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Coronavirus patients charged with attempted murder
Two people are facing attempted murder charges after allegedly refusing to go into quarantine in South Africa, it has emerged. One
of them is a...
Coronavirus: Couple arrested for ‘calling virus a hoax’
Police in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam are holding a couple for allegedly spreading false information about coronavirus.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Ghana records 4 new...
Last known survivor of transatlantic slave trade discovered
A woman, who was taken from Africa when she was just two years old, has been identified as the last known survivor of the transatlantic slave...
Boris Johnson breaks silence after testing positive [Video]
United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has tested positive for coronavirus and has taken to social media to confirm the news in a...
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus
United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has tested positive for coronavirus, Downing Street says.His symptoms are mild and he will continue to...
Coronavirus: Ghana records 4 new cases, number up to 136
Ghana has recorded four new cases of the deadly coronavirus, shooting the number up to 136.Below is a confirmation by the Ghana Health Service...
FBI arrests actor who claims he has coronavirus cure
The FBI has arrested a Southern California man who officials said falsely claimed to have developed a cure for the coronavirus and solicited investments...
As they rush to save lives, health care workers are updating their own wills and funeral plans
The first time Andrea Austin, 35, considered her own mortality, she was flying into Iraq aboard a C-130 military plane. Though the emergency medicine...
Coronavirus: South Africa begins three-week lock down
South African security forces have begun enforcing a three-week nationwide lockdown in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus.All but essential movement...
Coronavirus: Sex workers want to be considered as essential service providers
The Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (Sweat) and the National Movement of Sex Workers in South Africa (Sisonke) are appealing to President...
Revealed: Why this bucket is called ‘Veronica Bucket’
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the campaign on constant washing of hands with soap under running water, has made the veronica buckets very...
Coronavirus: Drug gangs impose strict curfew on residents
Drug traffickers and militias in Rio de Janeiro's lawless Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela in Brazil, have taken the law into...
Meet the black woman leading the charge for the coronavirus vaccine
As the world looks for solutions to the coronavirus pandemic, Dr Kizzmekia Corbett, a doctor, is leading efforts to develop a vaccine for the...
Coronavirus: 96-year-old woman recovers from virus
A 96-year-old woman in South Korea has become the oldest patient in the country to fully recover from the novel coronavirus.The woman, identified by...
Heartbroken mum banned from sitting next to baby on ventilator with coronavirus
A mum is barred from sitting by her baby daughter's hospital bedside due to quarantine rules as the tot battles the deadly coronavirus.Ashley Hildebrand...
Deputy British Ambassador to Hungary dies after contracting coronavirus
Steven Dick, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Budapest, has died after contracting coronavirus, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday (March...
DR Congo president’s aide dies of Covid-19
The third person to die of Covid-19 complications in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a respected human rights lawyer and an aide...
Coronavirus: Police shoot two people for defying lock-down orders
Rwandan police shot and killed two people who defied lock-down orders imposed by the government to curb the spread of the coronavirus.ALSO READ:Coronavirus:...
Coronavirus: A girl’s emotional letter to Boris Johnson after cancelling 7th birthday party
Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has praised a young girl for cancelling her birthday party because of the coronavirus pandemic.Josephine, who turned seven this week, wrote to...
Coronavirus: Trump hopes US will shake off pandemic by Easter
United States President (US), Donald Trump, has said he hopes the US will shake off coronavirus by Easter, even as New York's governor...
Woman with no pre-existing health conditions dies after contracting COVID-19
A 21-year-old woman is believed to be the youngest person with no pre-existing health conditions to have died after contracting coronavirus in the United...
Nurse, 34, kills herself after testing positive for coronavirus
An Italian nurse killed herself after testing positive for coronavirus and fearing she had infected others, a nursing federation has revealed. Daniela Trezzi, 34, was...
It’s st*pid to think I was paid to say I have coronavirus – Idris Elba fires Cardi B [Watch]
Actor Idris Elba has slammed rapper Cardi B for throwing out the conspiracy that he, among other ace celebrities, were paid to declare themselves...
Man in self-isolation sends dog to shop [photos]
People around the world are being told to stay at home in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus.Although many of us are...
Coronavirus can’t survive in the body of Jesus – Magufuli (video)
Tanzania's President, John Magufuli, has revealed why his government cannot close down churches and mosques in the East African country over coronavirus. ALSO READ:Coronavirus:...
Photos: India’s innovative way to ensure social distancing
Grocery and milk stores across the country have hit upon an innovative way to ensure social distancing as people queue up to buy...
Just In: Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus
The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus, Clarence House has confirmed.Prince Charles, 71, is displaying mild symptoms "but otherwise remains in good...
Kenyan woman in forced quarantine mingled with church members
The Narok County emergency response committee has forced a woman who jetted back into the country from Sweden on Wednesday to quarantine after members...
Man dies after taking drug he thought could stop coronavirus
An Arizona man has died and his wife is in a critical condition after both ingested a form of chloroquine in an apparent effort...
Lorry in Mozambique found with 64 dead stowaways
Mozambican immigration officers have found 64 dead bodies in a shipping container on the back of a lorry that had crossed into Mozambique from...
Coronavirus: Wuhan to ease lock-down as world battles pandemic
The lock-down in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the global coronavirus outbreak began, will be partially lifted on April 8, officials say.Travel...
Manu Dibango: African saxophone legend dies of Covid-19
The African saxophone legend, Manu Dibango, has died in Paris after catching coronavirus.Dibango - best known for his 1972 hit Soul Makossa - is...
Social Distancing: Commercial drivers in Uganda carry 2 passengers per row [Photos]
Many Ugandans, including commercial drivers and conductors, are sticking to rules of social distancing by carrying only two passengers per row, in the fight...
Coronavirus: Priest, 72, dies after giving respirator to a younger patient
An Italian priest died of coronavirus after giving a respirator that his parishioners bought for him to a younger patient, it has been revealed. Giuseppe...
They froze time but coronavirus has left them with frozen incomes
Apart from the sudden religious trust in alcohol-based sanitisers and washing of hands under running water for 20 seconds, the next most peddled advice...
Algeria approves chloroquine to treat Coronavirus ‘in certain cases’
Algeria’s health ministry has said hospitals in the North African nation can use chloroquine to treat patients infected with Coronavirus.However, the statement specifies that...
How much you can be fined for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules
Boris Johnson has introduced tougher new measures to help stop the spread of coronavirus as the death toll in the UK reaches 335.In a stark warning...
Coronavirus: Couple’s dance into their wedding reception with no guests [Watch]
The novel coronavirus has cancelled many events across the world and the latest to amaze Nigerians were a couple who decided to tie the...
Dedicated frontline doctor treating coronavirus patients in hospital dies
A medic who was on the frontline treating coronavirus patients in the Philippines has died.Dr Raul Diaz Jara, a cardiologist, has been described...
Coronavirus pandemic is ‘accelerating’ – WHO warns
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the coronavirus disease pandemic is “accelerating”, with more than 300,000 cases now confirmed.It took 67 days...