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All housing possession proceedings have been suspended for 90 days after solicitors collected hard data showing lack of a consistent approach among county courts dealing with cases during the coronavirus crisis. The suspension has been welcomed by housing solicitors but the government is being urged to provide cash-strapped legal aid providers - whose cashflows will …
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All police forces throughout the UK and Northern Ireland now have dispersal powers to help ensure everyone adheres to the social distancing guidance laid out by the Government and Public Health England. These powers have been granted under the Health Regulations 2020 and came into effect today (Thursday, 26 March). What does this mean for …
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Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, has tested negative for Coronavirus. In a tweet posted this morning, the governor said the result of the rapid diagnostic test came back negative but he awaits the result of the PCR test and would remain in self-isolation. My rapid diagnotic test for #Coronavirus ( #COVID?19 ) came back negative. However, …
By ASHLEIGH FURLONG AND ANNABELLE DICKSON 3/25/20, 5:36 PM CET Updated 3/25/20, 6:15 PM CET People in Britain should soon be able to secure an at-home coronavirus antibody test via Amazon or Boots and other high-street retail chemists, Public Health England said Wednesday. The government has ordered 3.5 million of the tests, which detect antibodies …
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Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Frank Okiye (Photo Credit: Vanguard) The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Frank Okiye, has tested positive to Coronavirus. The state deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, disclosed this on Wednesday while addressing journalists in Benin City, the state capital. “The index case of Coronavirus in Edo, the Speaker …
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