Intermittent fasting is mainly concerned with when to eat, as opposed to what to eat. It involves alternating between periods of eating normally and fasting. Examples of intermittent fasting regimens are 16-hour fasts every day (16/8) or two days of eating a very low-calorie diet through the week (5:2). This makes dieting simpler without having […]
Stress in close relationships is becoming a major risk factor for heart disease, although it is typically ignored. Increasing medical data indicate that persistent conflict, emotional distress, or dissatisfaction in intimate relationships can significantly elevate the risk of acquiring coronary heart disease (CHD) and exacerbate the results for individuals already afflicted. Stress in Relationships and […]
One of Nigeria’s richest women Folorunsho Alakija has advanced prayer as a sure route to beat the coronavirus pandemic. According to her Africa’s most populous nation has beaten past plagues and the current one will be no different with divine intervention. In a video shared on her Twitter handle titled “Prophetic Declaration and Prayers Against […]
Kenyans are indisciplined and difficult people, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said. “Kenyans are very indiscipline and it will cost us. We want responsibility among citizens, Keep your kids home..you people of the media need to tell them,” he said. Addressing the media on Tuesday, Kagwe said Kenyans have been warned against contracting the disease […]
As most business owners world wide grapple with the economic effect of the coronavirus, Moroccan casual workers say the virus is threatening workers in the country’s , without contracts and without social protection. The situation is particularly critical in the North African country marked by great inequalities and where the rate of informal employment reaches […]
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari took a coronavirus test and was declared negative by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), multiple local news portals have reported. The test was carried out on Monday and the results delivered to the president “this morning in Abuja,” the local news portal reported. His chief of staff, Mallam Abba […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s former Health Minister and his financial advisor have been jailed five years with hard labour for misappropriating funds meant for the fight against the Ebola virus. According to court papers, Oly Illunga and his associate stole monies to the tune of $400,000 from Ebola funds. The two were convicted of […]
TV presenter, IK Osakioduwa, has debunked rumours that he has contracted coronavirus. IK shared a video on Instagram today Monday March 23rd in which he cleared the air on reports suggesting he had attended the 2020 edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA), which he hosted, after contracting coronavirus while in the UK. […]
Animal lovers will have to wait a little while to see gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Virunga National Park has closed to the public over fears of COVID-19. ‘‘We don’t know right now how seriously they will be affected but we do know that other human diseases that have gone to apes […]
Angola, Eritrea and Uganda confirmed their first cases of coronavirus, while Mauritius recorded its first death as the virus spreads across Africa despite measures by governments to hold it back. Similarly, Sub-Saharan Africa has recorded its first deaths from the coronavirus. After a slow start, the case tally has more than tripled in the space […]
Son to former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has tested positive for cornavirus. This was personally confirmed by Atiku Abubakar on his Twitter page on Sunday. He said his son has been moved to Gwagwalada Specialist hospital Abuja for treatment and management. He wrote, “My son has tested positive to coronavirus. @NCDCGov has been […]
Uganda has confirmed its first case of coronavirus from a 36-year-old Ugandan who travelled from Dubai on Ethiopian airlines on Saturday. The confirmation comes after sub-Saharan Africa recorded at least six deaths from the coronavirus as most African countries take drastic measures to control its spread. But the Ugandan Ministry of Health is reassuring the […]
There are now more than 700 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.According to the latest data, of the WHO onCOVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries confirm cases as and when. The […]
Zimbabwe recorded its first confirmed case of coronavirus. Health minister Obadiah Moyo made the shock announcement on state television Friday. Moyo said the patient diagnosed with the dreaded disease lives in Victoria Falls and had travelled to the United Kingdom where he presumably got infected. “The National Microbiology Reference Laboratory at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital […]
Authorities in Gambia on Friday begun a hunt for 14 people who broke out of a hotel in Banjul where they had been quarantined for COVID-19. The group was among 32 passengers who arrived from the United Kingdom on Wednesday. “Those people who fled, we are following them and we are getting information. Because the […]
Mobile phone giants, MTN, are tweaking their tariffs in the area of mobile money transfers in some African countries with the aim of reducing contact with cash amid the coronavirus pandemic. The latest developments are in Uganda and Cameroon where the operator is waiving costs on transfers done with their mobile money platform. The MTN […]
There’s growing concern in Ivory Coast over a government decision to quarantine passengers from countries with 100 or more cases of the coronavirus in a sports centre and a new plan called ‘home quarantine’. Some Ivorians have condemned the decision saying that there is no evidence that these people who are supposed to be confined […]
Mombasa county is bracing for tough measures meant to curb coronavirus as authorities await the results of samples taken from eight visitors. The eight foreigners are among 34 people who visited the Coast and are being quarantined, county commissioner Gilbert Kitiyo told The Standard. “We are awaiting the results of samples taken from eight people […]
China has reported no new local infections for the first time since the coronavirus crisis began three months ago, reaching a milestone in its battle with the deadly outbreak. The country has hailed its success as evidence of what can be achieved when a vast, top-down bureaucracy is mobilized in pursuit of a single target […]
Africa should “prepare for the worst” as the coronavirus begins to spread locally, the World Health Organization’s director-general said Wednesday, while South Africa became the continent’s new focus of concern as cases nearly doubled to 116 from two days before. South Africa’s health minister, Zweli Mkhize, this week called that kind of rate “explosive” in […]