Covid-19 protective equipment supplies from China fail UK safety checks
Delivering life-saving protective gear to frontline health staff has become ‘hand to mouth’, an NHS leader has revealed. The Government is airlifting in crates from China on a daily basis…
Boko Haram: Chad makes a U-turn; pledges to keep fighting jihadists
Chad’s government said on Sunday that its army would continue to participate in regional taskforces targeting jihadist groups, as well as the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali, following President Idriss…
Congo records second Ebola death in days – WHO
Democratic Republic of Congo recorded a second Ebola death in days following more than seven weeks without a new case, the World Health Organization said on Sunday. Congo had been…
Gates canvasses more funding for Covid-19 vaccine by G-20 nations
In order for the world to better contain the spread of the Covid-19, leaders of the Group of 20 (G-20) major economies should provide more funding to develop a vaccine,…
Out of intensive care, UK’s PM commends medics, says ‘I owe them my life’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he owes his life to the staff of Britain’s state-run National Health Service, in his first comments since being released from intensive care for treatment…
WHO probing reports of recovered COVID patients testing positive again
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was looking into reports of some COVID-19 patients testing positive again after initially testing negative for the disease while being…
Nigeria, Ghana, others mount pressure on China to stop harassment of Africans; China denies
Several African countries have demanded that China address their concerns that Africans in Guangzhou city are being mistreated and harassed amid fears there of a potential spread of coronavirus from…
New study shows COVID-19 survives longer in the air, can travel up to 4 metres
A new study examining air samples from hospital wards with COVID-19 patients has found that the virus can travel up to 13 feet (four meters) twice the distance current guidelines…
COVID-19: Zenit St Petersburg player of the month receives award via drone delivery
The 23-year-old poses with his prize after the drone made a successful delivery to his flat Zenit forward Malcom has received his player of the month award via drone…
Chadian troops kill 1,000 Boko Haram fighters in bloody 10-day war
Chad’s army said on Thursday it had killed as many as 1,000 Boko Haram fighters and lost 52 of its own soldiers in a 10-day old operation that followed the…