A second person in Senegal has tested positive for coronavirus, the country's health ministry confirms. It says the patient is an 80-year-old French national who arrived in the West African country on 29 February. He is being treated at the same hospital for infectious diseases in the
The government has announced that people traveling to Zimbabwe from countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) will be deported at the port of entry if they fail to produce medical clearance. The medical clearance certificates should show that the visitors were examined for the Coronavirus symptoms and
Zimbabwean parents with children studying in China have said they will not follow the repatriation route taken by other countries following assurances by the local embassy that they are safe from the deadly disease. South Africa and a few others have already started repatriating their nationals
Chinese hospitals overflowing with COVID-19 patients a few weeks ago now have empty beds. Trials of experimental drugs are having difficulty enrolling enough eligible patients. And the number of new cases reported each day has plummeted the past few weeks. These are some of the startling
As I boarded my flight from Beijing Airport, China on Tuesday evening, all I could think of was what awaits me upon arrival in Harare. I had heard and read about a suspected case of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19), which at the time, had not announced
The government has allayed fears of coronavirus the country by announcing that the recently quarantined traveller from Hunan province has been tested positive. In a tweet posted this morning, Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services advised the nation to remain calm as the traveller who
Health officials have allayed fears of a coronavirus case at Parirenyatwa hospital after misleading social media reports on the whereabouts of a Zimbabwean woman who returned from China's Wuhan province and placed in isolation at Wilkins hospital upon arrival from China, 263Chat has learnt. A 27
Chinese medical researchers have discovered that cancer patients are more susceptible to infection of the novel coronavirus which is claiming many lives. According to a recent research article in the Lancet Oncology journal, due to the systemic immuno-suppressive state caused by the malignancy and anticancer treatments,
An actual mass wedding ceremony in the Philippines saw face masks and health checks included in the proceedings this year. The precautions have been brought in due to the threat of coronavirus. The city of Bacolod, Philippines saw 220 couples married in the government-sponsored event. Find thelink to
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