treatment be the answer to the deadly coronavirus? The government of Zimbabwe believes so. In recent years, the treatments and remedies used in traditional African medicine have gained more appreciation from researchers in science. In Zimbabwe, the government has authorized herbalists to treat coronavirus patients. However, medical experts have urged the government to stick to WHO guidelines on how to contain the virus.
Ugandan ‘Housemaids’ Flown Home After Being ‘Trafficked’ in Saudi Arabia
A group of Ugandan women were flown out of Saudi Arabia this week by their government and returned home, after being victims of human trafficking, reports the BBC. Seven women who thought they were relocating to Saudi Arabia for work as housemaids ended up in a shelter in the city of Riyadh because they lacked the funds to pay for their flights back home.
‘We’re sleeping outside’ – China evicts Africans from apartments over coronavirus
Chinese officials have started evicting hundreds of African residents and businessmen from hotels and apartments as they are being accused of having the novel coronavirus. The Africans say they are just being targeted under the guise of a testing campaign for the global pandemic also known as COVID-19. Some of them alleged that they have been placed under forced quarantine without being told about the results of their tests.
Michelle Obama; the baby who became the first African-American First Lady
With Barack Obama becoming the 44th President of the United States, his wife Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama became the first African-American First Lady.
15 Of The Most Incredible Discoveries Made By Divers
Temple Of Doom (Cenote Esqueleto)
Looking a little like a skull, Mexico’s “Temple of Doom”, aka Cenote Esqueleto, is an apt name as one of the most hazardous and intricate dive sites in the world. This cenote is incredibly dark, disorientating and dangerous.
French doctor apologizes after asking for new Coronavirus drug to be tested in Africa
Jean-Paul Mira, the French doctor who alongside his colleague Camille Locht asked for a new Coronavirus drug to be tested in Africa, has apologized after their statement triggered worldwide outrage.
Nigerian Coronavirus patient 'savagely bites a nurse's face in China as she tried to stop him running away from quarantine' (Photos/Video)
A Nigerian Coronavirus patient has been detained in China for allegedly attacking and biting a Chinese nurse as he attempted to escape from isolation. The man identified as Okonkwonwoye Chika Patrick, 47, reportedly beat up the nurse after she stopped him from leaving his quarantine ward at a hospital in Guangzhou on Wednesday, April 1.
Dog company asks for £1million donation to help train dogs to 'smell Coronavirus'
A dog training company, Medical Detection Dogs, which does pioneering work in cancer research and diabetes detection has opened a fundraising page to ask for £1million so it can train dogs to learn the smell of COVID-19, thereby reducing the number of people who have to use test kits.
Africa is not a testing lab - Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto'o slam French Doctors who asked for new Coronavirus drug to be tested in Africa.
Ivorian football legend, Didier Drogba and Cameroonian football legend, Samuel Eto'o have joined other Africans in calling out two French Doctors who asked for the new Coronavirus drug to be tested in Africa. It was reported earlier that Jean-Paul Mira and Camille Locht who spoke on a live TV interview insisted that Africa is the best place to conduct such test as they recalled how an experimental treatment for AIDS was carried out in Africa.
Coronavirus: Indian couple name their newborn twins 'Corona' and 'Covid' (Photo)
An Indian couple have reportedly named their newborn twins ‘Corona’ and ‘Covid’ despite the havoc caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. The two words, ‘Corona’ and ‘Covid’ were derived from the Coronavirus (COVID-19), a deadly disease that broke out from Wuhan in China. The couple from Chhattisgarh who welcomed the twins during the ongoing coronavirus-enforced nationwide lockdown decided to name them ‘Corona’ and ‘Covid’ because the kids symbolise triumph over hardships.
Coronavirus: UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, hospitalized
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been hospitalized after showing persistent Coronavirus symptoms. The 55-year-old politician took to social media on March 27, to announce he tested positive for the novel COVID-19 and had been in self-isolation at his Downing Street residence for seven days.
French Doctors say potential new treatment for Coronavirus should be tested in Africa (video)
Two French doctors identified as Jean-Paul Mira and Camille Locht, have ignited outrage after being seen on a live Television advocating for the potential new treatment for Coronavirus to be tested in Africa. The French Doctors who insisted that Africa is the best place to conduct such a test for Coronavirus drugs recalled how an experimental treatment for AIDS was carried out in Africa.
Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar re-registers as a medical practitioner to help fight Coronavirus in Ireland
Ireland's Prime Minister has re-registered as a medical practitioner to help his country during the Coronavirus crisis. Varadkar worked as a doctor for seven years before leaving the profession to become a politician. His name was removed from the medical register in 2013.
Nine Nurses Working On The Same Maternity Ward Are All Pregnant.
Nine nurses who work in the same American hospital are due to give birth within a few weeks of one another. Coincidentally enough, all nine of the pregnant nurses work in the labour and delivery unit of their hospital.
Stop performing or face prison – Ugandan minister warns 7-year-old rapper.
A 7-year-old rapper in Uganda has been told to stop performing due to his tender age and concentrate on his education. The Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs, Nakiwala Kiyingi, on Tuesday, said that the country’s labour laws do not allow anyone under 18 to work.
Man Spikes Colleagues With LSD To 'Remove Negative Energy' From Workplace.
Negativity at work isn't unheard of. There are the early mornings, the fact you spend a lot of time with people you're forced to be around, and all the standard office politics and drama that can happen when it all builds up.
Gay People To Be Stoned To Death Under Horrific New Law In Brunei.
Terrifying new laws are set to be introduced to in Brunei which could see same-sex couples beaten or even stoned to death. As part of the raft of legal changes, those convicted of robbery or adultery in the small state could have their limbs cut off.
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