Angola Angola doctors to extend national strike as Covid rages Luanda – More than half of Angola’s doctors will indefinitely continue a national strike over pay and conditions as the... Read more 12 Dec, 2021
World Downing Street ditches Xmas party as PM battles scandal London –Downing Street will not hold a Christmas party this year, Boris Johnson’s spokesperson said on Friday as the... Read more 11 Dec, 2021
Coronavirus Mauritius records first two Omicron cases, more feared Port Louis – The Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius has recorded its first two infections of the Covid-19 Omicron... Read more 11 Dec, 2021
Countries SA, Zimbabwe lead as Africa’s Covid-19 infections more than double Paris – The Covid-19 pandemic continued its advance around the world this week, led by southern Africa where the... Read more 11 Dec, 2021
Coronavirus South Africa to start rolling out Pfizer booster shots against Covid-19 next month Johannesburg – South Africa will next month start giving Pfizer booster shots against coronavirus, a health official said Friday, a... Read more 10 Dec, 2021
Sport Pele says expects to be out of hospital in ‘a few days’ Sao Paulo – Brazilian football great Pele downplayed his latest health issue Thursday after he was hospitalized to undergo chemotherapy... Read more 10 Dec, 2021
Coronavirus Ghana introduces new travel guidelines… requires proof of vaccination against Covid-19 for travellers Accra – Public health authorities in Ghana have introduced new travel guidelines requiring visitors to show proof of vaccination against... Read more 10 Dec, 2021
Coronavirus Russia to send virus specialists to South Africa to establish Covid-19 lab Moscow – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia will dispatch virus specialists to South Africa to establish a... Read more 10 Dec, 2021
Coronavirus Inside the South African lab that discovered Omicron Johannesburg – Access to the laboratory is strictly limited, for the risk of accidental infection is just too high.... Read more 9 Dec, 2021
Coronavirus Omicron spreading in Africa but data suggests ‘less severe’, says WHO Brazzaville – Cases of coronavirus in Africa nearly doubled over a week as Omicron spread, but hospitalisations in South... Read more 9 Dec, 2021