I caught coronavirus but I’ve recovered, says Leicester boss Rodgers

By Reuters,

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers said he could hardly walk after contracting the novel coronavirus in March but he has since made a full recover...

Brendan Rodgers , Caught coronavirus , Leicester City , Premier League , Recovered

Can prostitution, the world’s oldest profession, survive the age of social distancing?

By CNN,

Don't kiss. Tell clients to wash their hands before they touch you. Wear a mask. Avoid face-to-face positions. And even: Put on a nurse costume and pu...

COVID-19 , lockdown , prostitution , sex workers , UNAIDS

Unmasking KPL: League where player contracts are flushed down like toilet tissue

By Jacob Icia,

For years, its been suspected that Kenyan Premier League clubs don't honour contracts between them and their employees, the players. However, it remai...

contracts , Geoffrey Kataka , Kenyan Premier League , Philemon Otieno

OIMEKE: Incorporate health education in school system to prevent future pandemics

By Guest Writer,

There is no doubt that Covid-19 has now become the world’s most challenging political and socio-economic crisis since the second World War. In Ke...

COVID-19 , ministry of health , Pavel Oimeke , President Uhuru Kenyatta

What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before

By CNN,

As countries lie frozen in lockdown and billions of people lose their livelihoods, public figures are teasing a breakthrough that would mark the end o...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine

The making of Okal; life and times in Algeria amid Covid-19 pandemic

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

SPECIAL REPORT Ernest Mkalla The thrill of an athlete lies in the ability to exercise and play the game they so dearly love. Whether on the pitch...

Algeria , Ariel Okal , basketball , lockdown , US Setif

Safaricom dials up Google for 1 million smartphones offer

By Reuters,

Safaricom is partnering with Google to offer 1 million affordable smartphones, its chief executive said on Wednesday. The Kenyan company, which is ...

Safaricom , smartphone

Twiga & Jumia ink deal to cut price of fresh produce by 50%

By Citizen Reporter,

Twiga Foods has signed a distribution deal with Jumia to deliver fresh and processed food to the homes of consumers. Also Read: Mercy Wanjau, Peter...

JUmia , twiga

Gunman was disguised as police officer and killed people he pulled over

By CNN,

The man behind a deadly Nova Scotia rampage, which began in the quiet town of Portapique on Cobequid Bay, disguised himself as a police officer as he ...

Gabriel Wortman

In 1911, another epidemic swept through China. That time, the world came together

By CNN,

In 1911, a deadly epidemic spread through China and threatened to become a pandemic. Its origins appeared to be related to the trade in wild animals, ...

china , Lockdowns , Quarantine , The Great Manchurian Plague , who

Joho donates masks for police to give people instead of arresting them

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho has donated thousands of face masks to the National Police Service to help in combating the coronavirus disease (COVI...

coronavirus , Face masks , Hassan Joho

Coronavirus: How suspended sport is affecting Kenyans

By John Kyanda,

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the sporting world to a standstill with only Burundi and some Middle East countries still continuing with their d...

coronavirus

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

Ventilators explained: Their importance in the fight against coronavirus

By Agencies,

The novel coronavirus causes a respiratory illness called COVID-19 that in severe cases can ravage the lungs. It has so far killed at least 34,000 ...

coronavirus , ventilators

Britain orders 10,000 ventilators in fight against coronavirus: source

By Reuters,

Britain has placed an order for 10,000 ventilators to be made by a consortium of companies including Ford, Airbus and Rolls-Royce as part of efforts t...

coronavirus , ventilators

Fifa-Gov’t standoff dangerous for Kenyan football, ex-players warn

By Agencies,

Former international players are worried that the stand-off between the government and world governing body FIFA could portend job losses for local pl...

Anthony Kimani , Footballers , Former players , government , SDT ruling , standoff , Zedekiah Otieno

Posta and Jumia team up to make essential goods more affordable countrywide

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Postal Corporation of Kenya has partnered with Jumia to offer a discount on delivery fee for customers. All customers will only pay Ksh.100 + VAT (...

OPINION: Stock up ventilators to manage COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

By Dr. Steve Adudans We have entered a dangerous stage in our effort to keep the COVID-19 at bay. Our preventive and containment efforts are fallin...

coronavirus , ventilators

Kenya Airways staff to take pay cuts as coronavirus hits

By Kepha Muiruri,

The management of Kenya Airways (KQ) has temporarily trimmed staff salaries to stay afloat as the coronavirus pandemic takes a swipe at the company’...

coronavirus , Kenya Airways

Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi tests positive for coronavirus

By Reuters,

Chelsea forward Callum Hudson-Odoi has tested positive for the coronavirus and all first-team players and coaching staff will now self-isolate, the Pr...

Callum Hudson-Odoi , chelsea