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Egypt's health ministry on Sunday announced that one foreigner, whose nationality was not announced, had tested positive for coronavirus.The ministry said that the patient...

The Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus epidemic closed its first makeshift hospital, one of 16 hurriedly built to handle the epidemic, after...

A team of medical and psychiatric officers have been deployed to Gasita Primary School to assist pupils who are said to be attacked by...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds are engaged and are expecting a baby in early summer, the couple have announced.Ms Symonds...

The UN health agency on Friday upgraded the global risk from the new coronavirus to its highest level, saying the continued increase...

Amid the rapid spread of the coronavirus outbreak around the world, Vietnam has announced that all 16 infected patients in the country were discharged from hospital...

A member of Iranian parliament, Mohammad Ali Dastak has been confirmed dead days after he was hospitalized for the flu-like virus. Dastak who was elected as...

The United States has announced its first Coronavirus death which occurred in the state of Washington.Dr. Jeffrey Duchin, health officer for Seattle and King County in...

Juventus have immediately stopped all training sessions and put all their Under-23 players in quarantine after a trio from Serie C side Pianese tested positive for...

One show at Paris Fashion Week proved to be unintentionally timely as models wore a range of outfits complete with matching facemasks.The outfits were...

Kenya’s High Court on Friday ordered flights from China to be temporarily suspended over the coronavirus outbreak, following a petition by the Law Society...

A dog in Hong Kong has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus that’s killed at least 2,859 humans across the world over ...

A 22-year-old Italian-Nigerian footballer, King Udoh, who plays professional football with Pianese, an Italian Serie C side has tested positive to the novel...

North Korea has brutally executed a coronavirus patient for going out in public, reports claim.Kim Jong-un's dictatorship is dealing with the virus with an...

Nigeria has recorded the first case of coronavirus, health officials confirmed Thursday.The Health Ministry said on Twitter that the case was in the state...

Iran has threatened to flog and imprison anyone caught 'spreading fake news' about the coronavirus outbreak that has already killed 26 people in the...

A model, identified as Aleksandra Sadowska, has lost her sight after she tattooed her eyeballs. Report has it that the model has lost...

Two further cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the United Kingdom (UK), bringing the total number of cases to 15, England's chief...

Pope Francis has come down with a “slight indisposition,” forcing him to cancel a planned Mass in Rome, just a day after he expressed...

Pupils at Prince George and Princess Charlotte's school are in self-isolation at their homes over fears they may have coronavirus.ALSO READ:Mental Health Expert...

American record producer and musician, DJ Khaled has endorsed Ghana's youngest disc jockey, DJ Switch, for her talent and achievements in the global entertainment...

Low-skilled workers would not get visas under post-Brexit immigration plans unveiled by the government.It is urging employers to "move away" from relying on "cheap...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for all schools in the country to close from Monday until the end of their spring holidays,...

A transgender man has revealed how he managed to overcome all his insecurities by becoming a bodybuilder.Alex Tilinca, 18, from Long Island, New York, was...

Joe Biden was not arrested in South Africa while trying to see Nelson Mandela, his campaign has conceded.The US presidential contender had repeatedly said...

The Mexican government has returned an "ancient" bronze sculpture to Nigeria after it was seized by customs officials in the capital's airport.The sculpture is...

A woman in South Africa has told the BBC how she was sterilised without her consent after she gave birth at the age of...

Saudi Arabia hosts the two holiest sites of Islam in Mecca and Medina.The country welcomes millions of Muslim visitors throughout the year - with...

Contrary to reports that people entering Ghana from China would be quarantined for 14 days amidst the widespread of the coronavirus killing people in...

Algerian authorities on Tuesday announced the country's first case of the novel coronavirus, in an Italian citizen who arrived in the country on February 17."One case...

A Brazilian baby is becoming an Internet sensation at an unusually young age — thanks to one skillful photographer.Isabela Pereira de Jesus was born...

A Florida woman was charged with second-degree murder after police said her boyfriend died after he was zipped up in a suitcase and left to...

Photos of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in a winter jacket in Norway has got social media talking.The talks suggest many Ghanaians are...

As the number of coronavirus cases in South Korea keeps on rising, attention is turning to how its impoverished neighbour might cope with an outbreak...

49-year-old Vanessa George who is believed to have abused as much as 64 babies, is back on the streets after serving her jail sentence. The...

Iran’s deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, who has spearheaded the country’s efforts to contain the coronavirus, has contracted the illness, the Health Ministry said...

The race is on to find out how the deadly coronavirus jumped from animals to humans. Helen Briggs looks at how scientists are trying...

Seven people have been killed in Delhi in protests against India's controversial new citizenship law, as US President Donald Trump made his first official...

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak – ousted by the military in 2011 – has died in hospital in Cairo aged 91.  Mubarak spent three decades...

A 17-day-old baby has recovered from the novel coronavirus after being born to a confirmed patient in Wuhan.The newborn is the youngest patient to have recovered...