Tag: coronavirus

Nurse dies of Covid-19 after giving birth

A Kenyan nurse has died from Covid-19 days shortly after giving birth for the first time while undergoing treatment for the disease in hospital. Local media report that the nurse, identified as Marian Awuor Adumbo, was admitted to a hospital west of the capital, Nairobi, and had initially tested negative for Covid-19. Her condition worsened […]

Kenya COVID-19 cases reach 22,053 as 690 test positive

Kenya now has 22,053 coronavirus cases after 690 more people tested positive on Sunday as five more patients die.

‘Nobody likes me,’ Trump complains, as his allies fade

Trump is finding himself more and more the odd man out: absent and detached from the leadership of either party

Secondary school heads want capitation funds released

The Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (Kessha) has warned that schools might become uninhabitable for learning if the government continues delaying the release of school capitation funds. The association noted that due to failure by the government to release the funds, schools have been forced to send away support staff and stopped running income-generating projects […]

South Africa Covid-19 cases pass 500,000-mark

More than half million coronavirus cases have been confirmed in South Africa, according to the country’s health minister. Zwelini Mkhize announced 10,107 new cases on Saturday, bringing the tally to 503,290, along with 8,153 deaths. South Africa is the hardest-hit country on the continent and accounts for half of all reported infections in Africa. It […]

Dr. Chibanzi Mwachonda, the KMPDU Secretary-General, contracts coronavirus

In a statement dated Friday, July 31, Dr. Chibanzi Mwachonda said he contracted coronavirus “while dispensing my official duties”.

Unbelievable? What ‘hydroxychloroquine cures COVID-19’ doctor once said about women and gynecological problems

On her Facebook page, Stella Immanuel says she was born in Cameroon and describes herself as “God’s battle axe and weapon of war.”