1Trump concedes pandemic to 'get worse before it gets better'Wednesday, July 22, 2020

President Donald Trump has warned the US pandemic may "get worse before it gets better", as he revived his virus briefings with a more scripted tone. Mr Trump also asked all Americans to wear face coverings, saying "they'll have an effect" and show "patriotism". The president, who was not wearing a mask at the briefing,... Read More

2Coronavirus: Protein treatment trial 'a breakthrough'Monday, July 20, 2020

The preliminary results of a clinical trial suggest a new treatment for Covid-19 dramatically reduces the number of patients needing intensive care, according to the UK company that developed it. The treatment from Southampton-based biotech Synairgen uses a protein called interferon beta which the body produces when... Read More

3US election 2020: Kanye West launches unconventional bid for presidencyMonday, July 20, 2020

Kanye West has officially launched his campaign for the 2020 US presidential election, with an unorthodox rally in Charleston, South Carolina. West, 43, is running as a candidate for his self-styled "Birthday Party". At the event, the rapper seemed to make policy decisions off-the-cuff and made several rants, including... Read More

4Coronavirus: Wrangling over huge EU recovery plan enters fourth dayMonday, July 20, 2020

EU talks aimed at reaching an agreement on a huge post-coronavirus recovery fund have stretched into a fourth day. There are reportedly deep differences between the leaders, who are trying to negotiate the deal at the same time as the bloc's next long-term budget. Some member states believe the proposed €750bn ($857bn;... Read More

5Nigerian foreign minister tests positive for Covid-19Monday, July 20, 2020

Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama has tested positive for Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus. He is a member of a presidential task force on Covid-19 that is coordinating the country's response to the pandemic. Mr Onyeama announced in a tweet on Sunday that he would be isolating... Read More

6Kenyan government spokesman denies Covid-19 infectionMonday, July 20, 2020

Kenya's government spokesperson has denied reports of being hospitalised for Covid-19 treatment. Cyrus Oguna, a retired army colonel, tweeted on Sunday night that he had been out of the capital, Nairobi, on assignment and had not been hospitalised. Reports on social media said the spokesperson had been admitted for Covid-19... Read More

7Covid-19: Thousands of Ghana health workers infectedFriday, July 17, 2020

Some 2,065 health workers in Ghana have tested positive for Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus, according to the Ghana Health Service. Director-General Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said six health workers who had been infected had died, but 1,870 others had recovered. The rest are receiving treatment... Read More

8Repentant Nigerian bandits offered cows for AK-47sFriday, July 17, 2020

Repentant bandits in Nigeria’s north-western state of Zamfara are being offered two cows for every AK-47 they surrender. It is an attempt to encourage them to give up a life of crime and live a normal life as responsible citizens, Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle says. Motorcycle-riding armed bandits operating out of abandoned... Read More

9Johnson: Human interaction needed for businessFriday, July 17, 2020

The next report returns to comments made by the chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance, who said on Thursday there was no reason to change advice about returning to the workplace. Boris Johnson says: "The government certainly has a view about whether it is safe [to return] and it is safe, provided employers have... Read More

10Coronavirus: India's Covid-19 cases cross one millionFriday, July 17, 2020

India added a record number of Covid-19 cases - nearly 35,000 - in the last 24 hours, breaching the one million mark. It has the world's third-largest case load, after the US and Brazil - the only three countries so far to record more than a million coronavirus cases. India's active cases account for about a third... Read More