British Company Invents 10-Minute Coronavirus Antibody Test Which Costs Less Than N500
A British company behind a 10-minute coronavirus antibody test, which will cost about a $1, has begun sending prototypes to laboratories for validation, which could be a game-changer in the fight against the pandemic. Health technology firm Mologic, which created one of the first at-home pregnancy tests, is aiming for the test to be rolled out by as early as June if...
BREAKING: UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock Tests Positive For Coronavirus [VIDEO]
United Kingdom Health Secretary, Matt Hancock said he has tested positive for coronavirus. In a video posted on his Twitter, he confirmed he has Covid-19. It comes hours after Boris Johnson announced he too had tested positive for the virus. https://twitter.com/MattHancock/status/1243522325397622784?s=20 In a video on Twitter, the Prime Minister said he has "mild symptoms" and is self-isolating but says he will "continue to lead the...
COVID-19: China And US Must ‘Unite To Fight Virus’, President Xi Tells Trump
China and the United States should “unite to fight” the deadly coronavirus pandemic, President Xi Jinping said in a call with Donald Trump on Friday, as he called for the US to improve relations. The two countries have clashed in recent weeks over the virus, and Chinese state media said Xi told Trump he hoped the “US will take substantive...
Somali Football Legend Abdulkadir Mohamed Farah Dies Of Coronavirus
Somalia has tragically lost former footballer, Abdulkadir Mohamed Farah to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Somali Football Federation has confirmed. Farah passed away at a Northwest London Hospital on Tuesday (24 March 2020), after testing positive to the deadly virus last week. He was 59. SFF president, Abdiqani Said Arab, has commiserated with the bereaved family on the demise of Farah, who...
Coronavirus: UK Plans To Evacuate Britons In Nigeria
The United Kingdom is exploring flight options to evacuate its nationals willing to leave Nigeria The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms. Catriona Laing, disclosed this on Friday. She said the decision was necessitated by “the rapidly changing situation in the region and recent airport closures” over the coronavirus pandemic. The envoy, who said this in a statement on the UK High...
BREAKING: Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus. Mr. Johnson said he developed mild symptoms over the past 24 hours, including temperature and cough. He is self-isolating in Downing Street but said he will "continue to lead the government's response via video-conference as we fight this virus". Mr. Johnson was last seen on Thursday night, clapping outside No 10 as part...
37 Italian Doctors Have Died Of Coronavirus
Coronavirus crisis has killed 37 doctors in Italy, while more than 6,000 medical workers have been infected, it emerged today. Three more doctors died of coronavirus yesterday, in Bergamo, Foggia and Naples, the Italian Federation of Medical Professionals said, bringing the total to 37. The head of an Italian research institute said today that 6,205 health workers had caught the disease...
COVID-19: WHO Sees ‘Encouraging Signs’ In Coronavirus Spread in Europe
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) European office said Thursday it saw “encouraging signs” as Italy reported a lower rate of infections of the new coronavirus, cautioning it was too early to say whether the worst had passed. “While the situation remains very serious, we are starting to see some encouraging signs. Italy, which has the highest number of cases in...
COVID-19: 67 Italian Priests Have Died So Far
3017A total of 67 Italian priests infected with the novel coronavirus have died since the pandemic reached the Mediterranean country last month, the Avvenire newspaper said Wednesday. The youngest of those listed by the Catholic Church-affiliated paper was 53. “Priests get sick and die like everybody else, maybe even more than the rest,” the Avvenire wrote. The paper said 22 of the...
First UK Prisoner Dies From COVID-19
An 84-year-old sex offender with underlying health conditions is the first prisoner in the UK to be killed by the coronavirus, reports suggest. The convict was one of the country's oldest inmates and died at HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire three days ago. It is understood the deadly virus was only detected in the man, who has not been named after he died in...
