Vaccine-sceptical Tanzania urged to review evidence on COVID-19 shots

By Reuters,

The Unites States urged vaccine-sceptical Tanzania on Friday to review evidence on the drugs, saying they work and are one of the tools to fight off t...

coronavirus , Tanzania

eSwatini king says had COVID-19, recovered after Taiwan sent drugs

By Reuters,

eSwatini King Mswati III said he had recovered from COVID-19 after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen sent antiviral medication to help him. The small s...

coronavirus , eSwatini , mswati

Zanzibar’s first Vice President Maalim Seif dies after testing positive for COVID-19

By Ian Omondi,

Zanzibar’s First Vice President Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad has died at the age of 77, less than a month after being hospitalized with COVID-19. Zan...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad , Zanzibar

Tanzania experiencing surge in COVID-19 cases, says U.S.

By Reuters,

The United States said on Wednesday that Tanzania, whose president has advised citizens to shun coronavirus vaccines, is experiencing a surge in COVID...

coronavirus , magufuli , Tanzania

Australia reports no new local coronavirus cases ahead of Australian Open

By Reuters,

Australia reported no new local coronavirus cases for a third day on Sunday, as tennis players geared up for the first Grand Slam of the year in Melbo...

Australia , coronavirus , COVID-19 , Grand Slam

Australian Open players cleared of COVID-19

By Reuters,

All 507 Australian Open players and staff who stayed at a quarantine hotel where a worker contracted COVID-19 have tested negative and been cleared to...

Australian Open , COVID-19

Lionesses’ Chanjira hails NOCK sponsorship ahead of Olympics

By John Kyanda,

Kenya Lioness vice captain Sheila Chanjira has hailed the sponsorship by Kenya Charity sweepstake as a huge boost to the team's morale as they prepare...

Kenya Lionesses , NOCK

COVID-19: Most Kenyans don’t welcome anal swab

By Dorcas Wangira,

Testing for COVID-19 has become part of our new normal. With the PCR test, one has to have both the oral and nasal-pharyngeal swabs taken for testing....

coronavirus

9 nuns die of COVID-19 after outbreak at convent

By CNN,

Before December 20, there had not been any cases of Covid-19 among the nuns living at the Motherhouse campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters in Adrian...

coronavirus

Global COVID-19 cases surpass 100 million as nations tackle vaccine shortages

By Reuters,

Global coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as countries around the world struggle with new virus varia...

coronavirus , COVID-19

Tokyo 2020 chief expects vaccine rollout to aid Games

By Reuters,

Six months from the start of the rearranged Olympics, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto is cautiously hopeful that successful rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines ...

COVID-19 , Oympics , Tokyo 2020

Olympics may be too big a gamble, disease expert says

By Reuters,

As embattled Tokyo Olympics organizers enter the final six months of preparations for the delayed Games on Saturday, virus experts believe hosting the...

US approaches 400,000 coronavirus deaths

By CNN,

As the US approaches 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, new cases have been trending down but multiple states are reporting cases of new va...

coronavirus

New coronavirus variant hits posh Swiss resort of St Moritz

By Reuters,

Health authorities quarantined two hotels and closed ski schools in the posh Swiss resort of St Moritz on Monday to try to curb an outbreak of the hig...

coronavirus

Biden plans ‘roughly a dozen’ Day One executive actions

By Reuters,

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will cap a busy day of inauguration pageantry by using the powers of his new office to push policy changes on housing, ...

COVID-19 , Joe Biden , President Donald Trump

COVID cases on player flights leave Australian Open buildup in disarray

By Reuters,

The build-up to next month’s Australian Open was thrown into disarray on Saturday when 47 players were forced into two weeks of strict hotel quarant...

Australian Open , COVID-19

Joe Biden announces $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package

By VOA,

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a coronavirus response plan Thursday evening, emphasizing the urgency of passing legislation to help Americans...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Joe Biden

Andy Murray tests positive for COVID-19

By Reuters,

Britain’s former world number one Andy Murray tested positive for the novel coronavirus recently and his participation in next month’s Australian ...

Another Chinese city goes into lockdown amid new COVID-19 threat

By Reuters,

China imposed new coronavirus curbs in areas near Beijing on Tuesday, putting 4.9 million people in Langfang city under lockdown as new infections rai...

You can still get infected with Covid-19 after being vaccinated. Here’s why

By CNN,

On December 18, a San Diego emergency room nurse was given a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. A week later, he tested positive for the virus, CNN affilia...

coronavirus , vaccine