The timetable for coronavirus vaccine is 18 months. Experts say that’s risky

By CNN,

Eighteen months might sound like a long time, but in vaccine years, it's a blink. That's the long end of the Trump administration's time window for...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine

KIPROTICH: How coronavirus is stretching the 2021 athletics calendar

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

@gil_kiprotich After months of speculation, the Olympics Games were finally, as widely expected, postponed to next year due the coronavirus pandemic....

coronavirus

BWIRE: Kenya media has done well on coronavirus ‘infodemic’

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The media in Kenya in general and journalists in particular have done well in focusing the current health challenges facing the cou...

OPINION: KQ’s bleak future as COVID 19 digs in

By Joseph Bonyo,

By Joseph Bonyo As the last of Kenya Airways plans taxi to parking at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) later today (Wednesday, March ...

coronavirus , Kenya Airways

Nigeria records chloroquine poisoning after Trump endorses it for coronavirus treatment

By CNN,

Health officials in Nigeria have issued a warning over chloroquine after they said three people in the country overdosed on the drug, in the wake of P...

chloroquine , coronavirus , Nigeria , Trump

South African President announces three-week lockdown over coronavirus

By Reuters,

South Africa will enforce a three-week lockdown over coronavirus, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Monday. In a televised address to the nation,...

coronavirus , lockdown , south africa

Cuban doctors head to Italy to battle coronavirus

By Reuters,

Communist-run Cuba said it dispatched a brigade of doctors and nurses to Italy for the first time this weekend to help in the fight against the novel ...

coronavirus , cuba , italy , President Miguel Diaz-Canel

Nearly 1 billion people confined to homes globally due to coronavirus

By Tonny Ndungu,

Close to one billion people worldwide were confined to their homes on Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll shot past 11,000 and U.S. states r...

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How novel coronavirus spread through religious group in South Korea

By CNN,

Illness was never accepted as a valid reason to miss services at the Shincheonji religious group, says former member Duhyen Kim. This is an organiz...

coronavirus , Shincheonji

Nigeria bans entry for travelers from 13 countries as it announces five new cases of coronavirus

By Tonny Ndungu,

Nigeria is restricting entry into the country for travelers from 13 countries including the US and UK, as it announced five new cases Wednesday. Th...

coronavirus in Nigeria

Nigeria bans entry for travelers from 13 countries as it announces 5 new cases of coronavirus

By CNN,

Nigeria is restricting entry into the country for travelers from 13 countries including the US and UK, as it announced five new cases Wednesday. Th...

coronavirus

OPINION: Stimulus plan is needed to help Kenya bounce back from coronavirus

By Joseph Bonyo,

At the beginning of the year, a key conversation was on how the Kenyan economy would turn out in 2020. The fears then were around  poor performance ...

coronavirus

Beijing is promoting traditional medicine as a ‘Chinese solution’ to coronavirus

By CNN,

Xiong Qingzhen, a drone engineer in the central Chinese metropolis of Wuhan, spent more than two weeks in a makeshift hospital in February receiving t...

china , coronavirus , COVID-19 , Traditional Chinese Medicine , wuhan

SWILA: How Coronavirus has cost sports billions of dollars

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila in Nairobi The Coronavirus pandemic spreading across the globe like wildfire has not only caused panic to millions of souls across the wo...

coronavirus , kenya , sports

Ethiopia confirms its first case of coronavirus

By Reuters,

Ethiopia has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus, the country's public health institute told Reuters on Friday. Takele Uma Banti, the m...

coronavirus

Coronavirus: Uganda restricts travel from UK, US and 14 other countries

By CNN,

Uganda has restricted visitors from some countries with what it terms high cases of coronavirus, including China, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, South ...

coronavirus

Ghana, Gabon confirm first cases of coronavirus

By Reuters,

Gabon and Ghana confirmed their first cases of coronavirus on Thursday, becoming the ninth and tenth countries in sub-Saharan Africa to register posit...

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African countries with confirmed coronavirus cases

By CNN,

As coronavirus spreads across the globe, countries in Africa are taking preventive measures to keep the disease out and many are showing a strong leve...

coronavirus

Tullow: There’s enough oil in Kenya, no plans to exit

By Kepha Muiruri,

British based oil explorer Tullow Oil has defended its operations in the country insisting there remains enough oil reserves in the country and that P...

Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) , Ministry of Petroleum , Tullow Oil

Coronavirus: Doubt over Comoros tie as FKF awaits CAF guidance

By Jacob Icia,

A fortnight to the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier pitting Kenya and Comoros, uncertainty hangs over the fixture with a horde of factors...

CAF , comoros , coronavirus , FKF , kenya