US intelligence community on Thursday said it has concluded that the novel coronavirus “was not manmade or genetically modified,” but is still examining whether the outbreak could have originated in a Chinese laboratory.
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In an effort to quell stress during the coronavirus outbreak, an estimated 58 million Americans have been spending more money than usual, a figure that still represents a minority of the 329 million US population, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
Italy’s Serie A football league has recommended that clubs impose wage cuts of between two and four months’ pay on playing and coaching staff to reduce losses during the coronavirus outbreak.
All tertiary institutions in Lagos State are to shut down with immediate effect. The order was pronounced on Friday by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu during a live broadcast on the Coronavirus update in the State.
Britain on Monday asked manufacturers, including Ford, Honda and Rolls Royce, to help make health equipment, including ventilators, to cope with the coronavirus outbreak.
Wayne Rooney has slammed the government and football authorities have treated footballers as “guinea pigs” during the coronavirus outbreak.
The Chinese Embassy in Nigeria said that Foreign Direct Investment in China dropped by 8.6 per cent between January and February following the outbreak of the coronavirus, code-named COVID-19.
US Major League Soccer said on Thursday it was suspending its season for 30 days due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The Oyo State Epidemiologist, Dr. Akinfemi Akinyode, says no fewer than 10 cases have been investigated and screened for coronavirus in the state since the outbreak of the disease in the country.
OPEC on Thursday agreed to cut oil output by an extra 1.5 million barrels per day in the second quarter of 2020 to support prices that have been hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
President Donald Trump said on Monday that he has asked pharmaceutical companies in the US to speed up work on producing a vaccine to combat the novel strain of the COVID-19.
China’s Foreign Ministry has blasted the US Government for restricting the entry of Chinese nationals due to the coronavirus outbreak, which this week was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization.