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Almost 300 people dead in Iran after drinking methanol 'to cure coronavirus'
According to media in Iran more than 1,000 people have already been poisoned (Image: Zuma Press/PA Images) Hundreds of people…
Replicating global responses to COVID-19 may not work for Africa
Containing the virus in Africa requires focusing on vulnerable communities and context-specific responses. The first case of COVID-19, now…
Coronavirus: Trump and religious right rely on faith, not science
Monday, 30 March 2020 05:31 Written by theconversation Christian pastor Shawn Bolz has recently said the U.S. economy would surge despite the conronavirus. He has said: ‘Even now…
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COVI9-19: WHO clarifies rumours of Coronavirus being airborne
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that the message spreading on social media that Coronavirus (COVID-19) is airborne, is…
Thirteen out of the 260 UK coronavirus victims who died overnight were 'healthy'
Sunday, 29 March 2020 15:23 Written by standardmedia.co.ke More than a dozen of those who died of coronavirus most recently did not have underlying health issues. Yesterday it…
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