Health

Covid-19: Hospitals in Senegal’s Capital Overwhelmed as Virus Surges

Hospitals in Senegal's capital Dakar were "close to saturation" on Monday due to a surge in Covid-19 patients, with overworked medical personnel…

3 years ago

Nigeria Orders Reactivation of Covid Isolation Centres Nationwide

Nigeria’s federal government has directed all Covid-19 Isolation Centres across the country to immediately activate their facilities in anticipation of…

3 years ago

California to Require Vaccine or Weekly Testing for State Workers

California will require millions of health care workers and state employees to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or get…

3 years ago

Covid: Fauci Says US Heading in Wrong Direction as Cases Rise

The US is heading "in the wrong direction" on the coronavirus pandemic as infections surge among the unvaccinated, the country's…

3 years ago

WTO DG Okonjo-Iweala Decries Low Rate of Covid Vaccination in Africa

Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has lamented the low rate of Covid-19 vaccination in…

3 years ago

Covid Vaccine: Eight-week Gap Seen as Sweet Spot for Pfizer Jab Antibodies

A longer gap between first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine makes the body's immune system produce more…

3 years ago

Raging Pandemic in Indonesia Offers Fertile Ground for New Variants

The speed and scale of the coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia has created a perfect breeding ground for a potential new…

3 years ago

Two Pfizer, AstraZeneca Doses Work Against Delta Variant: Study

Two doses of Pfizer or AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine are nearly as effective against the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant as…

3 years ago

Death Rates Soar in Southeast Asia as Virus Wave Spreads

Indonesia has converted nearly its entire oxygen production to medical use just to meet the demand from COVID-19 patients struggling…

3 years ago

Covid-19 Origins: China Rejects WHO Proposal to Return to Wuhan

China has rejected a proposal from the World Health Organization (WHO) that the expert team investigating the origins of COVID-19…

3 years ago