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Oct

2020

Eight players from Morocco’s Raja Casablanca test positive for COVID-19

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER A total of eight players at Morocco’s top club Raja Casablanca have tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the postponement of their CAF Champions League semi-final clash against Egyptian giants Zamalek. CAF has announced that the semi-final clash was re-scheduled from October 24 to November 1 after the Covid-positive players have to go into mandatory quarantine until October 27. In addition, CAF said its stance was also forced by a decision by the government of Morocco to withdraw special authorization for Raja to travel outside the country. In a statement, CAF said: “As a result, the team will…

Oct

2020

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Lots of support for South African Health Minister infected with COVID-19

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THERE has been an outpouring of support for South African Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, who has gone into quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19. World Health Organisation Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and South African president Cyril Ramaphosa have led a torrent of good wishes for Mkhize, who has tested positive together with his wife May. Ghebreyesus wished the Mkhize’s swift and easy recoveries. Ramaphosa also wished the couple a speedy recovery. “The President wishes the Mkhizes a safe and restful recovery and joins the Minister in calling on all South Africans to remain careful…

Oct

2020

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Ghana football stars test positive for COVID-19

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER JORDAN Ayew, Ghana’s international and Crystal Palace striker has tested positive for COVID-19 and has gone into self-isolation. Ayew has become the third Ghana international to rest positive after spending the international break at home. Bernard Mensah, who plays for Turkish side Besiktas and Gideon Mensah, who turns out for Spanish side Vitoria Guimares, also tested positive. Ayew confirmed on his Twitter handle that he would be out of action for a while. “Sadly, I have tested positive for Covid-19 & have begun my quarantine in line with health guidance. Thankfully, I am feeling fine & do…

Oct

2020

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Nearly 200 at school in Nigeria’s Lagos test positive for COVID-19

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A total of 181 students and staff at a private boarding school in the Nigerian capital Lagos have tested positive for coronavirus, according to state health authorities. Authorities said there had been a "minor but significant" outbreak among the 441 staff and students at the school in the suburb of Lekki and said most of the now-quarantined positive cases were asymptomatic. Lagos State Commissioner for Health Akin Abayomi said in a statement posted on Twitter that the cases came to light after a 14-year-old girl fell sick on October 3. She tested positive for COVID-19 on October 6, prompting state…

Oct

2020

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Mozambique’s health minister tests positive for coronavirus

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MOZAMBIQUE’S health minister, Armindo Tiago, has tested positive for COVID-19, he said in a statement, adding that he was well, however, showing no symptoms, and in isolation at home. "I am infected, but not sick," Tiago said. "No one in this world can say that they are immune to the new coronavirus." The southeast African nation has reported 10,258 infections, with 73 deaths.

Oct

2020

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Christiano Ronaldo tests positive for COVID-19

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER WORLD football star and Portugal captain Christian Ronaldo has tested positive for COVID-19. The Portugues Football Federation has announced that Ronaldo, who also plays for Italian giants Juventus, has gone into self-quarantine and will now miss his country’s next UEFA Nations League game against Sweden. His last game was goalless draw on Sunday against France. In a statement, the FPF said Ronaldo was doing well, without symptoms, and in isolation. “Following the positive case, the remaining players underwent new tests this Tuesday morning, all with a negative result, and are available to Fernando Santos for training this…

Oct

2020

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Receiving top care, Trump says Americans are learning to live with COVID-19

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ALEXANDRA ALPER and DEENA BEASLEY U.S. President Donald Trump said Americans were learning to live with COVID-19, a day after returning from hospital to the White House where he will receive intensive treatment for coronavirus unavailable to most people. Trump, who spent three days at Walter Reed Medical Center outside Washington, was due to receive a fifth transfusion of the antiviral drug Remdesivir while being treated with the steroid dexamethasone, normally used in the most severe cases. The Republican president, running against Democrat Joe Biden in November's election, has repeatedly played down the disease, which has now killed more than…

Oct

2020

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Trump’s condition improving, received steroid in COVID-19 treatment, doctors say

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ALEXANDRA ALPER and DOINA CHIACU PRESIDENT Donald Trump's condition is improving as he is being treated for COVID-19 at a military hospital, his medical team said on Sunday, as they provided more details of the toll the lung illness has taken on him. Trump, 74, who was flown to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday, could return as early as Monday to the White House, where doctors would continue his five-day course of the intravenous antiviral drug Remdesivir. Dr Sean P. Conley told reporters Trump had received supplemental oxygen on Thursday and Friday and is also being given…

Oct

2020

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Trump says ‘real test’ ahead in his COVID fight after mixed messages from White House

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ALEXANDRA ALPER and JEFF MASON PRESIDENT Donald Trump told Americans from his hospital room that the next few days will be the "real test" of his treatment for COVID-19, after a series of contradictory messages from the White House caused widespread confusion about his condition. In a four-minute video posted on Twitter on Saturday from his hospital suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, a tired-looking Trump said he was feeling "much better." "Over the next period of a few days, I guess that's the real test, so we'll be seeing what happens over those next couple of days,"…

Oct

2020

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‘Trump not yet on clear path to recovery’

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PRESIDENT Donald Trump is not yet on a clear path to recovery from COVID-19 and some of his vital signs over the last 24 hours were very concerning, a person familiar with the situation told reporters. The source, who asked not to be identified, said the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of Trump's care. The assessment seemed at odds with that of Trump's doctor during a brief press conference. The president’s doctor said Trump was "doing very well" and is fever-free at a military hospital on Saturday a day after he tested positive for COVID-19. But a…