Donald Trump discusses sports season amid corona virus pandemic.

The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump,met with top sports leaders to discuss the resumption of sporting activities amid coronavirus pandemic.

Trump was quoted to say at the White House; ‘‘I want fans back in the arenas, I think it’s … whenever we’re ready.

“As soon as we can, obviously. And the fans want to be back, too. They want to see basketball and baseball and football and hockey.

“They want to see their sports. They want to go out onto the golf courses and breathe nice, clean, beautiful fresh air” he added.

Whilst addressing players of the Little League players on Saturday, Trump tweeted “hang in there! We will get you back out on the fields, and know that you will be playing baseball soon.

“We will get through this together, and bats will be swinging before you know it.”

Trump said the need for social distancing is affecting his 14-year-old son, Barron. The president described his son as a good athlete and soccer fan.

“We have to get back,” Trump said. “We have to get back. Remember that. We have to get back and we have to get back soon.”

Coronavirus: UN envoy decries electricity challenges.

A united Nations envoy, Ms Damilola Ogunbiyi, has decried electricity supply challenges in most developing countries battling the corona virus pandemic.
 

She said efforts by the global community to contain the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are suppressed by electricity supply challenges.

Ogunbiyi, who is the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, gave the warning in an article published by Thompson Reuters Foundation News.

In the opinion piece titled: “Power in a pandemic – why energy access matters during Coronavirus”, Ogunbiyi stated that the social distancing and stay-at-home measures adopted by many countries could only work where there was stable and sufficient power supply.

But this is not the case in Africa and parts of Asia with an estimated 840 million people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, living without access to electricity, she submitted.

“As the virus spreads, especially across Africa and parts of Asia, one of the most used preventative measures is a luxury not all countries can afford.

“Social distancing and stay-at-home measures being adopted in many countries are predicated on an important assumption: that populations have access to reliable, affordable electricity to stay connected and continue to communicate with public services and one another remotely.

“The reality is 840 million people, predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa, are living without access to electricity and hundreds of millions more only have access to very limited or unreliable electricity.

“Many of these people, largely women, reside either in crowded cities or rural areas.

“‘Sheltering in place in such areas for long periods may not be possible as energy is needed to cook and store food, or to cool homes,” she said.