Over 800 Nigerian health workers have contracted the novel coronavirus since the first case was confirmed in February, local media reported on Wednesday. “We have had 812 health care workers infected, they are not just numbers, 29 of these work for NCDC, they are people I know, they have families, …

New report, which shows black and Asian people in England more likely to die from Covid-19, was not accompanied by specific government advice for those populations. Black and Asian people in England are up to 50 percent more likely to die after becoming infected with Covid-19, an official study said …

The first results from the world’s largest randomized trial of drugs to treat COVID-19 patients could be available in early July, one of the scientists leading the UK-based study called Recovery said on Tuesday. The first data from the study, which is testing a selection of existing drugs, is likely …

France is rolling out an official coronavirus contact-tracing app aimed at containing fresh outbreaks as lockdown restrictions gradually ease, becoming the first major European country to deploy the smartphone technology amid simmering debate over privacy fears. The French will be able to download the StopCovid app on their Google Android …

The Parliamentary Crisis Cell revealed on Tuesday, that a number of members of Parliament (MPs) are infected with Covid-19, stressing that Parliament will take measures to prevent the virus before tomorrow’s session. “There are Corona virus infections among a number of MPs, their families and bodyguards also and some of …

The World Health Organization (WHO) in Iraq urged Iraqis to follow the instructions of the health authorities to contain the spread of COVID-19 after a rise in infections, stressing that the re-introduction of a complete lockdown in Iraq was a necessary measure in the fight against the virus. WHO Representative …

Eli Lilly and Company said Monday it has started the first human trial of an antibody therapy designed to treat Covid-19. The first phase of the trial will test whether the therapy is safe and well-tolerated; those results are expected in late June. The first Covid-19 patients being treated with …

Instead of meeting in the assembly chamber at UN headquarters, ambassadors from the 193 UN member nations will cast secret ballots at a designated venue during spaced-out time slots.+ The UN General Assembly adopted a new voting procedure Friday for the upcoming election of new members of the Security Council …

British drugmaker GSK said on Thursday that its previous flu pandemic vaccine, which used some of the same ingredients as COVID-19 vaccines currently under development, was not linked to a rise in cases of the sleep disorder narcolepsy. A spokesman for GSK said the “science has moved on” since concerns …

  The global coronavirus pandemic has affected more than 5.6 million people, with over 349,000 deaths, according to a tracker. Here are coronavirus-related updates for May 26 WHO says Americas are new virus epicentre The Americas have emerged as the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization …

France, Italy, and Belgium acted to halt the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat patients suffering from COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus, amid questions about the safety of the generic anti-malaria drug. France on Wednesday canceled a decree allowing hospital doctors to dispense the medicine, while the Italian …

Iraqi President Barham Salih held a phone call with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Friday. The two leaders exchanged greetings for Sunday’s Ramadan Bayram, also known as Eid al-Fitr while discussing bilateral ties, regional developments, and cooperation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Iraqi-Turkish border was …

Rumors of the strongman’s evacuation to Moscow on private jet have been circling in anonymous social media channels since Wednesday. But tentative confirmation only came on Thursday, with Russian news agency Interfax citing an unnamed hospital source saying he was hospitalized with suspected Covid-19. Mr. Kadyrov’s press secretary was unavailable …

Many people are distressed by the immediate health impacts and the consequences of physical isolation, while many others are afraid of infection, dying, and losing family members. A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people worldwide are surrounded by death and disease and forced into isolation, poverty and …

Famous American actor and Oscar winner Robert De Niro said he believes that US President Donald Trump does not care how many people die from the coronavirus. “It’s like Shakespearean, the whole thing. You’ve got a lunatic saying things that people are trying to dance around,” De Niro said during …

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Biology Professor Erin Bromage explains which environments have an increased risk of spreading coronavirus.

A preliminary study by French researchers had claimed, smokers might be 80 percent less likely to infect COVID-19 than non-smokers of the same age and sex. The conclusion has arrived at a study done on 482 patients in a Paris hospital from 28 February 28 to 9 April, where it …

Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has confirmed that he has tested positive for coronavirus and is now in hospital. Peskov, a household name in Russia, has worked with President Vladimir Putin for twenty years. “That’s right, I am ill. I’m getting treatment,” he said when asked about his diagnosis by …

Chinese authorities plan to test all of Wuhan’s 11 million residents for Covid-19 in a little over a week. After more than a month without newly-recorded cases, the disease has suddenly reappeared in the city. All districts in the city were ordered to submit a plan on how they will …

The coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic hardship have left 700,000 children under 15 years of age in Italy without enough food, the country’s biggest farming organization have warned. “The number of children under the age of 15 who need help to get milk or food to eat has risen to …