Seven people were killed when two suicide bombers, suspected to be members of Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadist group, attacked a village in northern Cameroon on Sunday, police and a local official said. “Two Boko Haram bombers blew themselves up at around 8pm” in the attack on Amchide, on the border with Nigeria, a policeman said […]

More than 215,000 people have signed a petition urging French officials to let more doctors prescribe the anti-malaria drug chloroquine for coronavirus patients, a controversial proposal that has divided health experts worldwide. Support for the treatment has gained ground as doctors try to keep the COVID-19 outbreak from overwhelming hospitals, with some saying early use […]

It is midday on Saturday and smoke rises off the grill even though the doors are closed at the Timesburg restaurant in Barcelona. The chefs are making hamburgers, not to be served at tables but packed up and delivered to doctors, nurses and other health staff on the front line of Spain’s battle against coronavirus […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed Dr. Emanuella Zamba as the new Acting General Manager for Lagos State Health Management Agency LASHMA. Until her appointment, Dr. Emanuella Zamba was the Director of Healthcare Planning, Research and Statistics in the Lagos State Ministry of Health a position she held from 2018. Zamba joined the […]

Bundesliga clubs were allowed to return to team training on Monday, with some opting to train players in small groups amid strict measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Soccer, in the country, has been suspended for almost a month and the German Football League (DFL) has said the ban will remain in place […]

German carmaker BMW sold 20.6 per cent fewer cars in the first quarter of 2020 than last year, with the coronavirus pandemic leading sales to tumble in China, Europe, and the U.S. The German carmaker announced this in a statement on Monday. “Around 80 per cent of all retail outlets in Europe and 70 per […]

A female tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a statement released today by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a nonprofit organization that oversees the Bronx Zoo. The positive test was confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa.

By Rasheed Sobowale A four-year-old female Malayan tiger in a New York zoo has tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), this is the first time a feline of such kind will be reported with the coronavirus disease. The tigress, Nadia, at the Bronx Zoo, New York […]

Africa could record 450,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases by the second week of May, putting the continent’s fragile health systems under severe test. A team of scientists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine made the prediction based on a mathematical modelling projection, as the number of Covid-19 positive Africans more than doubled in […]

 UN Secretary-General António Guterres has decried a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” against women and girls amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.