US reports 1,800 coronavirus deaths in a day

By CNN,

The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus continued to reach grim milestones, with more than 800 fatalities reported Tuesday in New York City, a...

coronavirus

Miss England drops crown to return to work as doctor amid coronavirus pandemic

By CNN,

A beauty queen who was crowned Miss England in 2019 has returned to the United Kingdom from overseas charity work to continue her career as a doctor...

Bhasha Mukherjee , coronavirus , Miss England , Pilgrim Hospital

Co-op Bank donates Ksh.100 million to COVID-19 emergency fund

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has injected Ksh.100 million to the Covid-19 emergency fund as part of the lender's efforts to support the containment ...

Co-operative Bank , coronavirus , Covid-19 emergency fund , Gideon Muriuki

A tiger in New York tests positive for coronavirus

By CNN,

Nadia, a tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York, has become the first of her kind to test positive for the coronavirus. The 4-year-old female Malayan t...

coronavirus , New York

China mourns thousands of frontline workers who died of coronavirus

By Reuters,

China on Saturday mourned the thousands of “martyrs” who have died in the new coronavirus outbreak, flying the national flag at half mast througho...

coronavirus , wuhan

Zoom CEO apologizes for having ‘fallen short’ on privacy and security

By CNN,

The founder and CEO of Zoom has apologized to the video conferencing app's millions of users after coming under fire for a host of privacy issues at a...

coronavirus , Zoom

OPINION: It’s been 3 weeks since we heard from MPs after Kenya confirmed first COVID-19 case

By Yvonne Okwara,

It’s been 3 weeks since we reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19. It’s also been 3 weeks since we heard from our Members of Parliament. ...

coronavirus , COVID-19

Global coronavirus cases surpass 1 million

By Reuters,

Global coronavirus cases surpassed 1 million on Thursday with more than 52,000 deaths as the pandemic further exploded in the United States and the de...

coronavirus , italy

Thai King books entire German hotel to quarantine with 20 concubines

By Agencies,

The king of Thailand has taken over a luxury German hotel to isolate from the coronavirus — along with a harem of 20 women, according to reports. ...

Thai king quarantine

Statistical models show up to 240,000 Americans could die from coronavirus

By CNN,

President Donald Trump finally leveled with America about the desperate reality of the coronavirus pandemic, warning of cruel weeks to come in one of ...

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

‘We don’t work, we don’t eat’: Informal workers face stark choices as Nigeria shuts down over coronavirus

By CNN,

Many countries in Africa are imposing lockdowns on their citizens as they race to curb the spread of coronavirus. But it has further highlighted th...

coronavirus , Nigeria

Oil crashes below Ksh.2000 as demand destruction intensifies

By CNN,

The great oil crash of 2020 ain't over yet. US crude plunged 6% and dipped below $20 (Ksh.2,098) a barrel Monday as the coronavirus pandemic contin...

crude oil , oil prices

Trump brags about coronavirus briefings, claims his ratings match season finale of “The Bachelor.”

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday bragged about the millions of people tuning in to view his daily press briefings on the coronavirus pandemic, sa...

coronavirus , Trump

Coronavirus: Hits and misses in Government’s relief measures

By Kepha Muiruri,

On Wednesday, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the government’s first round of stimulus to prevent the economy from imploding into a full-blown cr...

coronavirus crisis , National Treasury , stimulus

Relief for Kenyans who earn up to Ksh.24K as Uhuru orders cuts to PAYE, VAT

By Kepha Muiruri,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the National Treasury to move to Parliament and implement a raft of changes including relief on employee tax and ...

National Treasury , stimulus , Uhuru kenyatta

IOC sets deadline for decision on Games amid coronavirus

By Agencies,

The International Olympic Committee is considering a postponement of Tokyo 2020, and has given itself a deadline of four weeks to make a decision. ...

coronavirus , IOC , Tokyo 2020 Olympics

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...

coronavirus

What happens if the Tokyo Games don’t go ahead?

By CNN,

The Olympic flame arrived in Japan on Friday, marking the beginning of official celebrations for a global sporting event that could still be derailed ...

coronavirus , olympics , Tokyo Games

WFP Executive Director tests positive for coronavirus

By VOA,

Executive Director David Beasley of the World Food Program (WFP) has tested positive for coronavirus. In a statement alerting his colleagues and th...

coronavirus