Coronavirus Updates
Argentina’s president tests positive for Covid-19 after vaccination
Argentine President Elect Alberto Fernández speaks as he presents his cabinet in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez, who has been vaccinated
Jordan’s Prince Hamzah says he is under house arrest
Jordan’s Prince Hamzah said that he was told by the head of the armed forces not to leave his house or communicate with people, in videos released to international broadcasters
Blood clots: 7 die in UK after taking AstraZeneca vaccine — Regulator
The UK medical regulator said Saturday that out of 30 people who suffered blood clots after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, seven have died. The British acknowledgement of deaths comes as
Dutch halt AstraZeneca jabs for under-60s
The Netherlands is halting AstraZeneca coronavirus jabs for people aged under 60 after fresh reports of rare blood clots, Dutch health authorities said on Friday. The move comes after five
French parliament slams government’s coronavirus response
French president, Emmanuel Macron The French parliament on Thursday massively criticized the coronavirus crisis management of President Emmanuel Macron’s government, the day after he announced new national restrictions. “We are
Almost one in seven suffers long Covid, UK study finds
Nearly one in seven Britons who tested positive for Covid-19 continued to have symptoms for at least 12 weeks, according to a UK study released Thursday. The Office for National
Three men docked for allegedly forging COVID-19 certificate
Three men on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly forging COVID-19 certificate. The police charged Emmanuel Adelegan, 32; Ibrahim Abubakar, 30; and Tope Shoaga, 28,
WHO warns of possible coronavirus surge during Easter, Ramadan
An official of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday warned of a possible surge in coronavirus infections in the Middle East region during the Islamic month of Ramadan and
New coronavirus variant detected in traveler from Tanzania
African disease authorities have detected a new coronavirus variant in a traveller travelling from Tanzania to Angola. The African Centres for Disease Control (CDC) said the variant had about 40
Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny on hunger strike over medical care
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who is currently imprisoned in a labour camp outside of Moscow, has gone on hunger strike to protest a lack of medical care. “I declared hunger
