4 at RNC in Charlotte test positive for virus

It's too early for persons to develop immunity for COVID-19, says CMO

CHIEF Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie says not enough time has passed to determine whether persons who have had COVID-19 will develop immunity to the disease.In an interview with JIS News, the CMO pointed out that most countries have not gone a full six months since being

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Joe Biden Has A Plan for COVID-19

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz In times of trouble, a nation and its people turn to its leader for guidance. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, every nation looked towards its leaders to steer them through it. In America, the response from the White House has often been criticized as slow coming or

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Gweru to lease Kudzanai toilets

Gweru City Council says it is planning to lease its Kudzanai bus toilets in a bid to boost revenue for the cash-strapped local authority which is failing to maintain them. By Stephen Chadenga Speaking at a recent council meeting, deputy mayor Cleopas Shiri said there was a recommendation that the

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Pre-Law Summer Boot Camp Offers Up Close Look At The Legal Profession | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

ORLANDO, Fla Pre-law students who registered for the Florida AM University (FAMU) Legal Scholars Summer Boot Camp were up for the challenges presented in this thought-provoking two-week virtual session. “Students had an opportunity to present legal arguments on the George Floyd case as either

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Source: The Florida Star

Regeneron Starts Phase 3 Trial Of Covid Antibody Drug That Might Treat And Prevent Infection - The Seattle Medium

An antibody cocktail is now beginning late-stage clinical trials to evaluate the drug's ability to prevent and treat coronavirus infection. The post Regeneron Starts Phase 3 Trial Of Covid Antibody Drug That Might Treat And Prevent Infection appeared first on The Seattle Medium.

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An old man’s lament

THREE times in the past month, 71-year-old Leonard Chizinga showed up at NewsDay offices seeking to talk to a reporter about what he described as a burning issue and was turned away each time. By Tawanda Tafirenyika Yesterday on the fourth visit, I granted him an audience to hear what it was so

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

School reopening: 2 740 teachers, 1 260 students infected since restart

During a basic education briefing on the school reopening strategy, Motshekga said that infection rates mirrored those of the communities.

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Highest COVID-19 Case Count Over Holiday Weekend; Over 7,000 Tested Positive. - Los Angeles Sentinel

Monday, July 6, L.A. Public officials provided an update on current levels of escalation in the COVID-19 outbreak. In order to maintain control over the spread of COVID-19, Los Angeles leaders took a “hard pause” and closed down beaches, piers, bike trails, and outdoor dining in order to limit

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As Consumer Habits Change, How Can Businesses Keep Up? - Milwaukee Community Journal

American consumers don’t act and buy the way they did just a few short months ago – at least most of them don’t. The pandemic and the need for social distancing led to an upsurge in online buying. Takeout and delivery replaced, at least temporarily, dining out. Many consumers, worried about the

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Woman who called police on black man in viral Central Park video charged with making a false report

an example of discrimination against African-Americans. Chris Cooper said that he and telling them that an African-American man was threatening her and

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Source: TheBlaze

Bethel-Baltimore Delivers 12,000 Pounds of Food

Bethel-Baltimore Delivers 12,000 Pounds of Food When the coronavirus pandemic fully hit the United States, Maryland Governor’s stay-at-home order went into effect in the middle [...]

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Source: The Christian Recorder

Doctors claim bias

A group of intern doctors who pursued their medical degrees overseas are fuming over what they describe as direct biases regarding the sitting of their licensing examination.

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Hotels, buses eyes dividends of reopening from corona lockdown

Nairobi accounts for 21.7 percent of the country’s output, and influences economic activities in neighbouring counties of Kiambu, Machakos and Kajiado and even beyond.

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Source: Business Daily

Voter Suppression Goes to College | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

If preliminary data estimates on the recent 2020 primaries in North Carolina are accurate, student voters on HBCU campuses must raise their turnout game come the general election this November. So says Dr. William Busa, founder of EQV Analytics, a ‘North Carolina-focused campaign consulting firm

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Source: The Florida Star

COVID-19 trauma - Stabroek News

Yesterday’s passing of 25-year-old teacher, Donna Greaves at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) underlines the continuing trauma facing the country from COVID-19. The article COVID-19 trauma appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Telecel workers threaten to down tools

TELECEL workers, who are demanding a 733,3% salary increment, have threatened to down tools if the mobile network operator fails to hike their pay from $1 200 to $10 000. BY TAFADZWA KACHIKO The workers yesterday revealed to NewsDay that they would today meet management led by chief executive

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Nick Cordero, Broadway actor, dies at 41 after battle with Covid-19 - The New York Beacon

(CNN)Nick Cordero, a Broadway actor who had admirers across the world rallying for his recovery, has died after a battle with Covid-19, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots. He was 41. God has another angel in heaven now, Kloots posted on her official Instagram account Sunday

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

WHEDA invites community participation to kick off rural affordable workforce housing initiative - Milwaukee Community Journal

Webinar and comment options available prior to application launch MADISON – Rural community leaders, employers, affordable housing providers, developers, lenders, planners, policy makers and residents are invited to learn more and provide final input prior to the launch of the competitive

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Businessman rescues rural shop owners

MUTARE businessman Simbarashe Charamba has launched a programme to supply retailers in Manicaland province with goods for resale and save them from spiralling transport costs. BY KENNETH nyangani Charamba, the Family Choice Supermarket director, said the project, called the Wholesale Van

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Lethem woman, 25, is 15th COVID-19 fatality - Stabroek News

The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed Guyana’s 15th COVID-19 related death, according to the Department of Public Information’s (DPI) Facebook page. The article Lethem woman, 25, is 15th COVID-19 fatality appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Mississippi Election Commissioner States, ‘The Blacks are Having Lots of Events for Voter Registration’ Causing an Uproar

An election commissioner in Mississippi has made the news last week amid a report stating that she was having concerns because “The blacks are having lots (of) events for voter

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Source: The Black Chronicle

With California schools opening soon, kids lack needed tech to learn remotely - Black Voice News

Betty Hunter and her rising eighth grader had a challenging spring of distance learning. On one hand, Hunter felt “blessed” that her son, Angel, received at least some form of live instruction each day from his teachers at the Mary L. Booker Leadership Academy, the San Francisco charter school he

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

The next move: ‘To the polls’ - TSDMemphis.com

“To the polls” was presented as the answer this week as members of Keepers of 306, a National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) initiative that engages civic-minded young leaders moved to answer the question being asked by many: “Where do we go from here?” The no-wavering answer came on Tuesday (June

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

Miami shuts down restaurants again as Floridas Covid-19 hospitalizations surge | The Atlanta Voice

As Florida sets the most dubious of records amid the coronavirus pandemic, Miami-Dade County has decided its done playing by the states rules. As of Wednesday, restaurants in the county, the states most populous, will be shut down again except for takeout and delivery, county Mayor Carlos Gimenez

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

T&T could keep borders closed until after Aug 10 polls

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) The Trinidad and Tobago Government says it has no plans to rush towards reopening the borders of the country closed since March in a bid to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).Oppositions parties have been calling on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

New rules: Foreign pupils must leave US if classes go online - Black News Channel

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer/ BNC Contributor International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines issued Monday by federal immigration authorities. The guidelines, issued by

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Central Park ‘Karen’ Amy Copper charged over alleged false report about African American man - African American News Today - EIN News

in May accused an African American man of threatening her 911 operator that an African-American man was threatening her the police “there’s an African-American man threatening my life,” to him twice as “African-American.” The video has more than

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Source: Perth Now

Do not go to school, Eastern Cape officials tell Grade R, 6 and 11 pupils

The coronavirus crisis has worsened in the Eastern Cape, as pupils in Grades R, 6 and 11 have been told to stay away from school on Monday.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

African Americans die more frequently from Covid-19, but MIT researchers say poverty isn’t why - African American News Today - EIN News

Black Americans are dying from Covid as systemic racism that impacts African Americans’ quality of insurance, hospitals, go to work sick. “Black Americans and Hispanic Americans are more for chronic diseases among African Americans and poverty as possible

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Source: Minority Reporter

Brilliant Lesa!

Mary Mary's 2000 gospel hit I Just Can't Give Up Now played softly from the Angus family's small board house in the Old Road community of Kitson Town, St Catherine yesterday.

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