Category: Coronavirus
COVID-19 vaccine: US embassy celebrates Nigerian doctor Ogbuagu
The United States Mission to Nigeria has celebrated Dr Onyema Ogbuagu, for his role in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. Ogbuagbu, who graduatRead More…
DR Congo announces end of latest Ebola epidemic
DR Congo on Wednesday declared the end of its latest Ebola epidemic, closing the file on an outbreak in the northwestern province of Equateur that claRead More…
BREAKING: Mohamed Salah tests positive for COVID-19
Liverpool attacking forward, Mohamed Salah has tested positive for coronavirus, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) have said. Salah is on inteRead More…
BILL GATES PLEDGES $70M TO ENSURE ENTIRE WORLD GETS COVID-19 VACCINE
Bill and Melinda Gates have pledged to donate an additional $70m to ensure that everyone around the world had access to the new COVID-19 vaccine. PRead More…
COVID-19 vaccine ‘best science news’ of 2020
Data indicating that a vaccine being developed against Covid-19 is highly effective is the “best science news of the year”, a pharmaceutical indusRead More…
COVID-19: Iran records 459 deaths in a day
Iran’s Health Ministry reported on Sunday that the country recorded 459 deaths due to COVID-19 in a day, as the daily infection rate also reached neRead More…
Italy’s north returns to lockdown as dissent grows
Italy’s northern regions began a month-long lockdown Friday and the country braced for a new curfew, as the government tries to stem a surge in coroRead More…
UK’s Johnson insists new lockdown will end on Dec 2
A second coronavirus lockdown in England will end on December 2, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, despite suggestions it could be exRead More…
Algeria president tests positive for COVID-19
Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has the Covid-19 illness, his office said Tuesday, ending days of speculation after he was hospitalised in Read More…
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has tested positive for COVID-19.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus The global football governing body made the announcemeRead More…