COVID-19

Shanghai has set a target to ease lockdown and stop the spread of COVID-19 outside of quarantined areas by Wednesday. According to a speech by a local Communist Party official, "The target will require officials to accelerate COVID-19…

Shanghai is converting residential buildings into isolation centres to house high number of COVID-19 cases, neighbours worried they are being put at increased risk of infection. The Zhangjiang Group, which owns the compound said,…

The Chinese commercial capital of Shanghai warned that anyone who violates COVID-19 lockdown rules will be dealt with strictly. The city police department spelled out the restrictions that most of the 25 million residents are facing and…

Shanghai has reported about 25,000 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections, as residents of China’s most populous city complained of food and basic supplies. The city has become a test bed for China’s elimination strategy, which seeks to…

Rwanda has become one of the few African countries to achieve the goal of vaccinating over 60 percent of its population against Covid-19. By the end of 2021, the East African nation had already administered vaccine doses to more than 40% of…

Shanghai on Friday, announced a record of 21,000 new cases and a third consecutive day of COVID-19 testing as a lockdown of its 26 million people showed no sign of easing and Chinese cities tightened curbs. Beijing insists that, the…

China has sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help carry out COVID-19 tests for all of its 26 million residents, in one of the country's biggest-ever public health responses. The People’s Liberation…

A new international travel guideline has been issued by the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, removing mandatory Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing for fully vaccinated visitors and stiff penalties for unvaccinated…

World Health Organisation (WHO), says it is examining reports of hearing loss and other auditory issues following COVID-19 vaccinations. READ ALSO: WHO establishes Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India The global health body…

Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett has tested positive for COVID-19 but feels well and will work while self-isolating at home, his office said on Monday. The PM’s office disclosed that Bennett, who has been vaccinated against the…