Global News Update 14May2020 featuring health issues today highlighting stories you have never heard about from Africa…
In Todays Bulletin
130 million may be pushed into poverty over the next decade
8.5 trillion dollars to be cut from the global economy
Uber makes 50 million dollar investment in its markets around the world related covid19 related, Africa left out…
Amazon shipping times back to normal, 90Dollar tablet launched
Ticking time bomb as seriously ill hospitals not getting treatment as Covid takes priority
In our Africa I Gatcha
Focusing on the continent, here are our three stories that will be covering today health related,
Doctors and nurses in Blantyre stage sit-in, request government to meet their demands amid coronavirus pandemic. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/13/coronavirus-leaves-malawis-health-workers-facing-threats-and-social-stigma
Not reported a single case of the novel coronavirus disease since April 18 when four people who had been quarantined contracted the virus. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/africa/Eritrea-says-all-Covid19-patients-but-one-have-recovered/4552902-5551228-a1a0q6z/index.html
Our final feature is from a country that has recorded more than 1,300 cases of the coronavirus, one of the highest totals in that part of Africa, with 15 deaths, and the PM was flown to France last week for medical attention https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ivorycoast-politic/ivory-coast-pm-flies-to-france-for-medical-checks-idUSKBN22F0F7
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