File photo: The empty stadium is pictured ahead of the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium in London on July 15, 2020. Glyn KIRK / POOL / AFP The World Health Organization said Wednesday it was “unrealistic” to expect large crowds at sports events this year in countries…
Disney’s ‘Mulan’ To Skip Big Screen With September Streaming Launch Disney’s much-delayed blockbuster “Mulan” will skip the big screen and premiere on streaming platform Disney+ next month, it was announced Tuesday, as coronavirus keeps theaters shut across much of the United States. The unprecedented decision, described by CEO Bob Chapek as a “one-off” for a…
By Rasheed Sobowale The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its COVID-19 update on Tuesday noted that more than 11,100 patients have recovered from the virus within 24 hours after its last report. The report posted on the Centre’s official Twitter handle on Tuesday (4th August) indicated that 31,851 patients have recovered from the…
Linet (L), 16, who is around 3 months pregnant covers her face with a hand during an interview for AFP with her sister Carol (in mirror), 22, about Linet’s unexpected pregnancy as schools are closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, at her sister’s home in Raila slum, next to Kibera slum, in Nairobi, on July…
The reimposition of quarantine measures in the Philippines at short notice left many workers stranded (AFP Photo/Ted ALJIBE) France and the Netherlands are gearing up for stricter mask-wearing rules to fight the coronavirus as the global death toll from the pandemic neared 700,000. Paris, Toulouse and other cities announced that the wearing of masks would…
South Africa is the hardest-hit country in Africa with at least 521,318 infections diagnosed so far, accounting for more than half the continent’s cases (AFP Photo/Luca Sola) Some 24,000 health workers in South Africa have contracted coronavirus, 181 of whom have died since the pandemic hit the country in March, the health minister announced on…
Aircraft operated by TUI, Virgin Atlantic, Easyjet and Jet2, are pictured at Manchester Airport in Manchester, north-west England on July 27, 2020, following the holiday operator TUI’s decision to cancel all holidays to mainland Spain, due to a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases there. – Tour operator TUI has cancelled all British holidays…
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu PHOTO: Twitter Nigeria’s COVID-19 total cases have now reached 44,433 after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 304 new cases and 910 deaths from infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Tuesday. Data from the health agency showed that the 304 new…
The COVID-19 pandemic is a school where you learn new things and unlearn what may have become obsolete. Truly, we are on a course being led by COVID-19, trying to know this awesome foe that has shut down our world. In this hazardous journey, our co-travellers have just sorted new categories of COVID-19 symptoms with…
• COVID-19 pushes up expenditure amid poor services • Each subscriber spends N1,725 monthly• GSM operators see more growth, MTN claims pandemic spike data usage The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic disruptions notwithstanding, the first half of the year has yielded huge revenue, amounting to N1.97 trillion, for telecommunications operators. The amount was spent by…
