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Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli has ordered a probe into the country’s national laboratory over allegations of churning out falsified Covid-19 test results.  Speaking on Sunday, May 3rd, Magufuli indicated that they secretly sent to the lab samples extracted from among others, a goat,…

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has named his newborn son after two medics who saved his life last month. The boy, who was born on Wednesday, April 29th, has been named Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson. He was given the middle name Nicholas in honor of two doctors who treated Johnson last month…

Two Chinese doctors who were infected with Covid-19 while treating patients in Wuhan have had their skin turn dark after recovering from the virus. The two; Dr. Yi Fan and Dr. Hu Weifeng, both 42, were diagnosed with Covid-19 on January 18th while working at the Wuhan Central Hospital. Their skin…

Media personality Richard Quest is the latest CNN employee to be infected with the coronavirus disease. Quest, a business editor and host of ‘Quest Means Business’, said he tested positive for Covid-19 over the weekend. “I have caught coronavirus. I am blessed in that I have a few symptoms – just a…

A 68-year-old Nigerian woman has given birth to twins, becoming one of the world’s oldest new mums. The sexagenarian successfully delivered the two babies at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), the chairman of the hospital’s Medical Advisory Council Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo announced in…

A United Nations (UN) agency estimates that the Covid-19 pandemic could kill at least 300,000 people in Africa. UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Friday also said the pandemic could push 29 million other Africans into abject poverty and called for a $100 billion safety net for the…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari has succumbed to coronavirus. Kyari, who was in his 70s, had underlying health conditions including diabetes and died of Covid-19 on Friday, Reuters reported. He was the senior-most official aide to President Buhari, 77, and one of…

Nigeria has begun evacuating over 2,000 Nigerian citizens who have expressed their wish to leave the US, UK and other European countries affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs minister Godfrey Onyeama said they have contracted two airlines to fly their citizens home from these…

An American bishop who defied social distancing and continued to hold church services in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has been killed by the disease, according to reports in the US. The New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Virginia on Sunday announced Bishop Gerald Glenn had succumbed to…

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital, a week after his admission over the coronavirus disease.  Johnson left St Thomas' Hospital in London on Sunday and will not resume work until he fully recuperates, Downing Street said. "I have today left hospital after a week…