US, East Asian nations ahead in 5G roll-out – expert
The United States, China, Japan, South Korea and Australia are leading the 5G network roll-out, while Europe is lagging behind in the take up of the game-changing technology.
May 2020
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Jamaican healthcare worker reportedly dies of COVID-19 in Canada
A Jamaican-born healthcare worker who worked in Ontario, Canada, reportedly died as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) last week, according to her workers’ union and family members.
MASKED gunman cuts down popular businessman in Morant Bay
In a heartrending development on Saturday, a mask-wearing gunman – looking like almost all males in public these days – shot 55-year-old businessman Arju Balani at his business establishment on Queen Street in Morant Bay, St Thomas, resulting in the popular entrepreneur’s death.
‘I feel like running away’: Sex worker struggling amid COVID-19
The world’s oldest profession is floundering in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic which has single-handedly, in only a few weeks, curtailed an industry that has been around for millennia.
Italy’s virus toll jumps after non-hospital deaths reported
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy’s death toll jumped Saturday by the highest number since April 21, although local news agencies attributed it to the addition of previously uncounted deaths outside hospitals.
COVID-19 cases now 432
JAMAICA’S confirmed COVID-19 cases jumped to 432 yesterday, after 10 more people tested positive for the infectious disease that has so far killed more than 200,000 people worldwide and infected 3.1 million.