Covid-19: Discovery gives SA free doctors for all; Africa asks for debt relief; SA banks downgrade; emerging markets
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In todays news headlines:
* As the number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths registered at five, Discovery’s Adrian Gore and colleagues, and their partners at Vodacom, are the latest to step forward, in this case with a simple, powerful plan to create easy access to doctors for any South African who fears he or she might have contracted the deadly coronavirus;
* African finance ministers want International Monetary Fund, World Bank and EU support for bilateral, multilateral and commercial debt relief amid the coronavirus crisis, Reuters reports;
* Two ratings agencies downgraded big South African banks’ credit ratings to junk; and
* Developing-nation assets kicked off the second quarter on a negative note on Wednesday as stocks from India, South Korea and Colombia slid, currencies declined and the risk premium on bonds rose.
* As the number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths registered at five, Discovery’s Adrian Gore and colleagues, and their partners at Vodacom, are the latest to step forward, in this case with a simple, powerful plan to create easy access to doctors for any South African who fears he or she might have contracted the deadly coronavirus;
* African finance ministers want International Monetary Fund, World Bank and EU support for bilateral, multilateral and commercial debt relief amid the coronavirus crisis, Reuters reports;
* Two ratings agencies downgraded big South African banks’ credit ratings to junk; and
* Developing-nation assets kicked off the second quarter on a negative note on Wednesday as stocks from India, South Korea and Colombia slid, currencies declined and the risk premium on bonds rose.
