coronavirus Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/coronavirus/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 23 Mar 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 coronavirus Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/coronavirus/ 32 32 Algeria conditionally accepts chloroquine for treating COVID 19 https://jjcornish.com/2020/03/algeria-conditionally-accepts-chloroquine-for-treating-covid-19/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/03/algeria-conditionally-accepts-chloroquine-for-treating-covid-19/ Algerian health authorities have approved the use of a familiar albeit outdate anti-malarial drug for treating certain cases of COVID 19. Chloroquine was praised as a potential coronavirus cure by US President Donald Trump.  Two Nigerian who tried have ended up in hospital being treated for poisoning. ends intro The treatment protocol cautiously adopted by […]

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]]> Algerian health authorities have approved the use of a familiar albeit outdate anti-malarial drug for treating certain cases of COVID 19.

Chloroquine was praised as a potential coronavirus cure by US President Donald Trump. 

Two Nigerian who tried have ended up in hospital being treated for poisoning.

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The treatment protocol cautiously adopted by Algerian health authorities is highly conditional. They say it has  reduced fever and inflammation in some COVID 19 cases.

Chloroquine is one of he oldest and best known anti-malarial drugs. However the malaria virus has been immune to it for decades.

The World Health Organisation says there’s no definitive evidence of chloroquine being effective against coronavirus. 

There is only anecdotal evidence by  some Algerian doctors.

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]]> Nigerian doctors end strike to tend to COVID 19 patients https://jjcornish.com/2020/03/nigerian-doctors-end-strike-to-tend-to-covid-19-patients/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/03/nigerian-doctors-end-strike-to-tend-to-covid-19-patients/ Nigerian doctors have ended a week-long strike because of the COVID 19 pandemic raging across the world. They say the Abuja government has committed tom meet their demands. ends intro The doctors say they won’t hesitate to down stethoscopes if the authorities victimize any of their members for taking industrial action. Spokesman Dr Saidu Alhassan […]

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]]> Nigerian doctors have ended a week-long strike because of the COVID 19 pandemic raging across the world.

They say the Abuja government has committed tom meet their demands.

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The doctors say they won’t hesitate to down stethoscopes if the authorities victimize any of their members for taking industrial action.

Spokesman Dr Saidu Alhassan says government has shown genuine interest in their plight.

They had no option but to to on strike because of their poor working conditions and the dangers they face as first responders in the CORONAVIRUS pandemic that that sickened a dozen people in Nigeria

This has  caused the government to close its borders to travelers from 13 high-risk countries including Britain, the United States, China and Japan.

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]]> Italian passengers from coronavirus hit areas opt to go home rather than face quarantine in Mauritius https://jjcornish.com/2020/02/italian-passengers-from-coronavirus-hit-areas-opt-to-go-home-rather-than-face-quarantine-in-mauritius/ Sun, 23 Feb 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/02/italian-passengers-from-coronavirus-hit-areas-opt-to-go-home-rather-than-face-quarantine-in-mauritius/ Passengers on an Italian airliner that landed in Mauritius have opted to go straight back home rather than face quarantine against COVOD19. Alitalia has sent a plane to fetch them. Expecting to enjoy a beach holiday, 224 Alitalia passengers landed on Mauritius today. Authorities said 20 of them from Veneto and Lombardy had to go […]

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]]> Passengers on an Italian airliner that landed in Mauritius have opted to go straight back home rather than face quarantine against COVOD19.

Alitalia has sent a plane to fetch them.

Expecting to enjoy a beach holiday, 224 Alitalia passengers landed on Mauritius today.

Authorities said 20 of them from Veneto and Lombardy had to go into quarantine or turn around.

The areas are in northern Italy where five people have died of coronavirus that has sickened at least 200 since last Friday.

The flu-like disease that originated in China is spreading with some European doctors warning of a global pandemic.

There have been no deaths from coronavirus in Africa, but the World Health Organization says the continent is ill equipped to deal with it spreading there.

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