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ABUJA, Nigeria — Lockdowns have begun in Africa as coronavirus cases rise above 1,000, while Nigeria on Saturday announced it is closing airports to all incoming international flights for one month in the continent’s most populous country. Rwanda said all unnecessary movements outside the home are banned for two weeks as of midnight except for essential services such as health care and shopping. The East African nation, which has 17 cases, told all public and…

KENNY RODGERS passed away last night at 10:25PM at the age of 81, peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family. The number of people who have died in the UK with coronavirus rose to 233 on Saturday, as cases topped 5,000.It comes as NHS England plans to write to 1.5 million people most at risk.Those at-risk people will receive letters or text messages strongly advising them…

CORONAVIRUS: BORIS JOHNSON ISSUES A Mother’s Day warning that the NHS could be “overwhelmed” if people do not act to slow the “accelerating” spread of coronavirus, as he urged people not to visit loved ones on Mother’s Day. BBC

CORONA VIRUS: A UK LEEDS CITY COUNCIL SAYS ALL FUNERALS MUST NOW BE ‘cremation only’ with no mourners allowed in a bid to curb the coronavirus outbreak.Leeds council has taken unprecedented measures to restrict funeral arrangements as the UK battles the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in a total of 3,983 cases and 177 deaths.Starting with immediate effect from today, any new services booked in Leeds will be undertaken as ‘Direct Cremation Services’ only.A direct…

BRITAIN EFFECTIVELY SHUT DOWN, AS UK CORONA DEATH TOLL REACHES 177 AFTER 40 deaths over the last 24 hours with govt is telling pubs , cafes nightclubs, bars theatres, restaurants, leisure centres and gyms to close from tonight. Life in Britain will with effect from tonight be different and close to war time era as Prime minister says the govt is telling pubs , cafes nightclubs, bars theatres, restaurants, leisure centres and gyms to close…

UK CORONA DEATH TOLL REACHES 177 AFTER 40 deaths over the last 24 hours. A hospital in London, Norfolk park Hospital has declared an emergency as it has run out of critical care beds. Social distancing may continue for yet another year in order to keep people apart in this health crisis to limit the spread of corona virus.Prime minister says the govt is telling pubs , cafes nightclubs, bars theatres, restaurants, leisure centres and…

THE WORLD IS SHUTTING DOWN AS ghost-towns with massive restrictions from lockdowns, school closures to travel restrictions and bans on mass gatherings in an unparalleled global response to the Covid 19 disease. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he believes the UK can “turn the tide” against the outbreak within the next 12 weeks and the country can “send coronavirus packing”.But even if the number of cases starts to fall in the next three months,…

Government will not return land to the white former commercial farmers;-Perrance Shiri Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister .Government will not return land to the white former commercial farmers but only to the indigenous farmers and those that were under the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA) who were affected during the land reform, Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri has said.Minister Shiri was explaining the Statutory Instrument 62 of…

A New Jersey mother, 73 and three of her 11 children have died from coronavirus, 3 relatives hospitalised, after they had a family dinner together, according to US media.Grace Fusco, 73, and three of her children died on Wednesday and Thursday. Three more of her children are now in hospital.Nineteen family members are now self-isolating, according to family representative Paradiso Fodera, and have waited nearly a week to learn the results of their virus tests.“Why…

FIVE armed robbers accused of robbing two Harare businessmen — Messrs Tawanda Nyambirai and Rodney Dangarembizi — of over US$220 000, were yesterday killed in a shoot-out with detectives.Two of them survived and were arrested.Police sources suspect the five were part of the gang that robbed money changers of foreign currency and a car at Makoni Shopping Centre in Chitungwiza recently.A notorious suspect on police’s list of most wanted criminals, Musa Taj Abdul (alias Musa…