Health

A Hindu group on Saturday hosted a cow urine drinking party as they believe it wards off the coronavirus, as many Hindus consider the cow sacred and some drink cow urine believing it has medicinal properties.The “party,” hosted by...

Mauritania, Congo Republic, Seychelles and Central African Republic confirmed their first coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing to 23 the number of African countries that have reported positive tests for the virus. Three days after the World Health Organization (WHO) described...

Rwanda announced on Saturday its first case of the new coronavirus, Covid-19.In a statement, the health ministry said the patient is an Indian citizen who arrived in the country from Mumbai on March 8."An Indian citizen who arrived from...

Born in the Egba Land of the Yoruba people of West Africa at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Madam Efunroye Tinubu was a politically significant figure in Nigerian history because of her role as a powerful female aristocrat...

Kenya has banned all major public events after confirming its first case of the new coronavirus in a woman who had returned to the country from the United States, the health minister said on Friday.Kenya, the richest economy in...

Gabon and Ghana confirmed their first cases of coronavirus on Thursday, becoming the ninth and tenth countries in sub-Saharan Africa to register positive cases. The region has so far been less badly hit by coronavirus than Europe or China. Ivory...

The president of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered schools to close throughout the country in an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The closure starts immediately and will continue until 5 April, according to a statement made by...

Democratic Republic of Congo confirmed its first case of coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa hit by the epidemic to seven. The patient is a Belgian citizen who had been in Congo for several days....

Burkina Faso's health ministry has confirmed two coronavirus cases - the first reported in the country. The patients are a Burkinabè couple who recently returned from France in February, Health Minister Claudine Lougue told reporters. The man is 73-years-old and the...

A German tourist has died from the coronavirus in Egypt, becoming the first fatality of Covid-19 to be recorded in Africa. The 60-year-old had arrived in Egypt a week ago and complained of a fever. He was taken to a hospital...