Tag: COVID-19
COVID-19 rocks Tokyo 2020 Olympics as athletes test positive
Three members of the South African contingent have become the first set of competitors to test positive to COVID-19 in the athletes' village in...
Argentine President tests positive for COVID-19 after vaccine
Argentinian President, Alberto Fernández has tested positive for COVID-19 few months after receiving the Russian-made Sputnik V.
Fernández...
Iwobi leaves Super Eagles camp after testing positive for COVID-19
Alex Iwobi will not be available for Nigeria’s final 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Lesotho after testing positive for...
French labour Minister hospitalised with COVID-19
French Labour Minister, Elisabeth Borne has been hospitalised with COVID-19, a week after testing positive for the virus.
Fully-vaccinated people can gather without masks, says CDC
People who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can gather indoors unmasked with others who have been vaccinated, the US Centers...
Syria’s president, wife test positive for COVID-19
Syria’s President, Bashar al-Assad and his wife, Asma, have tested positive for COVID-19 after showing minor symptoms, according to a statement by...
Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases near 3.9 million, says Africa CDC
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent has reached...
Zanzibar’s vice president dies after contracting COVID-19
Zanzibar’s first vice president, Seif Sharif Hamad, who led the island’s opposition for three decades, died Wednesday, the president said, after...
British COVID-19 variant discovered in Iraq, says official
The British COVID-19 variant has been discovered in Iraq, Health Minister Hassan al-Tamimi said on Monday, just days ahead of imposition...
NYSC lauds corps medical personnel on combat against COVID-19
The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has commended members of corps medical personnel in the scheme for their commitment to the fight...