Fur Trades and Pandemics: Coronavirus and Denmark’s Great Mink Massacre

“The worst case scenario is a new pandemic, starting all over again out of Denmark,” came the words of a grave Kåre Mølbak, director of the Danish health authorities, the State Serum Institute.  According to the Institute, COVID-19 infections were registered on 216 mink farms on November 6.  Not only had such infections been registered; […]

NCDC records 155 new COVID-19 cases , 4 more casualties

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 155 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19),  as the total number of confirmed cases soared to  63,328. The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja while giving an update on  COVID-19 infections in Nigeria, said four deaths had been recorded in the […]

COVID-19: NCDC confirms 197 new infections, 5 more deaths

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 197 new cases of COVID-19, with five deaths recorded in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. The agency said that the total confirmed COVID-19 infections in the country had reached 55,829. It noted that the 197 infections were […]

In UAE, COVID-19 Infection Rising, But In Africa, The Curve Bending

The United Arab Emirate (UAE) is witnessing an alarming increase in new COVID-19 infections. Health Minister, Abdul Rahman Al Owais, is blaming it on social and family gatherings and the failure to adhere to COVID-19 precautionary measures by the public. In Africa, Reuters, however, reports that the continent is beginning to slowly “bend the curve” of COVID-19 infections […]