coronavirus

AstraZeneca (AZN) confirmed that it will begin to supply a potential vaccine to battle the COVID-19 infection as of September this year. The pharmaceutical giant said in a statementthat it has the capacity to manufacture one billion doses of the University of Oxford’s potential vaccine through...

Homemade face masks can help limit the spread of coronavirus - but they do have downsides, according to a new study. Seven types of face masks were put to the test by the University of Edinburgh, including surgical masks, respirators, lightweight and heavy-duty face shields, and handmade masks...

Tanzanian doctors sound alarm over hidden coronavirus cases ‘Corona is considered a security issue, not a public health issue.’ Tanzanian President John Magufuli's handling of the COVID-19 outbreak has been slammed by the opposition. (Emmanuel Herman/REUTERS) AMSTERDAM The Tanzanian...

China: If We Have to Pay for Coronavirus, U.S. Has to Pay for AIDS, 2008 Financial Crisis Chinese state media once again floated the prospect of international lawsuits against the United States for supposedly being responsible for the HIV/AIDS epidemic in a column Thursday, adding the 2008...

How U.S. Cities Tried to Stop The 1918 Flu Pandemic .Philadelphia’s response was too little, too late. Dr. Wilmer Krusen, director of Public Health and Charities for the city, insisted mounting fatalities were not the “Spanish flu,” but rather just the normal flu. So on September 28, the city...

Habari watanzania wote, upendo na amani vitawale. Usiku saa 2, taarifa ya habari ya Azam TV, Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Kilimanjaro kasema yeye alikuwa na maambukizi ya Corona baada ya kupima, na alianza kutumia majani ya mmea ambao ni ule wa Madagascar wanautumia, alikuwa anatafuna na akataja jina lake...

Leo tarehe 10/05/2020 Rais wa Zambia Edgar Chagwa lungu ametoa amri ya kufunga mpaka wa Zambia na Tanzania (Nakonde) na kupiga marufuku mtu yeyote pamoja na magari au treni kuingia na kutoka Mji wa nakonde. Mji wa nakonde umepakana na mji wa tunduma ambapo ndo mpaka wa Tanzania na zambia ulipo...

Kenya on Friday recorded 23 new cases of Covid-19, raising the country's total number to 781, Health CAS Rashid Aman has said. This is out of the 2,100 samples that were tested in the last 24 hours. 11 of the cases were from Nairobi, Mombasa (5), Kajiado (3) with Kiambu and Wajir with two...

It’s all right for you thinnies, PM tells staff as he accepts obesity increases risk from Covid-19 Boris Johnson is preparing a “much more interventionist” drive to tackle obesity as part of the fight against coronavirus after his spell in hospital with the disease. The prime minister told...

Baadhi ya Wachungaji wa Makanisa kutoka katika Kaunti ya Taita Taveta wamelalamika maisha yao kuzorota baada ya kukosa sadaka na fungu la 10 kutoka kwa Waumuni kufuatia kufungwa kwa Makanisa ikiwa ni njia ya kuzuia kuenea kwa ugonjwa huo Mmoja wa Wachungaji hao amsema, “Hili janga la #Corona...

The New Humanitarian ...Amsterdam The New Humanitarian spoke to five Tanzania-based doctors and medical specialists about the response, either by telephone or email. All only agreed to speak on condition of anonymity, such was their fear of reprisals from a government whose human rights record...

*A nurse at a New York hospital treating coronavirus patients has called out the “negligent doctors” who she claims are “literally murdering” Black people. In a shocking video shared on Facebook, the healthcare worker, identified by various media outlets as Nicole Sirotek, alleges patients are...

Arusha, Tanzania - Omari*, a motorcycle taxi driver, stopped outside a house in Arusha City, a tourist hub in northern Tanzania and pointed to a large, grey gate. "A person here died from COVID a few days ago," he said, before starting up his engine again and continuing down the city's...

Habari Wakuu, Hali ya maambukizi ya corona hapa nchini kwa sasa haifahamiki zaidi ya sintofahamu tu huku watu wakiendelea kufanya shughuli zao kama kawaida Watanzania tuko njia panda sasa tusielewe hali ya nchi hii kwa vita ya covid19 mpaka kujiuliza maswali kama hali ya mipaka ya nchi iko...

Ukaidi wa Trump kuhusu kuchukua hatua za kuzuia kuenea kwa coronavirus as stipulated by WHO, CDC umeifikisha Ikulu yake (White House) kuwa hot zone ya maambukizi! The spread of the virus in the White House complicates Trump’s push to reopen the country. Even with the number of deaths in the...

Idadi ya wagonjwa wa virusi vya corona nchini Kenya imeongezeka hadi 672 baada ya wagonjwa wapya 23 kukutwa na virusi hivyo katika kipindi cha saa 24. Wakati wa mkutano na waandishi wa habari siku ya Jumapili katibu msimamizi wa maswala ya Afya nchini Kenya Rashid Aman amesema kuwa idadi ya...

Niger Republic's Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Protection, Mohamed Ben Omar has died of Coronavirus. He was the former Minister of Higher Education. The novel coronavirus caused the death of Niger's minister of employment and labour, Mohamed Ben Omar, public television announced on...

The aviation industry is calling on the government to provide greater clarity on plans to quarantine for a fortnight all travellers coming to Britain, amid concerns that the measures could have severe repercussions for the travel and tourism industries. It has been reported that anyone entering...

Umoja wa Afrika (AU) unafanya mazungumzo na Jamuhuri ya Madagascar, ili kupata data za kiufundi kuhusu usalama na ufanisi wa dawa ya mitishamba iliyotangazwa hivi karibuni ambayo ilidai inazuwia na kutibu Covi-19. AU imesema kuwa Kamishna wa tume ya Umoja wa Afrika inayohusika na masuala ya...

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