MELINDA Gates has warned that the bodies of African cities will soon be littered with the corpses of coronavirus victims soon unless governments across the continent take urgent action to combat the spread of the pandemic.

BRITAIN has asked China to refund the money it paid for 3.5m coronavirus test kits it ordered last month after it emerged that none of them passed accuracy checks after they were delivered into the UK.

MEMBERS of the University of Ilorin Alumni association in the UK have issued a statement debunking the story that their member Dele Jalade who recently passed away died from the dreaded coronavirus pandemic.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) I am not surprised at the contents of these two maps. The malaria and Covid-19 maps are totally converse. It appears that the two ailments are actually avoiding each other

(2) One is a tropical disease, while the other is a temperate virus. There is very little overlap between them

(3) However, from what we know so far, anti-malaria drugs like Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have enjoyed some success against coronavirus

ITALY'S Mafia is enjoying a growth in popularity across the poor southern parts of the country as a result of the charitable acts of its members who have acted in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and begun distributing food to the poor.

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has followed the lead of his Ondo State counterpart Rotimi Akeredolu and suspended plans to lift the restrictions on religious congregations over the Easter period.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Leon Trotsky once said that even in ruins there is architecture. Meaning that from the rubble, you can always see the design of the past and the future. This Covid-19 crisis is offering the whole world and opportunity to examine the options open to its producers of numerous products

BRITISH scientist Professor Sarah Gilbert has expressed optimism that an effective vaccine against coronavirus should be ready by September this year as work on the cure is 80% complete by her team at Oxford University.

NIGERIAN government ministers have commenced talks with local automobile form the Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Company (IVMC) about the possibility of making ventilator machines at its Nnewi plant.

NIGERIA'S embassy in Beijing is preparing to evacuate all of its citizens from China in response to the terrible discrimination they are suffering from in the hands of the Chinese authorities as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.