Tag: Covid-19

Tanzania’s Covid-19 cases soar to 480

Tanzania Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa says that 174 of the new cases are from the mainland while 22 are from Zanzibar.

Museveni blasts Uganda MPs for allocating themselves Sh280m for Covid-19 awareness campaigns

Museveni said he would write to the Auditor-General to investigate MPs who have already spent the money to buy relief items

Human rights activists fear teenage pregnancies could spike in Coast, Western amid Covid-19 crisis

Activists concerned that current situation where most of the attention is on Covid-19, there is a danger of explosion of cases of teenage pregnancies.

Restaurants to apply for fresh permits, test workers at own cost

Some health facilities such as Nairobi Hospital announced plan to start carrying out at least 900 coronavirus tests per day for Sh10,000 per person.

Top New York City coronavirus doctor takes her own life

A top New York City doctor who was on the front line of the US fight against coronavirus has taken her own life. Dr Lorna Breen, who was medical director of the emergency department at New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital in Manhattan, died of self-inflicted injuries on Sunday, police said. The 49-year-old’s father, Dr Philip Breen, […]

Two children aged three among 11 new Covid-19 cases, total in Kenya rises to 374

The number of patients who have recovered from the Covid-19 disease has risen to 124 after 10 people were discharged from treatment centres.

Kalembe Ndile calls for recognition of herbalists in combating Covid-19

Former Kibwezi West MP Kalembe Ndile has appealed to the national government to recognize the crucial role played by herbalists in the fight against the novel coronavirus.                                                                                                                 Ndile, who was addressing the press in Machakos County on Sunday, said that the government should test traditional remedies by consulting herbalists since there is no known cure […]