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US social distancing could last until 2022

The United States (US) may have to endure social distancing measures — such as stay-at-home orders and school closures — until 2022, researchers projected on Tuesday....

Pregnant nurse, 28 dies of coronavirus

A heavily pregnant nurse has died from coronavirus after medics tried to save her baby. The 28-year-old reportedly underwent an emergency cesarean to deliver and...

Kenyan Governor offers free alcohol in Covid-19 fight

The Governor of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has sparked controversy after announcing that he will distribute alcohol as part of food packs for...

Coronavirus: Ghana’s Mission in New York requests details on dead citizens

The Ghana Mission to the United Nations and Consulate-General in New York is requesting from Ghanaians in some three states to offer information on...

Power outage kills politician during surgery

A Nigerian Politician and billionaire, Pastor Kenebi Okoko has reportedly died after power fluctuation during the course of his surgery. According to reports, the PDP...

Kenya slams China over racism connected to coronavirus

Kenya rebuked China on Tuesday over coronavirus-related discrimination against its citizens in Guangzhou province while noting that no Kenyans there had died from COVID-19. "The reality is...

Almost 1M people sign petition calling for WHO boss to resign

Almost one million signatures have been secured for an online petition calling for the resignation of the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The petition was...

Exact moment coronavirus infects a healthy cell captured under microscope

The moment that coronavirus infects a healthy cell has been captured under a microscope for the first time. Researchers from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil have...

Coronavirus: Inmates infections in SA prison a worry

The number of prisoners who have tested positive for coronavirus in a correctional facility in South Africa has increased by 49 in two days. The...

Lockdown: Residents steal bags of rice from moving track [Watch]

Some residents in Abuja, Nigeria have been captured in video stealing bags of rice from a moving truck as their lockdown period enters day 16. The truck,...

Social distancing ‘may be needed until 2022’, scientists warn

Social distancing may be needed until 2022 to stop the spread of coronavirus, a new study has warned. According to the study, while one-time social distancing...

Breaking News: Trump carries out ‘fund-cut’ threat against WHO

President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has carried out his threat to cut cash supply to the World Health Organization (WHO). His...

G7 backs temporary debt relief for poor countries if G20 agrees

Group of Seven (G7) finance officials on Tuesday vowed to continue to act as needed to combat the coronavirus pandemic and stabilize the global...

Landlords ‘asking for sex instead of rent’ during coronavirus crisis

Millions of people around the world have either been laid off or furloughed due to the pandemic as governments impose harsh lockdown measures to...

Covid-19: China approves three vaccines for clinical trials

China has approved three COVID-19 vaccine candidates for clinical trials, said an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on Tuesday. An adenovirus...

WHO releases children’s book on COVID 19

The coronavirus pandemic seems like a big black cloud, which is hovering over our heads. With more than 10,000 total cases and 300 deaths in...

Village uses ‘ghosts’ to scare people during lockdown

An Indonesian village, Kepuh, has been employing the help of 'ghosts' to force people to obey lockdown rules as a measure to deal with...

Coronavirus: Parents name newborn baby sanitiser

A newborn in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh in India has been christened Sanitiser by his parents in a way that archives the trying time the...

TOR boss fingered in $4.5 million bribery scandal

Tema Oil Refinery boss, Asante Berko is currently in hot waters for his alleged role in the latest bribery scandal that has hit Ghana. Mr...

Hits and misses: Nightmare of Kenya’s quarantine centres

The announcement by Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe of mandatory quarantine for all travellers who arrived into the country from March 22 was...

How thugs used free hand sanitiser to rob me – Woman cries

Have you been using the free hand sanitisers being offered in offices, supermarkets and even when boarding public service vehicles? Carolyne Njeri, a Nairobi...

Ghana not going back to IMF-supported programme – Gabby Otchere

Leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has said Ghana will not be going back to an IMF-supported programme on the...

Pastor who vowed to keep preaching unless he was “in jail or the hospital” dies of Covid-19

The evangelical pastor, who vowed to keep preaching unless he was "in jail or the hospital", has died of COVID-19 weeks after defiantly opening...

Ugandan gay refugee kills himself outside UNHCR’s office

A Ugandan LGBTI refugee took his life outside the office of the United Nations (UN) refugee agency in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. The man was...

Covid19 infections nearing 2 million mark across the globe

The new coronavirus has infected close to 2 million people around the world, according to Johns Hopkins data, nearing a grim milestone that exposes the...

Virus-free Lesotho rolls out socio-economic interventions

Lesotho has yet to record a case of COVID-19 as of April 13, one of two countries to escape the virus since it reached...

Chinese province responds to discrimination claims on Africans

Tensions are running high in the Chinese city of Guangzhou over coronavirus rumours. According to community leaders hundreds of Africans remain unable to go...

111 Africans tested positive for coronavirus in China’s Guangzhou

A total of 111 Africans in China’s southern city of Guangzhou had tested positive for the novel coronavirus as of Monday, the Xinhua...

Man who recovered from Coronavirus in Ghana shares his experience [Video]

A 51-year-old man, Mr Fred Drah, who recovered from the novel Coronavirus in Ghana has shared his experience to inspire families and patients undergoing...

Coronavirus: Tests conducted in Nigeria will shock you

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed the number of coronavirus tests it has conducted so far across different states in...

Coronavirus: Bill Gates hopes to reach 7bn people with potential vaccine

Microsoft billionaire, Bill Gates, has said that getting vaccines to seven billion people would be challenging but a target that must be worked...

Lockdown continues as long as necessary – Buhari

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has said the movement restrictions would last as long as necessary, particularly, as he would be relying on experts'...

Coronavirus: 15-year-old girl commits suicide over persistent stay-at-home order

A teenage girl in California killed herself after she reportedly struggled to cope with the state's stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus outbreak.  Jo’Vianni Smith, 15, of Stockton, was found...

Couple have s3x infront of Buckingham Palace amid lockdown

The United Kingdom is on a lockdown due to the deadly coronavirus as officials make efforts to stop the spread of the pandemic. The country...

Coronavirus: Spain begins to ease lockdown to revive economy

Spain, one of the countries worst hit by the coronavirus, is beginning to ease strict lockdown measures that have brought its economy...

Zebra gives birth to rare baby after mating with a donkey [Photos]

A zebra at the Chyulu Hills National Park in Kenya was recently found with a peculiar-looking foal by her side. It had stripes, but...

Coronavirus: Tourists forced to write ‘I am so sorry’ 500 times over lockdown breach [photos]

Some 10 foreigners, who broke a coronavirus lockdown in an Indian town made famous by the Beatles, were forced to repent by writing "I...

Coronavirus: Drogba offers hospital in virus fight

Former Chelsea forward, Didier Drogba, has offered his hospital in his native Ivory Coast to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, a local...

Lockdown dairies: Girl ,15, commits suicide

A teenage girl in California killed herself after she reportedly struggled to cope with the state's stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus outbreak.  ALSO READ: Woman loses...

How UK health system killed my cousin – Popular actress cries

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has announced the death of her cousin from a kidney transplant complication.  ALSO READ: Diddy dances with Tiwa Savage live on Instagram; talks about...