International pilgrims will perform the annual ritual for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. After a two-year absence, international pilgrims will perform the yearly Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia for the first time starting Wednesday, after…
Richer countries and southern African nations have had around double the mortality rates of poorer ones in other parts of Africa. Deaths on the African continent from COVID-19 are expected to fall by nearly 94 percent in 2022 compared…
An estimated 8.5 million Americans have lost a close family member to COVID-19 The torrent of coronavirus deaths, along with prolonged social isolation and financial hardship, have traumatised many. Warning: The story below contains descriptions of suicidal thoughts.…
The COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai has fuelled an outpouring of anger on social media on a scale not seen since 2020 after the virus first began to spread. April was, by all accounts, a cruel month for the residents…
Residents line up for COVID mass testing near tents set up at a plaza in the Haidian district on Tuesday Beijing residents ‘extremely nervous’ about a Shanghai-style lockdown as authorities order most of city’s 21 million people to undergo…
Lawmakers triggered an investigation into whether Johnson lied to the UK Parliament about breaking COVID-19 lockdown rules. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a blow to his authority when lawmakers ordered a parliamentary investigation into his past denials that…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson offers an apology for attending a party during the coronavirus lockdown and says it did not occur to him that a birthday gathering was a party. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered what he…
The latest victims were aged between 60 and 101 and had not been vaccinated, according to officials. China has reported seven more deaths from COVID-19 in the locked-down city of Shanghai, a day after announcing its first fatalities from…
Hip-Hop icon, Keith Grayzon, better known as DJ Kay Slay, has succumbed to medical complications resulting from a lengthy battle with COVID-19. The 55-year-old American DJ passed away on Easter Sunday, April 17. Rumors of Kay Slay’s passing began to circulate…
UK’s prime minister, Boris Johnson and chancellor, Rishi Sunak have rejected calls from opposition parties to leave Downing Street. This comes after the prime minister, the chancellor and the PM’s wife all received fines on Tuesday, April 12 for…
A man in Germany has been arrested after getting himself vaccinated at least 90 times against COVID-19. Accordingly to authorities on Sunday, April 3, the man was arrested in the German city of Magdeburg. His reason for taking the…
The Federal government has scrapped post-arrival PCR COVID tests for fully vaccinated travelers entering Nigeria. According to a revised travel protocol released by the Boss Mustapha, the chairman of the presidential steering committee (PSC) on COVID-19, fully vaccinated passengers…
Former US President Barack Obama announced Sunday March 13, that he has tested positive for Covid-19. Obama revealed that while he’s down with mild symptoms, his wife, Michelle tested negative for the disease. He tweeted; I just…
Queen Elizabeth has held her first in-person engagement after recovering from Coronavirus. She met Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Windsor Castle today, March 7, as he is in the UK for talks on the war in Ukraine with…
The US convoys follow the recent Canadian truckers’ protests which shut down Ottawa and the busiest US Canadian border crossing. Modelled after recent trucker protests in Canada, truck drivers in the United States are planning on setting off on a…
No fewer than 115,500 health workers died from COVID-19 in 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, linked to a “systemic lack of safeguards”, according to UN agencies. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) on…
Canadian music star, Justin Bieber has tested positive for COVID-19. The 27-year-old singer found out he contracted the coronavirus on Saturday February 19, but is “thankfully feeling OK,” his rep told TMZ. Bieber also cancelled his scheduled show at the…
The queen has received three jabs of the coronavirus vaccine British monarch tests positive for the coronavirus and is experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms, Buckingham Palace says. Britain’s 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for COVID and has…
Drugmaker, Pfizer has reported having more than double of annual profits due to its sales of vaccines in 2021, forecasting that the company will make more than $50 billion in 2022 for its Covid-19 vaccine and therapeutic. Pfizer, whose…
The ‘Freedom Convoy’ began as a protest against vaccine mandates Truckers in Ottawa are vowing to continue their protests despite a state of emergency and mounting frustration and anger among residents. For more than a week now, anti-vaccine mandate…