Tag: Covid-19

+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

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.

Kagwe: Over 600 COVID-19 patients discharged for home-based care

Kenya on Sunday recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases reported in a single day with 260 people testing positive for the virus. Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mutahi Kagwe said that 254 of those who tested positive are Kenyans while six are foreigners. Nairobi and Mombasa counties still continue to be the hardest hit by […]

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 […]

Doctor speaks following viral reports that he resigned for being forced to declare all deaths as COVID-19 related

Nowhere in his resignation statement does Dr Mukwege mention having been forced to declare negative coronavirus cases to be positive.