Since the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic, smartphones have become increasingly popular in Algeria, as many people across the country use their time in lockdown to connect with each other and the outside world, new research shows. Others are using smartphones to carry out their work remotely, especially since internet cafes have been closed. “The smartphone becomes efficient because it is becoming more convenient and easy to use, especially in this period of health crisis,” said Abdenour Arezki, dean of the faculty of sociology at the University of Bouira. A recent study by Jumia, Africa’s leading e-commerce company, found…
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A 21-mile-long (35 km) column of trucks lined a major highway between Kenya and Uganda on Saturday, a sea of diesel engines and goods headed west but stopped at the border for time-consuming coronavirus tests. The drivers, stuck on portions of highway between Eldoret, Kenya and the border town of Malaba, told Zenger News that Kenyan authorities are denying them access to food, water and lodging. Most of them sleep in their trucks. There are no toilet facilities. Drivers with positive tests are turned back. Even for those who test negative, there’s no clear path to proceed. And the backup…
Less than a month after taking the position, Nelson Teich is no longer Brazil’s minister of health. A week later, the position remains vacant as coronavirus cases in the country continued to climb. Army Gen. Eduardo Pazuello, the deputy health minister, is the interim minister. An oncologist, Teich was sworn in on April 17 following the firing of Luiz Henrique Mandetta and resigned May 15. President Jair Bolsonaro had fired Mandetta over disagreements on how to combat COVID-19. Teich’s contradiction of Bolsonaro, mainly regarding the controversial antimalarial drug chloroquine in the treatment of the new coronavirus and for social isolation…
Terence Lester has slept on the streets of Atlanta and walked hundreds of miles in order to bring more attention to the issue of homelessness. So when a homeless man told Lester how difficult it was for people living on the streets to wash their hands to avoid catching or spreading the coronavirus, it was only natural for Lester to spring into action. Lester, a 37-year-old former pastor, knew that people experiencing homelessness often rely on public places like restaurants, libraries, and stores to wash their hands. With those places closed down due to the pandemic, and with hand hygiene…