Tag: coronavirus

Senegal president goes into quarantine

Senegal president tested negative but will self-isolate for two weeks as a precaution, his office said in a short televised statement.

+254 cases in Kenya push COVID-19 infections past the 5, 000 mark

Two more people succumbed to the disease, pushing the country’s death toll to 130, said Dr. Mwangangi.

Fauci warns of disturbing trend as Trump ignores coronavirus surge

Fully half of US states are now seeing rising cases of the disease with the situation especially acute in Texas, Florida and Arizona

Hospitals yet to get Ksh1.5bn Covid-19 funds, says Mandera Governor Roba

Governor says yet to receive part of Sh850m given to Kwale, Kilifi, Mombasa and Mandera counties to cushion locals from effects of Covid-19.

Human trials for coronavirus vaccine start in South Africa

South Africa has been chosen, not just for its expertise in this field, but because Covid-19 is now spreading fast here.

KDF denies partial lockdown of barracks after Covid-19 scare

Kenya Defence Forces Spokesperson Kioko promises to give a detailed statement later on any coronavirus infections among soldiers.

Maids dumped outside embassy as Covid-19 pandemic bites

Scores of maids have been dumped outside a Beirut embassy amid an ongoing economic crisis in Lebanon, heightened by the coronavirus pandemic. Lebanon’s economy is collapsing with the country’s currency losing 70% of its value in the past six months. Now many of the country’s middle class claim they can no longer afford to pay […]