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The future of dinning in Uganda post Covid-19

KFC specializes in fried chicken and burgers along with fries




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So, are these relationships in times of Covid-19?

There was a vague idea to chat with Justine but it did not involve going out because my brother would soon be returning home




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Comoros ex-president to appeal after 2 years' house arrest

The case lodged with the country's highest court of appeal is based on "violation of the code of criminal procedure relating to pre-trial detention"




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US CDC, FDA Chiefs in Self-Quarantine After COVID-19 Exposure

CDC chief ‘will be teleworking for the next two weeks’ after a 'low-risk exposure’




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Australian Children to Gradually Return to School As COVID-19 Controls Ease

Parents frustrated at mixed COVID-19 school messages




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Malta has managed the crisis well… but at a cost

It's been ages since Malta has unsettled the powers that be in Europe; but sadly, that seems to be the only way to get member states acting on finding common solutions on migration




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FIDEM Charity Foundation launches the We Connect Project

Creating a safe, online space, where people across the Maltese Islands can come together as a community and combat our society’s greatest challenges




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Chill wind of pandemic ravaging economies everywhere

More and more indicators are spelling out the scale of economic damage being wreaked by Covid-19 and the containment measures taken to tackle it, writes Robert Shortt.



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ASTI agrees to LC grade plan but has 'major concerns'

The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) is advising its members to engage with the new calculated grading plan for the Leaving Cert - but has a number of "major concerns" about the process.




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Boris Johnson to unveil Covid-19 alert system

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is expected to unveil a coronavirus warning system when he outlines his plans to gradually ease the lockdown while dropping the "stay home" slogan.




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Number of Covid-19 cases worldwide tops four million

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide topped four million as some of the hardest-hit countries readied to lift lockdown restrictions, despite concerns about a second wave of infections.




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Zimbabwe: Victoria Falls Councillors Sucked Into Chamisa, Mwonzora Fight

[New Zimbabwe] Councillors here are headed for a nasty showdown with former mayor Somveli Dlamini, who was last week reinstated as councillor, has clashed with fellow councillors claiming he remained the town's legitimate first citizen.




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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Governors Set to Mobilise Help for Troubled States

[This Day] As the scourge of Covid-19 pandemic continues to bite harder in many states across the country, the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) has concluded plans to mobilise assistance to states with difficulties to navigate challenges thrown up by the global health pandemic.




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Nigeria: Coronavirus - 160 Stranded Nigerians Depart U.S. for Abuja

[Premium Times] The first batch of Nigerians stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are on their way back home.




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Nigeria: Sokoto Inaugurates 3000 Volunteers to Fight COVID-19

[This Day] Sokoto -Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal yesterday inaugurated over 3000 health worker volunteers comprising medical doctors, nurses, medical laboratory scientists, pharmacists and environmental health workers to fight against the spread of coronavirus.




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Nigeria: Claim Your Corpses or Risk Mass Burial, Ondo Tells Residents

[This Day] Akure -The Ondo State Government yesterday asked all residents that have deceased relations in all government mortuaries in the state to claim and burry them within one month or it would conduct mass burial for the corpses after the ultimatum.




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Nigeria: Coronavirus - FCT Chief Judge Orders Reopening of Courts

[Premium Times] The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Ishaq Bello, has ordered all courts in the FCT to resume regular proceedings from Monday, May 11.




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Nigeria: Coronavirus - Lagos Faces New Round of Lockdown, Governor Warns

[Premium Times] The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Saturday that the government may impose a total lockdown in the state if violations of health guidelines persist.




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Nigeria: Coronavirus - Nigeria's Confirmed Cases Exceed 4,000

[Premium Times] Nigeria's tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose to 4,151 as 239 new infections were announced Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.




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Nigeria: Updated - Nigeria Confirms 239 New Cases of COVID-19 As Total Exceeds 4,000

[Vanguard] On the 9th of May 2020, 239 new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in Nigeria, according to a report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).




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Uganda: Cases Rise to 116 as Two More Truckers Test Positive for COVID-19

[Monitor] Two more truckers have tested positive for coronavirus in Uganda bringing the country's total number of confirmed cases to 116, according to Ministry of Health.




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Tanzania: How COVID-19 Threatens Tourism Labour in Tanzania

[The Exchange] The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is stealing the life out of the billion-dollar tourism industry in Tanzania, the government has already laid out a warning that at about 477,000 jobs could be lost, while revenue will shrink by 77 per cent if the virus outbreak endures hurting people past October this year.




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Nigeria: Fears Over COVID-19 Patients Without Symptoms

[Vanguard] There may be hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 patients without symptoms silently spreading the virus according to medical professionals in their assessment of one week into the relaxation of lockdown imposed by the federal authorities on Lagos and Ogun states as well as Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).




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Easing lockdown to cause spread of corona: PMA

KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association expressed its dissatisfaction over the existing lockdown in the country, warning the government against lifting restrictions as it would allow the coronavirus to spread further.“A better lockdown should be imposed,” said Dr Ikram Tunio,...




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China admits coronavirus exposed 'shortcomings' in healthcare system

BEIJING: The coronavirus outbreak exposed “shortcomings” in China’s public healthcare system, a top health official admitted Saturday, saying that reforms are underway to improve the country’s disease prevention and control mechanisms.China has faced criticism both at home...




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YouTube to provide $5m to Pakistan as COVID-19 aid

ISLAMABAD: YouTube said it would provide $5 million to Pakistan to help the country tackle the coronavirus pandemic.Pakistan has recorded just over 640 deaths but experts have voiced fears that the country of 215 million people could see a rapid and devastating increase due to its shortage of...




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Ivanka's personal assistant tested positive for corona

WASHINGTON: Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and has become the third staff member in the White House to be affected by the infection, CNN reported on Saturday.The assistant used to work in a personal capacity for US President Donald...




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Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman's arrest: Jang/Geo workers continue protest for 58th consecutive day

RAWALPINDI/LAHORE/KARACHI/PESHAWAR: The countrywide protests by workers of the Jang/Geo Group against the illegal detention of Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman continued for 58th day on Friday.Political workers and others joined different protest camps of journalists and media organisations,...




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COVID-19 pandemic: Documents show top White House officials buried CDC report

GAINESVILLE, Florida: The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation’s top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House, according to internal government emails obtained, reported international...




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Indian pharmacist dies after drinking botched coronavirus medicine

NEW DELHI: An Indian pharmacist died and his boss was left hospitalised after the pair drank a chemical concoction they had developed in an effort to treat coronavirus, police said Saturday.The men worked for a herbal medicine company and were testing their treatment — a mix of nitric oxide...




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Global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 278,000

ISLAMABAD: At least 278,445 people have died of the novel coronavirus since the epidemic surfaced in China late last year, according to international media reports.There have been more than 4,067,088 officially recorded cases across the globe.The United States is the worst-hit country with 79,239...




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Mistreatment of corona patients intolerable, says PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday regretted the incidents of unfair treatment of coronavirus patients, saying this was intolerable and a cause of fear.He observed this while presiding over a meeting of the National Task Force here.Chairman National Health Task Force Dr. Nosherwan...




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Corona cases surge as lockdown eases

ISLAMABAD: The country registered a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus confirmed cases and fatalities on Saturday with the ease of lockdown.Majority of people, especially those who were out to do the Eid shopping, had least regard for and adherence to the safety protocols set by the...




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Ivanka's personal assistant tested positive for corona

WASHINGTON: Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and has become the third staff member in the White House to be affected by the infection, CNN reported on Saturday.The assistant used to work in a personal capacity for US President Donald Trump's...




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Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman's arrest: Jang-Geo workers continue protest for 58th consecutive day

RAWALPINDI/LAHORE/KARACHI/PESHAWAR: The 58-day long countrywide protests by workers of the Jang-Geo Group against the government’s sustained pressure on Geo News, dailies Jang and The News and some other independent media houses to strong arm their editorial policies, telling them to sack...




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YouTube to provide $5m to Pakistan as Covid-19 aid

ISLAMABAD: YouTube said it would provide $5 million to Pakistan to help the country tackle the coronavirus pandemic.Pakistan has recorded just over 640 deaths but experts have voiced fears that the country of 215 million people could see a rapid and devastating increase due to its shortage of...




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Easing lockdown to cause spread of corona: PMA

KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association expressed its dissatisfaction over the existing lockdown in the country, warning the government against lifting restrictions as it would allow the coronavirus to spread further."A better lockdown should be imposed," said Dr Ikram Tunio, President PMA...




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Global death toll from Covid-19 surpasses 278,000

ISLAMABAD: At least 278,445 people have died of the novel coronavirus since the epidemic surfaced in China late last year, according to international media reports.There have been more than 4,067,088 officially recorded cases across the globe.The United States is the worst-hit country with 79,239...




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Covid-19 Pandemic: Documents show top White House officials buried CDC reopening guidelines

GAINESVILLE, Florida: The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation's top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House, according to internal government emails obtained, reported international media.The...




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Easing lockdown to cause spread of corona: PMA

KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association expressed its dissatisfaction over the existing lockdown in the country, warning the government against lifting restrictions as it would allow the coronavirus to spread further."A better lockdown should be imposed," said Dr Ikram Tunio, President PMA...




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Global death toll fromCovid-19 surpasses 278,000

ISLAMABAD: At least 278,445 people have died of the novel coronavirus since the epidemic surfaced in China late last year, according to international media reports.There have been more than 4,067,088 officially recorded cases across the globe.The United States is the worst-hit country with 79,239...




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Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman's arrest: Jang/Geo workers continue protest for 58th consecutive day

RAWALPINDI/LAHORE/KARACHI/PESHAWAR: The countrywide protests by workers of the Jang/Geo Group against the illegal detention of Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman continued for 58th day on Friday.Political workers and others joined different protest camps of journalists and media organisations,...




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Covid-19 pandemic: Documents show top White House officials buried CDC report

GAINESVILLE, Florida: The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation's top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House, according to internal government emails obtained, reported international media. The...




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Mistreatment of corona patients' intolerable: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday regretted the incidents of unfair treatment of coronavirus patients, saying this was intolerable and a cause of fear.He observed this while presiding over a meeting of the National Task Force here.Chairman National Health Task Force Dr. Nosherwan...




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Corona cases surge as lockdown eases

ISLAMABAD: The country registered a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus confirmed cases and fatalities on Saturday with the ease of lockdown.Majority of people, especially those who were out to do the Eid shopping, had least regard for and adherence to the safety protocols set by the...




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Pence spokeswoman tests positive for Covid-19

WASHINGTON: The US vice president’s spokeswoman became the second White House staffer this week to test positive for the coronavirus, officials said on Friday, even as President Donald Trump continued to go mask-free at a World War II commemoration with veterans in their 90s.News that...




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Travel, garden centres and schools ? how the UK's lockdown could be eased

LONDON: Boris Johnson will reveal on Sunday the Government’s “road map” on how it will lift restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic.While the Government has stressed it wants all parts of the UK to move together in easing the measures, decisions in Scotland, Wales and...




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China admits outbreak exposed 'shortcomings' in healthcare system

BEIJING: The coronavirus outbreak exposed “shortcomings” in China’s public healthcare system, a top health official admitted Saturday, saying that reforms are underway to improve the country’s disease prevention and control mechanisms.China has faced criticism both at home...




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Corona cases surge as lockdown eases

At least four persons have died while a staggering 1,080 new COVID-19 cases have emerged in Sindh during the last 24 hours, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Saturday




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Mistreatment of corona patients' intolerable: PM Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday regretted the incidents of unfair treatment of coronavirus patients, saying this was intolerable and a cause of fear.He observed this while presiding over a meeting of the National Task Force here. Chairman National Health Task Force Dr Nosherwan...