Monthly Archives: April 2020

Guinea-Bissau receives more medical donation from Jack Ma and Alibaba foundations

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Guinea-Bissau receives more medical donation from Jack Ma and Alibaba foundations

Source: Xinhua| 2020-04-20 19:14:1

BISSAU, April 20 (Xinhua) — Guinea-Bissau on Monday received a second donation of medical supplies from the Chinese foundations of Jack Ma and Alibaba, the country’s Secretary of State for … Read the rest

Ethiopian Airlines has adapted, while SAA may die

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Ethiopian Airlines has adapted, while SAA may die

By Victor Kgomoeswana    26 April 2020

Aviation is among the biggest losers during the global lockdown imposed by the outbreak of Covid-19. Since the World Health Organization (WHO) advised against travel, countries shut their borders, airlines are forced … Read the rest

Twenty-Nine Brave Women Arrested, Two Settlements Attacked

Twenty-nine women bravely continued to occupy the land by sleeping on the ground. Yesterday Calvin and Family Security arrested them. Some of them had babies as young as two years with them. The babies were taken with their mothers during the arrest.

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Twenty-Nine Brave Women

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Argentine Historian Urges Look to FDR’s New Deal for Solutions, Since Neo-Liberalism Is Dead

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The reality is that the pandemic “is closely linked to the advance of neo-liberal economic globalization which rapidly multiplied the effects of the new disease to all corners of the globe.” It’s at times of global crisis like this one, he continues, that Read the rest

Senegal, the DRC and anti-malarial drugs to fight Covid-19

Senegal, the DRC and anti-malarial drugs to fight Covid-19

by PD Lawton,  20 April 2020

Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine are becoming more widely used to mitigate the effects of Covid-19. Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine are synthetic derivatives of quinine . Chloroquine is cheaper to produce but more potentially toxic than Hydroxychloroquine. Quinine … Read the rest

COVID-19 reconciling TCM, Western medicine

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China Focus: COVID-19 reconciling TCM, Western medicine

Source: Xinhua| 2020-04-19 18:48:32|Editor: huaxia

Chinese doctors suggested an open exchange of knowledge and ideas between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine could be beneficial as no certain remedies have been found to cure the disease.

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