coronavirus

Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, tested positive for the coronavirus Sunday, his 100th day in office, the mayor’s office announced. Adams has been focused on reopening the city after cases rose during the omicron surge over the winter.…

A lion in Chennai zoo has died of coronavirus while nine others were reported to have tested positive for Covid-19. According to a statement issued by the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, at Vandalur near Chennai, nine ou of their eleven…

Saudi Arabia has kicked off a three-phase Covid-19 vaccination program. The program was kicked off on Thursday December 17, 2020, with the health minister among those inoculated after the first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine…

The interior Ministry of Lebanon has announced that it will close bars and nightclubs to help contain the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. The ministry on 11th of October stated that, "Bars and Nightclubs are to be shut until further…

Amsterdam has succumbed to the use of face mask as it ordered citizens to wear mask especially in crowded places as the cases of coronavirus hike. Sebastiaan Meijer, Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema’s said on Wednesday August 5, 2020, that…

German Health Minister, Jens Spahn has disclosed that Germany would introduce compulsory coronavirus testing for holidaymakers returning from hard-hit places from around the world as the cases of coronavirus infections surge in the country.…

The United Nations Development Programme has proposed the immediate introduction of a temporary basic income that could curtail the spread of the coronavirus pandemic by allowing the world's poorest people to stay at home. The proposed plan…

A new report compiled by the United Nation's Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia has said the spread of COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the Arab economy causing it to shrink by 5.7 per cent with a loss totalling $152…

Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, has warned that European Union leaders might not reach a conclusion over the EU recovery fund which has been the pivot of the EU summit since it started on Friday July 17, 2020.Talks over coronavirus…

The Philippines Presidential spokesperson, Mr Harry Roque, has disclosed that the country would allow some foreign nationals with long-term visas to enter the country as from 1st August. The move, which was announced on Friday July 17,…

Chinese authorities on Monday 6 July, 2020, detained a law professor who published essays criticizing President Xi Jinping over the coronavirus pandemic and his efforts to consolidate power. Professor of law Xu Zhangrun is a rare outspoken…

Indian Council of Medical Research, a leading clinical research agency in the country on Saturday justified its decision to fast-track development of a potential coronavirus vaccine. In a response to several concerns raised by health…

Iran President, Hassan Rouhani, has launched new preventive measures to curb the spread of coronavirus infections in the country. Iran continues to witness huge spikes in Covid-19 infections as number of cases keep soaring on a daily…

The United Nations World Food Programme has announced a massive rise in the number of hungry people it plans to assist around the world, as the devastating socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic push millions more people into food…

United Kingdom Ministers have said blanket restrictions on non-residential overseas travel will be relaxed in the country from July 6, 2020. The new rules will allow holidaymakers to travel to certain European countries without having to…

Spain has opened its border to all European countries except Portugal and lifted coronavirus state of emergency. Portugal’s border is set to reopen on 1st of July. Many passengers arrived Madrid's International Adolfo Suarez-Barajas…

Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands have signed an agreement with pharmaceutical group, AstraZeneca, to guarantee 300 million doses of a possible coronavirus vaccine. The German government through the Ministry of Health announced…

The United Nations Development Programme has tasked governments with the need to step up and lead the fight against a growing tide of false, inflammatory and misleading information that threatens to worsen the already severe impacts of the…

Libya's National Center for Disease Control has announced a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases this month and has blamed the biggest outbreak on a repatriations of nationals whom were stranded abroad. The NCDC announced more than 90 new…

Qatar has said it would host FIFA World Cup in 2022 as planned despite the current coronavirus threats and the fallout that is projected to follow it for years to come. The Qatari Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani,…

One minute you are reading about pioneering medical technology behind the implanting of bionic eyes to restore sight to blind people. The next you learn that a disease you have never heard of - Schistosomiasis - infects over 200 million…

Vietnam authorities have announced that the country has not recorded a single coronavirus-related death since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the country of 97 million people has just 328 confirmed cases of the…

Health experts have warned that the ravaging heatwave in India could kill more than coronavirus. While disclosing this on Thursday May 28, 2020, the health experts revealed that at least 3,500 people had been killed by the heat since 2015.…

The Wuhan government has, so far, reached more than 90 percent of the city in its resolve to test all 11 million residents of the central Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic originated. The decision came after six new cases…

The coronavirus pandemic has severely crushed Yemeni health sector. According to the United Nations, coronavirus is believed to be spreading throughout Yemen, where the healthcare system "has in effect collapsed". This was disclosed on…

A 28 year old pregnant Algerian doctor, Wafa Boudissa who was denied maternity leave three times, has died of the coronavirus. The victim who was eight months pregnant as of her time of death had requested early maternity leave three…

The Federal Ministry of Health, Somalia has today launched its new webpage with integrated new COVID-19 data-monitoring dashboard. According to the ministry, the integrated dashboard will allow the public to get access of the latest…

A Russia woman has recovered from Covid-19. The 100-year-old woman beat the virus and left a Moscow hospital after she fully recovered. Russia was in celebration as Pelageya Poyarkova who happens to be Russia’s first case to be treated and…

The Zambian government has announced closure of its border with Tanzania. Zambian president Edgar Lungu has directed that the Nakonda border which the country shares with Tanzania would be closed temporarily as number of coronavirus cases…

Hundreds of migrants are stranded in Bossaso, Puntland, Somalia, as a result of border and sea-crossing closures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Every year, scores of migrants, mainly from landlocked Ethiopia, pass through Bossaso…