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Black Parents Be Vigilant . . . Though Rare, Much Remains Unknown About MIS-C, a Mysterious COVID-19 Related Illness in Children | Black Voice News
COVID-19 cases average two percent nationally for persons under the age of 18; yet this statistic offers little comfort to parents in Los Angeles whose children are currently battling
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Rwanda: Govt Deploys Robots in COVID-19 Fight
Launched on Tuesday, May 19 at the Kanyinya COVID-19 Treatment Centre by the Ministry of Health with support from the United Nations Development Programme, the five high-tech robots can perform a number of tasks related to COVID-19 management, including mass temperature screening, delivering food
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US firm announces 'positive' phase 1 results for virus vaccine
US biotech firm Moderna reported "positive interim" results on Monday in the first clinical tests of its vaccine against the new coronavirus performed on a small number of
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While the world is mesmerized by the new coronavirus, other infectious diseases continue to kill millions of people, including many children in developing
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South Sudan's Machar and His Wife Test Positive for COVID-19
South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar and his wife Angelina Teny have tested positive for
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Zambia: After Seven Years, Displaced Villagers Might Get Land
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Ghana: 30 Health Workers in Ashanti Region Contract COVID-19 - -GHS
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The world's biggest economy faces a severe downtown but will not suffer another Great Depression, US Fed chief Jerome Powell said on Sunday, as three hardest-hit countries in Europe reported low death tolls and lockdowns
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Ghana coronavirus: 5,127 cases; Obuasi becomes latest hotspot
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Tunisia: Six More Cases of Coronavirus, Number of Positive Cases Rise to 1,043
Tunis/Tunisia — Six more cases of infection with Coronavirus have been reported on May 18, 2020, out of 1,061 screenings carried out, bringing the total number of cases of infection since the beginning of the epidemic to 1,043, the Ministry of Public Health announced Tuesday at
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Kenya closes Tanzania, Somalia borders- VIDEO
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