The United Nations warned on Tuesday (21) that the pandemic of the new coronavirus could cause hunger in countries already vulnerable with the paralysis of trade and the shock in the financial markets.
Society
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Chronic malnutrition affects 43% of children under five in Mozambique and 30% of children of the same age in Angola, according to the Global Report 2020 on Food Crises.
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The number of fatal victims of Covid-19 in Portugal remains below the threshold of 30, for the third consecutive day, despite a slight increase in the last 24 hours.
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At a time when the new coronavirus continues to cause fatalities worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) recalls that “drinking alcohol does not kill the virus”, stressing that it has the opposite effect.
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Drug traffickers’ idea is to put people on their side in the future
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Official tests for covid-19 in populous sub-Saharan African countries such as Nigeria are residual and kits are being sold on the black market through social networks and private clinics, according to regional sources.
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Hong Kong today announced the extension for two more weeks of measures to control the spread of Covid-19, including a ban on public meetings of more than four people.
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The island of Hengqin will contribute to solving the problem of lack of space and resources in Macau, allowing for a better performance of its role as a platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, says the Macau government in the Government Action Lines for 2020.