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Uganda looks for passengers who skipped screening
The authorities in Uganda authorities are trying to track down 84 passengers who were on an Ethiopian Airlines flight with a man who tested...
Coronavirus: China expands medical aid to Africa with first Ethiopia shipment
China’s mass deployment of medical aid to fight the coronavirus reached Africa as Ethiopia received its first shipment of supplies, including protective gear and...
Germany bans groups of more than two to curb coronavirus
Germany has expanded curbs on social interactions to try to contain the coronavirus outbreak, banning public gatherings of more than two people.In a televised...
Teenager becomes youngest person in England to die from coronavirus
An 18-year-old has become the youngest person in England to die from coronavirus.Some 37 people - aged between 18 and 102 - have...
Man’s coronavirus message to young people who ‘think it isn’t dangerous’
A coronavirus patient has described coughing up blood and struggling to breath in a warning to young people.Tarek Soliman's body began to feel...
Coronavirus: Nigeria confirms three new cases, total rises to 30
The federal government on Sunday said the confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria now stands at 30, with three fresh cases discovered in Lagos.The...
Coronavirus: German Chancellor Angela Merkel quarantined!
German
Chancellor Angela Merkel is going into home quarantine immediately, after a
doctor who gave her a vaccination on Friday has tested positive for
coronavirus, Merkel's spokesman...
Ghana records first coronavirus death
Ghana has recorded its first death from the novel coronavirus.The deceased is the Lebanese male trader who reported to a health facility in Kumasi...
Togo closes borders over coronavirus
The Republic of Togo has shut her borders to passengers on the Abidjan-Abuja Corridor to prevent the spread of the COVID-19.The closure of the...
China reports zero coronavirus case for third day running
China reported no new local cases of the deadly coronavirus for a third consecutive day Saturday but confirmed the highest yet increase in infections...
‘I survived coronavirus – here’s what every parent should know about Covid-19’
An NHS worker who had coronavirus has shared her story about having the disease in a bid to reassure people during the pandemic.Laura Jacobs,...
Man tells of heartbreaking final goodbye with wife who caught coronavirus
The husband of a British woman who died in Bali after catching coronavirus has told of their heartbreaking final goodbye and said he has "lost...
Five reasons to find hope amid coronavirus chaos
We appreciate that these are dark times for people around the world, as the coronavirus continues to spread. Numbers of infections and fatalities are...
UK PM Boris Johnson tells cafes, pubs and restaurants to close
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced nationwide lockdown measures Friday, telling cafes, bars and restaurants to close.“We are collectively telling cafes, pubs, bars and...
Second dog tests positive for coronavirus
A second dog has tested positive for coronavirus in Hong Kong days after the first to contract the disease died. A German shepherd living in the Pok...
Coronavirus: Vatican publishes guidelines for Easter celebrations
The Vatican department for liturgy published guidelines on Friday for bishops and priests on the celebration of Holy Week, the Triduum, and Easter liturgies...
African countries among world’s least happy
South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and the Central African Republic (CAR) are amongst the unhappiest countries in the world, according to the UN’s World Happiness...
Dutch’s Health Minister resigns after collapsing on camera during coronavirus briefing
The man in charge of leading the Netherland's fight against the coronavirus has resigned after collapsing during a government debate.Medical Care Minister Bruno Bruins suddenly keeled...
Coronavirus fears fuel mad rush back to the villages
It was a few minutes to 2pm. Nairobi was boiling hot.
At the country bus station, popularly known as 'Machakos Airport', Ms
Esnah Bosire sat...
Coronavirus: Togo’s first patient recovers
The first patient to contract Covid-19 in Togo has tested negative but is still under medical observation, state TV quotes the Health Minister...
Diamond Platnumz’s manager tests positive for Coronavirus
Bongo Flava star Diamond Platnumz’s manager, Sallam Sharaff, has tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19). Sallam took to his Instagram page to confirm the news to...
Don’t stop paying your tithes even if you lose your job over Coronavirus – American pastor [Video]
American televangelist, Kenneth Copeland, has ignited a new wave of controversy following his comment about what Christians must do in the wake of the...
Parliament distributes nose masks to MPs over Coronavirus [photos]
Nose masks have been distributed to Members of Parliament (MPs) as part of enhanced measures against Coronavirus.The masks were handed over to the...
Coronavirus: Doctor describes dying patients’ last moments as they beg to see loved ones
An Italian doctor has described the heartbreaking moment a patient dying from coronavirus begged to speak to loved ones.Doctor Francesca Cortellaro, who works at the...
Kenyan pastor suspended for calling coronavirus a hoax
A Kenyan pastor who called the coronavirus pandemic a hoax and ridiculed hand washing as a means of preventing the virus has been suspended...
Teacher’s heartbreaking fear for some pupils after schools coronavirus shut down
From today, 20th march, 2020, schools across the UK will closed until further notice.The UK death toll has now increased to 144, with more...
Kenyan youth stone man to death after they suspected him of having coronavirus
A suspected coronavirus sufferer in Kenya has been beaten to death by a group of youth armed with stones.The man, named locally as George Kotini Hezron,...
Woman with coronavirus gives birth to healthy baby
A woman who tested positive for coronavirus gave birth to a healthy baby at an Athens hospital, Greek media reported on Thursday.The 24-year-old woman...
Two arrested for drinking disinfectant to avoid coronavirus
Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor on Thursday ordered the arrest of two people who appeared in a video drinking disinfectant in a bid to stave...
1 Iranian dies from coronavirus every 10 minutes, health ministry says
Iranian Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said in a tweet today that every 10 minutes, one Iranian is killed by the coronavirus.Every hour, at...
WHO debunks 14 common myths about coronavirus disease
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has exposed the falseness in popular beliefs held by some people about the dreaded coronavirus disease.Below are some of...
Italy is now world’s deadliest hotspot in the coronavirus pandemic
Italy overtook China as the country with the highest recorded death toll from the coronavirus on Thursday, with the pandemic gathering pace in Spain...
Coronavirus: Iran pardons 10,000 prisoners
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will pardon 10,000 more prisoners including political detainees in an apparent bid to combat the coronavirus epidemic.The...
Why coronavirus vaccine is taking so long to be ready – and when we can expect it
The world is in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 200,000 people now confirmed as suffering from COVID-19.Spain and Italy are...
Couple caught making love in a car arrested for breaching coronavirus lock-down rule
A couple caught having sex in a car were arrested for breaching coronavirus quarantine rules in Italy. The 23-year-old Egyptian man and 40-year-old Tunisian woman were caught in...
Japanese flu drug ‘clearly effective’ in treating coronavirus, says China
Medical authorities in China have said a drug used in Japan to treat new strains of influenza appeared to be effective in coronavirus patients, Japanese media said on...
Coronavirus tears Kardashian sisters apart in self-isolation practice – Kim Kardashian laments
'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star, Kim Kardashian, has opened up on how the novel coronavirus has forced her family to keep away from...
How Singapore stayed one step ahead of the virus
In Singapore, one of the first places hit by coronavirus, detectives are tracking down potential positive cases to try to stay one step ahead...
Covid-19: Dutch Health Minister collapses in Parliament due to ‘coronavirus fatigue’ [Video]
The Dutch Health Minister collapsed today in parliament because of 'fatigue from intense weeks' of working against the coronavirus crisis.Bruno Bruins, 56, fell behind the speaker's...
Coronavirus: Top celebrities who have tested positive for Covid-19
While the globe is ultimately fighting off the coronavirus pandemic, top celebrities around the world have been diagnosed with the viral illness.Talk about...