Russia on Monday reported 2,558 new cases of the novel coronavirus, a record daily rise, bringing its overall nationwide tally to 18,328. READ ALSO: COVID-19 Pandemic: Miners call on FG to release N5bn to cushion effects Russia’s coronavirus crisis response centre said that 148 people diagnosed with the virus have died so far, an overnight rise […]

Under strong international pressure, China on Sunday vowed to improve the treatment of Africans in the southern city of Guangzhou following accusations of discrimination linked to the coronavirus pandemic, and said it rejected all “racist and discriminatory” remarks. Africans in the industrial centre of 15 million say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected […]

Clad in protective masks and gloves, a few dozen pious Orthodox Christians prayed for health on Sunday at the Bulgarian capital Sofia’s expansive Saint Nedelya Cathedral. The country was one of the few nations where churches were open over the Easter holidays. While most Bulgarians stayed home out of fear of the coronavirus pandemic, Spaska […]

Carrie Symonds, the pregnant fiancée of Boris Johnson, has praised the medical staff, who helped the British Prime Minister come through COVID-19, adding that there were “very dark” times last week. “I cannot thank our magnificent NHS enough. “The staff at St Thomas’ Hospital have been incredible. “I will never, ever be able to repay […]

Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) recorded a second Ebola death in days following more than seven weeks without a new case, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Sunday. Congo had been due, on Sunday, to mark an end to the second-deadliest outbreak of the virus on record, until a case was confirmed on […]