Lebanon mourned on Thursday the victims of the most powerful blast to hit a country that has already been struck down by an economic crisis, as rescuers searched for those missing since the explosion flattened Beirut port and devastated the city. French President Emmanuel Macron, making the first visit by a foreign leader since Tuesday’s […]

Germany on Thursday recorded its highest number of new daily coronavirus infections in three months, the government’s infectious diseases institute said. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) recorded 1,045 new infections within the past 24 hours, the first time since May 7 the number has topped 1,000. Germany’s new daily caseload then eased significantly but has […]

As part of activities to mark this year’s World Breastfeeding Week, the Benue state Ministry of Health has commenced aggressive campaigns and sensitization of mothers on the importance and benefits of exclusive breastfeeding.

Twenty tons of UN medical supplies to treat people injured by the massive blast in Beirut have reached the Lebanese capital, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. An aircraft delivered the WHO shipment that covers 1,000 trauma interventions and 1,000 surgeries. The UN health agency said in a statement that it would distribute the […]

Barely twenty-four hours after Nigeria recorded the highest number of recoveries from COVID-19, a non-profit group, the Sesor Empowerment Foundation has warned parents to be more vigilant and avoid the exposure of their children and young adults to a fresh wave of attacks from the coronavirus.