Coronavirus

180 COVID-19 vaccines in development – WHO

Around 180 vaccines to combat COVID-19 are in development worldwide, consisting of 35 in human trials, the WHO chief stated…

September 11, 2020

The World: Spain’s hospitality arm is protesting in the second wave of the virus

Members of Spain’s hospitality area protested Wednesday to draw interest to the precarious role it finds itself in in the…

September 10, 2020

Breaking: S.Africans react to economic meltdown

South Africans on the street are weighing in on the latest economic indicators showing the economy contracted by 51 per…

September 9, 2020

Politics: Voters take part in ‘illegal’ election in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Ageing war veterans and university students joined long pre-dawn lines in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region to vote Wednesday in parliamentary…

September 9, 2020

Ethiopia: PM hails growing COVID-19 testing capacity in the country

The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, commended the country's growing COVID-19 checking out capability as the quantity of demonstrated instances…

September 9, 2020

Uganda: 13 health workers test positive for COVID-19

Uganda's Ministry of Health on Tuesday suggested 124 new conformed COVID-19 instances taking the East African nation's caseload to 3,900.…

September 9, 2020

Business: Economy Down by 51% in 2nd Quarter in South Africa

South Africa's economy, the most industrialised in Africa, collapsed by using 51% between April and June in light of the…

September 9, 2020

The World: 2nd coronavirus wave ‘imminent’ – UK experts

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced a tightening of coronavirus restrictions in a northern English city on Tuesday as leading…

September 9, 2020

Breaking: Egypt tries plasma treatment to fight pandemic

The treatment of the new coronavirus with plasma brings of hopevto Egypt where there is an estimated 100,000 cases and…

September 8, 2020

Education: Morocco imposed a lockdown and shut its schools

Morocco imposed a lockdown on Casablanca and shut its schools Monday, the day they were supposed to reopen after summer,…

September 8, 2020

Uganda converts national stadium into an auxiliary hospital as COVID-19 cases rise

In the light of the fast-growing COVID-19 incidents, Ugandan health ministry has transformed parts of Namboole National Stadium to into…

September 8, 2020

The World: Coronavirus sickens more than 182 people in Gaza

Palestinian health authorities registered 182 additional coronavirus instances in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday. In a statement, the Health…

September 8, 2020

City Lodge parks dividend after loss of R486 m due to coronavirus

City Lodge Hotels parked its remaining dividend charge for the yr ended in June as it fluttered to a R486.6million…

September 7, 2020

The World: U.S. Health experts are fearful of huge crowds over the weekend on Labor Day

The U.S. has suggested almost 44,500 new coronavirus cases on Saturday as Americans celebrated the Labor Day weekend. "We don't…

September 7, 2020

Nigeria: International Flights resume after 5 months

Nigeria on Thursday introduced it would resume global flights beginning Sept. 5 after shuting down flights at its five worldwide…

September 6, 2020

NEWS: Mozambique to lift state of emergency

Mozambique will lift the state of emergency to the unfold of coronavirus this weekend, President Filipe Nyusi announced in a…

September 5, 2020

Street artists fight COVID-19 with art in Rwanda

Street artists in Rwanda are painting the walls in bright colours with an important health message: to stay safe during…

September 5, 2020

The World: Spain breaks record for highest infections in a single day

Spain’s Health Ministry proven 10,476 new coronavirus infections on Friday -- the easiest single-day leap because the pandemic began. The…

September 5, 2020

Malawi: Adolescent pregnancies increase in the coronavirus pandemic

Eliza Majuri is 17 years old and one of the thousands of young adults in Malawi who has fallen pregnant…

September 4, 2020

South Africa: Protest as report reveals COVID-relief fund misuse

Health workers in South Africa protested on Wednesday in opposition to lacking protecting tools and low salaries as a scathing…

September 3, 2020

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