Tag: coronavirus
Coronavirus: WHO records more cases outside China
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases outside China has outpaced those inside the…
British Airways cancels flights to Italy
British Airways has announced flights cancellation to virus-ravaged Italy, where more than 400 people have been infected, a surge of…
Kuwait confirms 43 coronavirus cases, all Iran related
Kuwait now has 43 confirmed cases of coronavirus, said an official during a Kuwaiti Ministry of Health conference held on…
Suspected coronavirus case in Lagos turns negative
The Lagos State commissioner of Health, Professor Akin Abayomi said that the Chinese citizen who presented at the Reddington Hospital,…
Coronavirus: Red Cross mobilises 80,000 volunteers
The Nigerian Red Cross Society, Lagos Branch, says it has mobilised over 80,000 volunteers in the state for social mobilisation…
Suspected case of Coronavirus in Lagos, patient isolated
The Lagos State Government has begun investigation into a suspected case of Coronavirus in the State, as the suspect has…
Brazil confirms first coronavirus case in Latin America
Brazil’s Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed the first case in South America after a Sao Paulo resident tested positive for…
Coronavirus: WHO confirms 2nd case in Africa
The Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform of Algeria has reported the country’s first case of Coronavirus (COVID-19), making…
China quarantines 94 passengers from Seoul
China has quarantined 94 passengers on a flight from Seoul to Nanjing after three were showing signs of fever, the…
Africa in trouble as coronavirus is confirmed in Algeria
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has come to establish presence in Africa as the Algerian authorities on Tuesday announced the country’s first case.
Switzerland confirms first coronavirus case
Switzerland has recorded its first coronavirus case as the country's Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) confirmed on Tuesday a…
3 schools shut in UK over coronavirus fears
Three schools in Cheshire, United Kingdom have been closed over fears of a coronavirus outbreak.
Coronavirus: WHO urges countries to boost their readiness
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday called on countries to boost their readiness against coronavirus.
Iran’s deputy health minister infected with coronavirus
Iraj Harirchi, Iran's Deputy Health Minister has tested positive for the coronavirus and has been quarantined, ILNA news agency reported…
Coronavirus epidemic shifts to Italy
The coronavirus death toll climbed to seven in Italy on Monday and several Middle East countries were dealing with their…
Coronavirus: Mauritius shuts out 40 Italians
Forty Italians were blocked on Monday from disembarking their plane upon arrival in Mauritius due to surging coronavirus cases in…
Coronavirus: Pakistan embarks on preventive lock-down
Pakistan has suspended flights to Beijing and temporarily closed its border with Iran in a bid to prevent the new…
Coronavirus death toll increases in Italy
Italy has recorded an increase in the death toll from Covid-19 on Monday after an 84-year-old man died in a…
EU pledges addtional 232 million euros for coronavirus
The European Commission (EC), on Monday announces a further 232 million euros ($251 million) to tackle the current coronavirus outbreak,…
Coronavirus spreads to Kuwait and more countries
Bahrain, Kuwait and Afghanistan have registered their first cases of the new Coronavirus (Covid-19).
Coronavirus batters oil prices
Coronavirus outbreak is wreaking havoc in the crude oil market as prices tumbled more than 2% on Monday, with investors…
COVID-19: Italy announces 3 deaths
An elderly cancer patient became the third person known to be infected with the coronavirus to die in Italy, health…
COVID-19: Italy struggle to contain outbreak
Italy has shut off the worst affected towns and cancelling public events on Sunday as it struggled to contain the…
Coronavirus hits Afghanistan
Afghanistan has also joined the growing list of countries affected by the deadly novel Coronavirus since its outbreak in the…
Coronavirus kills Wuhan female doctor
A female doctor at a Wuhan hospital that receives patients infected with the novel coronavirus died from the virus on…
Diamond Princess passengers arrive in Merseyside for quarantine
Passengers evacuated from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship have arrived in Merseyside for second quarantine.
Coronavirus cases slump in China, surge in South Korea, Italy
China reported a sharp fall in new deaths and cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, but world health officials warned…
Coronavirus: Hundreds to be quarantined in northern Italy
At least 250 people are set to be quarantined and thousands advised ordered to stay indoors as authorities in northern…
Coronavirus epidemic engulfs China’s prisons
The spike in cases in two jails outside Hubei - in the northern province of Shandong and Zhejiang in the…
Compulsory quarantine in Italy as 3 new coronavirus cases discovered
Three persons have tested positive in Italy for coronavirus, the northern Lombardy region said on Friday, leading to a call…