Covid-19: Virus surge puts South African hospitals under severe strain
The COVID-19 pandemic first peaked in Africa’s most industrialized economy in late July 2020 PRETORIA, Dec 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South…
Covid-19: Forty plus countries ban travel from UK
LONDON, Dec 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 40 countries have suspended travel from Britain in a bid to contain a…
UK PM, EU chief held eleventh-hour talks on Brexit, Covid: EU source
BRUSSELS, Dec 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen discussed Brexit…
Covid-19: US administers first Moderna vaccines
HARTFORD (Connecticut, US), Dec 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A nurse at a hospital in Connecticut became one of the first people…
Afghanistan: Prison doctors among five killed in Kabul bombing
KABUL, Dec 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four doctors who worked at an Afghan prison with hundreds of Taliban inmates were among…
Covid-19: Tanzania to use local herbs instead of vaccine
Tanzanian President John Magufuli DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 22 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Tanzania has signalled that it is not intending to…
Covid-19: Argentina and Chile suspend flights from UK as of midnight Tuesday
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 22 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina and Chile announced that they are suspending flights from the UK after health…
Covid-19: Uruguayan Legislative approves limitation of right to assembly until Jan 10
MONTEVIDEO, Dec 22 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Uruguayan parliament passed a bill limiting the constitutional right of assembly and closing the…
Covid-19: Denmark faces the challenge of incinerating millions of minks which were hastily buried
COPENHAGEN, Dec 22 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Millions of minks will be dug up from mass graves in Denmark after some had…
Kenya: Crisis as doctors join striking healthcare workers
NAIROBI, Dec 22 (NNN-KBC) — Kenyan doctors have now joined striking health workers to down tools totally paralyzing service and…