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Coronavirus in Nigeria: The engineers fixing ventilators for free

World /

Two Nigerian software engineers have been fixing ventilators for free at a hospital in northern Nigeria. William Gyang and Nura Jubril, who have experience doing electrical repairs, discovered that there were 40 faulty machines at the University of Jos teaching hospital. They’ve already fixed two and are now working on the others. Video producer: Faith […]

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Trump Slammed the W.H.O. Over Coronavirus. He’s Not Alone.

Politics /

President Trump unleashed a tirade against the World Health Organization on Tuesday, accusing it of acting too slowly to sound the alarm about the coronavirus. It was not the first time in this pandemic that the global health body has faced such criticism. Government officials, health experts and analysts have in recent weeks raised concerns

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Coronavirus scams: guard against fraud cures and other cons

Finance /

TRENTON, N.J. — Con artists are finding lots of marks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Watchdog groups and authorities report a surge of complaints about scams targeting people who fear catching the virus or need money due to lost income. Scams include “investments” in phony COVID-19 cures and charging people in advance for nonexistent home tests,

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With Johnson hospitalized, who’s who in Britain’s Cabinet?

Lifestyle /

LONDON — With British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized in intensive care after contracting the coronavirus, who’s left to run the country? A look at the key players in Johnson’s Cabinet: DOMINIC RAAB, FOREIGN SECRETARY AND FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE As first secretary of state, Raab has been designated by Johnson to temporarily take on

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Coronavirus tests: Cambridge University lab sets daily target of 30,000

Lifestyle /

Image copyright Cambridge University Image caption The facility will be based at the Anne McLaren Laboratory on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus A new laboratory aiming to achieve 30,000 coronavirus tests a day is to be set up at Cambridge University. The UK government has set a target of 100,000 tests a day by the end

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