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Update on COVID-19 in Somalia.

> New cases confirmed today: 81
> Benadir: 44
> Jubbaland: 24
> Puntland: 6
> Somaliland: 5
> Hirshabelle: 2

> Male: 50
> Female: 31
> Recovery: 5
> Death: 0
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Total confirmed cases: 1,170
Total recoveries: 126
Total deaths: 52

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Ministerial Statement: Minister of Health Lizzie Nkosi announces 9 new cases of COVID19 in Eswatini, taking the total number of cases in the country to 184.

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COVID19 Most Cases per 1 Million Population in the world.
*Nation with 100,000+ cases

Spain 5,765
USA 4,194
Italy 3,636
UK 3,336
France 2,718
Germany 2,062
Turkey 1,657
Russia 1,591
Iran 1,319
Brazil 800

Covid19 Most Tests per 1 Million Population in the world.
*Nation with 100,000+ cases

Spain 52,781
Italy 43,112
Russia 39,781
Germany 32,891
UK 29,566
USA 29,147
France 21,213
Turkey 16,639
Iran 7,328
Brazil 3,459

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በለንደን የባቡር ሰራተኛ አፍሪካዊት የኮሮና ህመምተኛ ከተፋባት በኋላ በቫይረሱ ተይዛ ሞተች

በለንደን የባቡር ጣብያ በቲኬት ቆራጭነት የምትሰራ አፍሪካዊት ኮቪድ-19 አለብኝ ያለ ግለሠብ ከተፋባት በኋላ በቫይረሱ ተይዛ መሞቷ ተገለፀ።
ግለሰቧ የኮንጎ ዜግነት ያላት ስትሆን የ47 ዓመት ጎልማሳ ነበረች ተብሏል። ቤሊ ሙጂንጋ የምትባለው ይህች ሴት ከዚህ ቀደም የመተንፈሻ አካል ችግር ነበረባት ተብሏል።

ጥቃቱ የደረሰባት በቪክቶሪያ ባቡር ጣብያ ስትሰራ ከሴት የሥራ ባልደረባዋ ጋር መሆኑ የተገለፀ ሲሆን ከጥቃቱ በኋላ ሁለቱም ሴቶች መታመማቸው ተገልጿል።
የብሪታንያ ትራንስፖርት ፖሊስ ሠራተኞቹ ላይ የጠፋውን ግለሰብ ለማግኘት ምርመራ መጀመሩን አስታውቋል።ቤሊ ሙጂንጋ ሕመሟ ፀንቶ ወደ ሆስፒታል በገባች በሶስተኛው ቀን ሕይወቷ ማለፉ ተገልጿል።

https://bbc.in/3fJwHhm

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COVID19 Most Cases per 1 Million Population in Asia,
*Nation with 10,000+ cases

Qatar 8,729
Singapore 4,217
Kuwait 2,406
UAE 1,988
Israel 1,909
Turkey 1,657
Iran 1,319
S. Arabia 1,233
S. Korea 213
Pakistan 148
Japan 125
Philippines 104
Bangladesh 101
Indonesia 54
India 53

Covid19 Most Tests per 1 Million Population in Asia,
*10,000+ cases

UAE 121,330
Israel 54,277
Qatar 46,960
Kuwait 45,988
Singapore 30,016
Turkey 16,639
S.Arabia 13,856
S.Korea 13,281
Iran 7,328
Japan 1725
Philippines 1,658
Pakistan 1,385
India 1,275
Bangladesh 830
Indonesia 604

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Djibouti records 29 new COVID19 cases in the last 24 hours,
bringing the country's total confirmed cases to 1256.
so far with three death & 886 recoveries.

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These are the only places in the earth where no any covid19 confirmed cases are reported yet.

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- Dr Anthony Fauci, the US's top infectious disease expert, warns Congress if the country reopens too soon during the coronavirus pandemic it will result in "needless suffering and death".

- The World Health Organization (WHO) is appealing for more funding to accelerate vaccine development for about seven to eight "top" candidates, according to the UN agency's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

- India's enormous railway network tentatively ground back to life as a gradual lifting of the world's biggest coronavirus lockdown gathered pace even as new cases surged

- More than 82,180 people are now known to have died in the United States from COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins University. Globally, more than 289,000 have died.

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Canadian rocker Bryan Adams faced a backlash and accusations of anti-Chinese racism over his online rant about the pandemic forcing the cancellation of his London shows this week.

The "Cuts Like a Knife" singer said in Twitter and Instagram posts that his gigs at the Royal Albert Hall were nixed thanks to "bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy [deleted]."

He went on to say that "the whole world is now on hold, not to mention the thousands that have suffered or died from this virus," admonishing the Chinese to "go vegan".


Adams was accused of 'fanning the flames of anti-Chinese racism' for his comments [File: Arif Hüdaverdi Yaman/Anadolu]

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Coronavirus updates:

WHO urges 'extreme vigilance' as countries exit lockdowns

Fauci warns of 'needless suffering and death'

Spain orders two-week quarantine for all tourists

Wuhan plans city-wide testing

https://www.reuters.com/live-events/cor ... -id2921484


Trump wants California to let automaker Tesla reopen assembly plant - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-heal ... SKBN22O212

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Sweden to revise strategy after surge in elderly death

The government of Sweden is set to shift gears in its strategy after rise in elderly death in the nordic country, US news outles Bloomberg reported.

Prime Minister Stefan Lofven's administration is planning to spend 2.2 billion kronor ($220 million) on "ratcheting up staff levels" to assist the country's elderly population, according to Bloomberg.

113-year-old Spanish woman beats coronavirus

A 113-year-old woman in Spain's northeastern province of Girona has recovered after contracting the novel coronavirus.

Local media reported Monday that Maria Branyas, the oldest person in Spain, beat the virus after battling it for several weeks.

After testing positive, Branyas was quarantined in a room at her nursing home and later tested negative for the virus.

Lebanon to go into 4-day closure to prevent virus spread

Lebanon's government agreed on a "full closure" of the country for four days, the presidency said as the cabinet met on Tuesday to try to ward off a second wave of coronavirus infections. The closure starts on Wednesday night.

Authorities have warned of a resurgence in recent days as the number of cases jumped to its highest point in more than a month after the government eased some lockdown restrictions.

Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, hospitalised with coronavirus

Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman has been hospitalised with the coronavirus.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Interfax news agency on Tuesday: "Yes, I've gotten sick. I'm being treated."

Read more - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/ ... 55979.html

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Qatar Airways praised for 100,000 free tickets to 'heroic' health workers

The European Union welcomed a move by Qatar Airways to provide 100,000 free tickets to health professionals around the world as thanks for their courage in fighting coronavirus.

In a statement to Qatar News Agency, Cristian Tudor, ambassador of the European Union to Qatar, noted health professionals "are making the difference" in the battle against COVID-19, and "they deserve our wholehearted, unreserved praise".

"EU efforts to repatriate stranded citizens could not have achieved the same impressive results without support from international airlines, including notably Qatar Airways, which have continued to operate flights to Europe during the most difficult weeks of the pandemic, often incurring economic losses," Tudor said.

UK railworker dies after man 'with coronavirus' spat at her

A railway station worker in the United Kingdom died from COVID-19 last month after she was spat at and coughed over by someone claiming to have the virus, her trade union said on Tuesday.

Transport union TSSA said Belly Mujinga, 47, contracted the coronavirus with a colleague within days of the assault on the pair at London's Victoria station on March 22.

Read more - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/ ... 56554.html

Russia has world's second highest number of virus cases: AFP

Russia has the world's second-highest number of coronavirus infections after reporting another 10,899 new cases on Tuesday, an AFP news agency tally says.

The new cases brought Russia's total to 232,243, surpassing the number of infections in Britain and Spain and now behind only the United States, which has reported more than 1.3 million, according to the tally compiled from official sources.

Qatar records 1,526 new cases, no deaths

Qatar's health authority says the country's COVID-19 infection tally rose to 22,116 with 1,526 people testing positive in the last 24 hours. The death toll remained 14.

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UK: Job support scheme extended as coronavirus deaths top 38,000

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the government's job retention scheme - the costly centrepiece of the United Kingdom's attempts to mitigate the coronavirus hit to the economy - by a further four months until the end of October.

Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Sunak added that the funding would be kept at the rate which offers Britons 80 percent of their wages.

Read more - https://aje.io/kpru8

WHO sees 'potentially positive data' on treatments

The World Health Organization said that some treatments appear to be limiting the severity or length of the COVID-19 respiratory disease and said the body is focusing on learning more about four or five of the most promising ones.

"We do have some treatments that seem to be in very early studies limiting the severity or the length of the illness but we do not have anything that can kill or stop the virus," spokeswoman Margaret Harris told a virtual briefing, referring to the body's so-called Solidarity Trial of drugs against the disease.

"We do have potentially positive data coming out but we need to see more data to be 100 percent confident that we can say this treatment over that one," she added.

Spain's adds lowest daily number of new cases in 2 months

The number of newly diagnosed cases of coronavirus in Spain in one day fell to its lowest in more than two months, the health ministry reported.

Health authorities identified 594 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total to 228,030. The number of fatalities related to the disease rose 176 on Tuesday to 26,920.

Death toll in Indonesia tops 1,000

The death toll in Indonesia passed the 1,000 mark as the country recorded 16 new deaths and 484 new infections, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said.

Indonesia has now reported 1,007 deaths and 14,749 cases.

Fauci to warn on risk of opening US economy too soon

Senior health official Anthony Fauci set to testify before the US Senate will warn legislators about the risks of reopening the economy too soon, saying it could lead to "needless suffering and death", according to the New York Times.

Read more https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/ ... 22273.html

Denmark increases testing, contact tracing to prevent second wave

Denmark will significantly increase testing and put a contact tracing system in place to prevent a second wave of infections, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said.

"If the spread reignites, we need to know in time. This is why we need an effective tracing of the virus spreading," Frederiksen told reporters.

"We need to isolate the sick, so we can break the infection chains without having to close down society again," she said.

One in six healthcare centres around the world lack safe handwashing facilities and nurses, at the front line of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, are struggling to wash even their own hands, an international aid group has warned.

Read more - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/ ... 24964.html


Salimata Dagnogo, 32, collects dirty water from an open well in a village in Mali. She has worked at Talo for eight years and faces big challenges in her role without the availability of clean water [Guilhem Alandry/WaterAid]

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More than 49 Million Covid19 tests already done around the world until today.

Continent wise total tests & Positive rate%.

Europe : 22.9M 7.30%

North America : 11.1M 13.73%

Asia: 10.9M 6.42%

Africa: 1.1M 6.33%

South America : 2.0M 16.14%

Oceania: 1.0M 0.85%

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China official says, Wuhan will conduct full-scale nucleic acid testing of its 11 million residents over the next 10 days, after six new coronavirus cases were reported over the weekend.

So, that’s 1.1 Million tests / day.

http://www.sixthtone.com/ht_news/100564 ... in-10-days

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COVID19 Highest Total Testing by Country subdivision,

China
Guangdong 3.6M

China
Wuhan 1.6M

Russia
Moscow 1.2M

United States
New York 1.2M

United States
California 1.0M

Italy
Lombardy 492K

Canada
Ontario 447K

Russia
St. Petersburg 324K

Australia
New South Wales 304K

Canada
Quebec 288K

India
Tamil Nadu 266K

India
Maharashtra 238K

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Morocco



Coronavirus situation in Chad , this May 12, 2020.

35 new cases;
241 patients on treatment;
76 cases cured in total;
40 deaths in total;
357 cases recorded in total.



NAMIBIA



Mozambique

Mozambique recorded yet another case of contamination with the new Coronavirus, with a cumulative number of 104 (70 active cases). Our country continues, however, with a total of 34 patients recovered from the disease.



Egypt

Health: the high incidence of recovery from those infected with the Corona virus to 2326 and their discharge from isolation and quarantine hospitals.



Benin
Update on the situation in Benin
Benin recorded a total of 327 confirmed cases with 249 people on treatment, 76 people cured and 02 deaths.



Gabon

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53 African Union Member States reporting 68,102 cases, 2,340 deaths, and 23,307 recoveries.

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Worldwide Update

Coronavirus Cases: 4,313,030

Deaths: 290,956

Recovered: 1,568,253

Active Cases 2,453,821 - Currently Infected Patients

in Mild Condition : 2,407,446 (98%)

Serious or Critical : 46,375 (2%)

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries