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Coronavirus: Experts wonder why Africa seems to have few cases
Published February 27, 2020

Doctors treating a Coronavirus patient Source: newsdesk

The coronavirus is spreading fast beyond its China birthplace but sub-Saharan Africa, one of the world’s most vulnerable regions, has so far been almost spared — and experts want to know why.

More than 2,760 people worldwide have died of COVID-19 and almost 81,000 infected in over 45 countries.

Most of these have been in China, but cases are now rising fast in parts of Europe and the Middle East, while the first infection in Latin America was recorded on Wednesday, in Brazil.



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Coronavirus: Experts wonder why Africa seems to have few cases
Published February 27, 2020

Doctors treating a Coronavirus patient Source: newsdesk

The coronavirus is spreading fast beyond its China birthplace but sub-Saharan Africa, one of the world’s most vulnerable regions, has so far been almost spared — and experts want to know why.

More than 2,760 people worldwide have died of COVID-19 and almost 81,000 infected in over 45 countries.

Most of these have been in China, but cases are now rising fast in parts of Europe and the Middle East, while the first infection in Latin America was recorded on Wednesday, in Brazil.


But across all of Africa, just two cases have surfaced — a tally that has health specialists scratching their heads, given the continent’s close economic ties with China.

“This is the question that everyone is asking, especially as other regions such as South America or Eastern Europe now have cases,” said Amadou Alpha Sall, head of the Pasteur Institute in Dakar, the Senegalese capital.

“The current figures could be the reality, it’s hard to know. Maybe it’s because Africa is not that connected.”



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Coronavirus: Experts wonder why Africa seems to have few cases
Published February 27, 2020

Doctors treating a Coronavirus patient Source: newsdesk

The coronavirus is spreading fast beyond its China birthplace but sub-Saharan Africa, one of the world’s most vulnerable regions, has so far been almost spared — and experts want to know why.

More than 2,760 people worldwide have died of COVID-19 and almost 81,000 infected in over 45 countries.

Most of these have been in China, but cases are now rising fast in parts of Europe and the Middle East, while the first infection in Latin America was recorded on Wednesday, in Brazil.


But across all of Africa, just two cases have surfaced — a tally that has health specialists scratching their heads, given the continent’s close economic ties with China.

“This is the question that everyone is asking, especially as other regions such as South America or Eastern Europe now have cases,” said Amadou Alpha Sall, head of the Pasteur Institute in Dakar, the Senegalese capital.

“The current figures could be the reality, it’s hard to know. Maybe it’s because Africa is not that connected.”


Thumbi Ndung’u, director of a Durban-based infectious disease research centre, SANTHE, said “I don’t think anybody knows” why Africa so far appeared to be unscathed.

He also speculated that it could be “there isn’t much travel to that particular part of China from Africa — back and forth”.

Or “it could just be a coincidence,” said Ndung’u.

https://punchng.com/coronavirus-experts-wonder-why-africa-seems-to-have-few-cases/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

EFCC and misplacement of priorities are like 5 & 6.

HigherEd:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-imposes-travel-restrictions-fearing-reinfection-from-foreigners-11582730303


Lalasticlala

Thanks for posting the link.

chukxie:
It seems like fake news. I've Googled for the story but I couldn't find any news remotely resembling what the OP posted aside from the news of three WSJ reporters who were asked to leave China because of an article they wrote which the Chinese government found to be 'insensitive'. Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if the story turns out true though. What do I know?

Read the news here.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-imposes-travel-restrictions-fearing-reinfection-from-foreigners-11582730303

newsgerian:
Sorry, I don’t understand.

They said that foreigners who want to visit China might be coming with Coronavirus.

Wonders shall never end!

The Wall Street Journal reports that China is placing travel restrictions on foreigners because they believe that foreigners will bring new infections of the coronavirus to China.

Firstly, who wants to travel to China?

Are foreigners not supposed to be the ones afraid of going to China?

China Tightens Screening of Travelers, Fearing Reinfection From Abroad

As spread of the epidemic eases within China, some cities step up scrutiny of travelers arriving from abroad

HONG KONG—As the coronavirus epidemic takes hold in more countries around the world, China is trying to stop the disease from being repatriated by travelers arriving from abroad.

A number of Chinese municipal governments are imposing stricter health screenings on people entering China and, in some cases, even quarantine measures on those arriving from coronavirus-afflicted countries. These controls come after Beijing waged a concerted campaign urging other governments not to impose restrictions on travel to and from China.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-imposes-travel-restrictions-fearing-reinfection-from-foreigners-11582730303

sleekpro:
I've been wundering all this while, who are the poeple in the north who really want buhari to become president, or is he just forcing him to them (the notheners)?

The only mafians the we all kw still paly with him, are atiku and kwams. Now they all want to be presiden.

So tell me who is fooling who? If atiku and kwakwaso insist on primaries on which they has the money to influence it, is it that is looking for whom to sell the ticket to, is he the one that will come for his rescure?




I just think the old general is more cleuless than that word CLEULESS.




Abeg make some poeple no kill me ooh!

That's just the way I see it.


#TeamGEJshowsomeluv

Op, do just want to tempt us when you already have the answer to your question?

LosC:
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed date for party primaries and nomination of candidates for the Edo and Ondo governorship elections slated for September 19 and October 10 respectively.

The party primaries for Edo state will hold from 2nd to 27th June, while that of Ondo State will hold from 2nd to 25th July.

INEC National Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who made the disclosure during the Commission’s meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners, warned that the Commission will not shift the dates.

This was also disclosed via INEC official twitter page:

https://twitter.com/inecnigeria/status/1230798661749280769?s=19

Another set of inconclusive elections loading. After INEC must have declared the winners, the Spreme Court will give the states who they deserve as governors.

Your husband is an end time gbas gbos husband.

But seriously, many men and women no longer take the institution of marriage as a thing they should honour. That leaves people like us who believe in love with bleeding hearts.

For your health, emotional and mental wellness, never expect faithfulness from your spouse. If he or she turn out faithful, thank God. If not, think of a way to stay happy. Don't come and kill yourself.

The Gombe State Government has procured 100 HP desktop computers.

This was revealed by TrackaNG, a project initiated by pro-transparency group, BudgIT, that tracks the performance of government budgets.

TrackaNG, which also collaborates with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, posted photographs of the computer on its official Twitter handle.

“N100m was allocated in the 2019 budget for the supply of 100 computers in Filya, Gombe State. We tracked, and report that the computers have been delivered. #GetInvolved.”

The revelation, however, received mostly negative comments from social media as many Nigerians wondered why a state would spend N1m to procure each computer.

@computerguysng tweeted, “I sell computers. These computers looked like coupled PCs. The carton looks fake and why are there no serial and product number stickers on them? FYI Coupled PCs are 100k max! Someone just made a profit of N90m!”

https://punchng.com/gombe-spends-n100m-on-100-school-computers/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

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Buhari didn’t accuse Borno residents of colluding with Boko Haram – Garba Shehu
Published

Garba Shehu

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has denied President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), ever accused the residents of Borno State of colluding with Boko Haram.

Shehu said this on NTA’s ‘Good Morning Nigeria’ programme on Monday.

Buhari had at a sympathy visit to Maiduguri last week stated, “Boko Haram or whatever they are cannot come to Maiduguri or its environs without the local leadership knowing, the local leadership is in charge of security in their own respective areas.

“We are working for you in this country; as Commander-in-Chief, I am dealing with the security institutions and I believe there is an improvement in security. I urge the people of the state to cooperate with the law enforcement agencies; let us deny Boko Haram access to our loyal citizens and encourage displaced people to go back to their land.”

But Shehu said the President’s words were misrepresented, adding that he also received a backlash of social media because of the comment.

The Special Adviser to the Borno State Governor on Public Relations and Strategy, Isa Gusau, who was also on the same programme with Shehu faulted the allegations by the President that Boko Haram was succeeding due to the collaboration of residents.

https://punchng.com/buhari-didnt-accuse-borno-residents-of-colluding-with-boko-haram-garba-shehu/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Pastor of a church asks members to remove their dresses in church.

Senator Abaribe is fearless in and out of the Senate Chambers.

Nnamdi Kanu’s parent’s burial: Senator Victor Umeh, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe and former Anambra Governor, Peter Obi, at the St. Andrews Anglican Church, Afaraukwu.
vanguard

Why didn't Buhari come back from exile to bury his mother during Babangida's regime? Nonesense and Buhari.

According to them, it is inconclusive to conclude that the attack was carried out by the Fulani as there was no evidence to prove same.

Who else noticed that inconclusive is the language the Fulanis use to do evil including elections? Mahmoud Yakubu comes to mind.

According to religious teachings, the present world would one day come to an end. Do you really believe this, and what are your reasons?

Can Nigeria do this?

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Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II
Maiharaji Altine, Gusau

The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, has warned that unless the people of the North change their culture, they will continue to be backward and in abject poverty.

The emir made the comment in Gusau where he moderated a paper titled ‘The role of universities in nation building’ presented by Dr Usman Bugaji at the maiden convocation of the Federal University, Gusau on Friday.

The emir argued that the culture of marrying more than one wife by those who could not even properly take care of a single wife and producing many children was the main reason why the northern region would continue to remain backward and in object poverty.

He said, “There are people who cannot afford to feed one wife but are ready to marry three wives and have more children than they cannot feed, talk less of paying for their school fees?”

He stressed that unless this negative attitude was changed, the north would continue to be left behind by other regions.

According to him, “The poverty level of the North is 80 per cent; while in the south, the percentage is 20 per cent, simply because of the culture of marrying many wives and producing many children who, at the end, are left on the streets to beg for what to eat.”

He lamented that some of the wives would be divorced by their husbands, living them with the children to take care of, a situation which he said was also responsible for producing hardened criminals.

“The issues we have today such as drug abuse, Boko Haram, banditry and unemployment would be nothing compared to what we will be dealing with in the next 20 or 30,” he said.

He urged northern universities to come up with solutions to the issues.

https://punchng.com/polygamy-causing-poverty-backwardness-in-north-sanusi

234GT:


You are the STUPID person here, not the OP. The man loves his wife, that is why he is complaining. Sex is over available these days. If sex is his problem, he can get it outside, with girls that will even give him much better sex than his wife, for cheap too.
The wife is more stupid than you because her dead brain does not know that she is pushing the man outside.

Thank you for telling the idiot what he is.

bukatyne:


You have no inkling about what marriage is.

By the time the husband grows cold and gets used to surviving the marriage emotionally without her, I hope she marries those kids.

If she not behaving like Alpha & Omega over those kids, she would actually get her husband to be more participatory if it is an issue.

True words. He doesn't have an idea of what marriage is all about.

Lolo24:


You took the words out of my big head. Imagine what a grown man posted

Free the guy abeg. The truth you are running away from and that the Op needs to know is that when a woman starts having dwindling interest in sex, they are losing interest in the man and most likely having an affair. Yes, mums of babies of less than one year so have affairs. I have seen such. The Op did not write the piece as he is experiencing it currently. He was just trying to be civilsed. His situation is pathetic and someone is talking trash about being Alpha male. Alpha male ko, Omega male ni. As men, it's unfortunate the society expects you to swallow plenty shit coming from your wife.

Op, my advice to you is open your eyes and be observant. God will reveal the problem to you though the revelation might be painful to you. Nonsense...

Vortex369:


Well, your last line was a question: What I think?

Are you sure you really want to know what I think?

Since you asked for it, then I have to tell you what I think and the reason for my conclusions.

I think you are stupid, and I am not joking. I think you are one of the stupid husbands who have no idea what Fatherhood means and what being a real man in your home entails and how to be a husband to your own wife.

The reason I think you are stupid, is because at this stage in your Life, when your wife is strugggling real hard to bond with the young kids you still are worried about your silly sex life.

You have failed to be an alpha male, a real man, a true husband, who will cuddle his wife and his children and generate happiness for your wife. What bothers you is sex. Do you have any idea that it is sex that brought those children to this world, and when they come, you now sound as if those kids are inconvenience for your silly sex life. Do you even know how silly it sounds?

My advise is that you grow up. Call your wife and kiss her then apologize for complaining about Sex, and move into your bedroom and nurse those children to reach an age of grace.

It is not you that should be complaining of sex dimwit. If your wife needs sex, then become creative, you can make move in the kitchen, bathroom, toilet, under the bed and even at the BQ for a change.

You must not come here and lament about this nonsense again.

Do we not have real men again in this forum that will chastise these Indomie men?

Take charge of your home and bear all inconveniences. Life is not a place for perfect joy and happiness. Embrace the sorrows and pains.

Free the guy abeg. The truth you are running away from and that the Op needs to know is that when a woman starts having dwindling interest in sex, they are losing interest in the man and most likely having an affair. Yes, mums of babies of less than one year so have affairs. I have seen such. The Op did not write the piece as he is experiencing it currently. He was just trying to be civilsed. His situation is pathetic and someone is talking trash about being Alpha male. Alpha male ko, Omega male ni. As men, it's unfortunate the society expects you to swallow plenty shit coming from your wife.

Op, my advice to you is open your eyes and be observant. God will reveal the problem to you though the revelation might be painful to you. Nonsense...

I was stunned by the creativity of these out of boys as they operate their fabricated automated excavator in Port Harcourt.

Mod, please move to front page to see if they can get support.

https://twitter.com/Igwe86286410/status/1220029901270593536?s=19

Like pawns

dawnomike:
The conspiracies in this world makes ot seem like we all are in a game of chess...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned Mama Boko Haram for fraud. Remember that she once served as the Federal Government's only link of negotiation with Boko Haram.

(CNN)Having sex less frequently could lead to an earlier menopause, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that women who reported having sexual activity weekly were 28% less likely to have experienced menopause than those who had sex less than once a month.

Similarly, those who had sex monthly were 19% less likely to have attained menopause -- defined as 12 months without a period -- than those who had sex less than once a month.

While the study didn't look at the reason for the link, the authors said that the physical cues of sex may signal to the body that there is a possibility of getting pregnant. But for women who aren't having sex frequently in midlife, an earlier menopause may make more biological sense.t

"If you're not going to reproduce, there's no point ovulating -- you're better off using that energy elsewhere," said Megan Arnot, the lead author of the study and a PhD candidate in evolutionary anthropology at University College London.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/14/health/menopause-onset-sex-wellness/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2020-01-19T11%3A46%3A03&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link

Please, can anyone tell us why Maj. Gen. Buhari cannot work to reduce the staggering unemployment rate in Nigeria as his counterparts are doing the world over.

It seems Former American President Obama is falling in love anew with his wife, Michelle as he wishes her a happy birthday.

Nigeria has been ranked the third most dangerous country to live on Earth. Do you agree?