Covid-19

Man tests positive for monkeypox, Covid and HIV
By Agencies | 7 months ago
Scientists have reported the first known case of a person testing positive for monkeypox, Covid-19 and HIV at the same time. Earlier th...

Biden tests positive for Covid-19
By Agencies | 8 months ago
President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing “mild symptoms,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre s...

‘You’ll be arrested if caught without face mask’- Health PS Susan Mochache
By George Kebaso | 9 months ago
Health Principal Secretary, Susan Mochache says Kenyans should start wearing face masks as a mandatory measure in a bid to curb Covid-19. “Weari...

China records nearly 3,400 daily Covid-19 cases in worst o******k
By Agencies | 1 year ago
Chinese health authorities reported nearly 3,400 Covid-19 cases on Sunday, double the previous day, forcing lockdowns on virus hotspots as the country...

Ministry of Health distances itself from purported press release lifting wearing of face masks in public
By Osoro Jnr | 1 year ago
The Ministry of Health has on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, disowned a press release that has been making rounds on social media, purporting that it had r...

Queen Elizabeth tests positive for Covid
By Agencies | 1 year ago
The Queen has tested positive for Covid, Buckingham Palace has said. The palace said the monarch is experiencing “mild cold-like symptoms”...

Bill Gates warns of pandemics that could be far worse than Covid-19
By Agencies | 1 year ago
As Covid-19 cases driven by the omicron variant surge across the world, Bill Gates has warned of pandemics worse than the current one. His comments ca...

Covid-19 pandemic exposes little-known Kitengela health facility
By Christine Musa | 1 year ago
The arrival of Covid-19 vaccines in Kenya last year exposed a little known Kitengela health facility that is key in storing children vaccines in the c...

Israel reports first case of ‘flurona’ – a rare double infection of Covid and influenza
By Agencies | 1 year ago
Israel has recorded the first case of a rare mixture of two diseases, influenza and coronavirus, dubbed “flurona”. Local reports said that th...

KEMRI rubbishes claims that it announced an Influenza o******k
By Osoro Jnr | 1 year ago
The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has on Friday, December 17, 2021, rubbished claims that it announced an Influenza o******k. The research ...