COVID-19

Daily COVID-19 infections have hit record highs in the United States, swathes of Europe and Australia as the new Omicron variant of the virus races out of control, keeping workers at home and overwhelming testing centres. Almost two years after China first reported a cluster of “viral pneumonia” cases in the city of Wuhan, the […]

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said travel restrictions are necessary to slow the spread of Omicron while scientists race to understand more about the variant

Omicron variant was already in Europe before South Africa

Austria announced on Friday that it will impose a lockdown for all and make vaccinations mandatory, becoming the first EU country to take such stringent measures as coronavirus cases spiral. Other European countries are also tightening restrictions as Covid-19 cases surge across the continent, but so far none have reimposed full lockdowns and only the Vatican has mandated vaccinations […]

NAIROBI, Kenya — Moderna says it will make up to 110 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine available to African countries. Tuesday’s announcement says Moderna is prepared to deliver the first 15 million doses by the end of this year, with 35 million in the first quarter of 2022 and up to 60 million in […]

Covid vaccines passports have led to chaos in Scotland as hundreds of people were refused entry to various venues across the nation, the BBC reported. According to the Scottish Hospitality Group, a trade governing body that is opposed to the scheme, during its first weekend of implementation, the vaccine passport scheme lead to venues denying […]

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 8 420 043 as of last Saturday afternoon, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.  The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll from the pandemic across the continent stood at 215,265.  Some 7,494,079 […]

Former United States President Bill Clinton has been hospitalized with a non-COVID-related infection, his spokesman said. The 75-year-old was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center on Tuesday. “He is on the mend, in good spirits, and is incredibly thankful to the doctors, nurses, and staff providing him with excellent care,” spokesman Angel […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 8pm, the presidency confirmed on Thursday. The address will cover the latest developments on the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and follows meetings with the National Coronavirus Command Council, the President’s Co-ordinating Council and cabinet. The address comes in the context of falling Covid-19 […]

Sweden on Thursday announced it would start the development of digital vaccine certificates, to be used for travel and potentially more, following a similar move by Denmark a day earlier. The two Nordic countries both said the certificates would be designed to enable citizens to travel aboard, but also hinted they could potentially be used […]