Health

The federal government on Monday confirmed the second case of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the country. The case was not imported like the previous one, but confirmed in one of the contacts traced to an Italian earlier last month. This was announced...

South Africa confirmed its first coronavirus case after a 38-year-old man who traveled to Italy tested positive, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said. The infected South African, who was part of a group of 10 people who traveled to Italy, returned...

Police in Lithuania intervened in a domestic dispute on Wednesday after a man locked his wife in the bathroom over fears that she may be carrying the coronavirus. "We got the report that a husband and two adult sons refused...

The coronavirus that originated in China has spread fear and anxiety around the world. But while the novel virus has largely spared one vulnerable group — children — it appears to pose a particular threat to middle-aged and older...

Egypt's health ministry on Sunday announced that one foreigner, whose nationality was not announced, had tested positive for coronavirus. The ministry said that the patient was being treated in an isolation facility. This is the second confirmed case in the country....

Two South African nationals working aboard a cruise ship quarantined at sea have contracted coronavirus, according to the country's health ministry. "The South African government has been made aware by Japanese authorities through the South African embassy in Tokyo, that...

A Kenyan judge has suspended flights between Kenya and China and ordered the state to prepare a plan to prevent the spread of coronavirus. China Southern Airlines flights on the Guangzhou-Changsha-Nairobi route had been suspended since 11 February but that...

The World Health Organisation has identified 9 top priority areas for preparedness against the coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria. These states are Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Delta and Bayelsa States. WHO Technical Officer on Health...

The new coronavirus that first emerged in China is now in Lagos, Nigeria. Nigeria's Honourable Minister of Health announced this on the 27th of February. The case, which was confirmed on the 27th of February 2020, is the first case to...

Nigeria's Honourable Minister of Health has announced a confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case in Lagos State. The index case, which was confirmed on the 27th of February 2020, is the first case to be reported in Nigeria since the beginning...