At 90, she said her final goodbyes as doctors prepared her to die from coronavirus. Then she survived

By CNN,

Geneva Wood knew her life was about to end. She could feel it with every strained breath. She was well aware her 90-year-old lungs were filling wit...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Geneva Wood

India has closed its railways for the first time in 167 years. Now trains are being turned into hospitals

By CNN,

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a nationwide lockdown on March 25, Indian Railways took the unprecedented move of suspending passenger tra...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Indian Railways , Narendra Modi

Fire crew surprises firefighter with coronavirus at his hospital window

By CNN,

A Florida firefighter received a heartwarming surprise from his crew while hospitalized with the coronavirus. The firefighter, who is recuperating ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Miami-Dade Fire Rescue

Coronavirus can spread through talking or even just breathing, experts tell White House

By CNN,

A prestigious scientific panel told the White House Wednesday night that research shows coronavirus can be spread not just by sneezes or coughs, but a...

coronavirus

Google to release your location data to help fight coronavirus pandemic

By CNN,

Google is publicly releasing the data it's already collecting about people's movements during the coronavirus pandemic. The company said it plans t...

coronavirus , Google

Fauci says it’s too soon to call malaria medicine “knockout drug” against COVID-19

By Agencies,

US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that more research is needed to determine the effectiveness of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine a...

chloroquine , coronavirus

Botswana kills five suspected poachers in effort to save Rhinos

By VOA,

Botswana has seen an unprecedented rise in rhinoceros poaching in the last 12 months. The government reports nearly 50 of the animals have been kil...

botswana executes poachers , Botswana poaching

Anger & disappointment as doctors say they are overwhelmed, urge Gov’t to hire more medics

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union are demanding that the Government hire more doctors to handle the COVID-19 crisis. ...

coronavirus , Doctors , KMPDU

Cop in coronavirus helmet warns people to stay home during India lockdown

By CNN,

As India enforces a nationwide lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, one police officer has found a creative way to get the message across. ...

coronavirus , coronavirus helmet

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

Makueni pastors want churches listed as essential services

By Enock Muswii,

Church heads in Makueni County want to be listed as providers of essential services in the fight against coronavirus. The clergymen accused the gov...

churches , coronavirus

FKF sub-branches wary of FIFA ban over elections standoff

By Agencies,

Fifteen more football sub-branches have dismissed attempts to set up a normalization committee to manage football affairs in the country. This come...

Ahmed Abdi Ahmed , Dagoretti , elections , FIFA , FKF , machakos , narok , Peter Karino , Sub-branches

USIU-Africa leads the way in successful adoption of online teaching and learning amid COVID-19 outbreak

By Sponsored,

Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country, institutions of higher learning have been forced to fully embrace e-learn...

United States International University (USIU) , USIU digital learning

CS Kagwe announces 22 more cases of coronavirus in Kenya, total at 81

By Citizen Reporter,

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Kenya has risen by 22 bringing the total number in the country to 81. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said on W...

coronavirus , kagwe

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

Uganda reports 11 new cases of coronavirus, all children

By Citizen Reporter,

President Yoweri Museveni has announced 11 more cases of coronavirus in Uganda all of whom are children. Also Read: Uganda on total lockdown as Mus...

coronavirus , uganda

Union reveals clinical officer in Nairobi is one of the coronavirus patients

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya Union of Clinical Workers is up in arms after one of their colleagues was revealed to have contracted coronavirus in the line of duty. Sp...

clinical workers , coronavirus , masks , Nurses

Division One clubs predict doom for Kenyan football should Fifa slap a ban

By Citizen Reporter,

Clubs taking part in the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Division One League have warned that a Fifa ban on the country will spell doom for  most of ...

Division One clubs , FIFA ban , Ruling , SDT

Tanzania confirms first coronavirus death, health minister says

By Agencies,

Tanzania confirmed its first coronavirus death on Tuesday, health minister Ummy Mwalimu said in a statement. The 49-year-old Tanzanian man had been...

coronavirus , Mloganzila Hospital