COVID 19

Airlines are following face-covering recommendations by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

While debate rages in France over Professor Didier Raoult's recommendation of a mixture of chloroquine (an antimalarial) and azithromycin (an antibiotic) to treat patients with Covid-19, some African countries have taken it very seriously. Such is the case in Cameroon, which has embraced the French professor's method of treatment.

Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov claims billionaire Bill Gates might be seeking to implant humanity with microchips under the guise of vaccination, seeking to control people and ultimately “solve” overpopulation.

Italy’s mafia has worked out how to profit from the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic crash. From offering opportunistic social aid and usurious loans to new business investments, the mafia is all set to exploit the vulnerable.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken about his struggle with coronavirus, revealing doctors prepared to announce his death.

China deliberately suppressed or destroyed evidence of the coronavirus outbreak in an “assault on international transparency’’ that cost tens of thousands of lives, a Western governments dossier declares.

The former White House chief strategist told Eric Bolling on Sinclair's "United We Stand" Beijing concealed the threat of COVID-19 during December and January.

The technology giants of Silicon Valley are among the few winners from the global pandemic. Their share prices are holding up or even surging ahead as investors bet they will come out of the crisis even stronger.

A vaccine against Covid-19 developed in Britain has shown very encouraging results on rhesus macaque monkeys, among the animals closest to humans. The scientists working on the vaccine estimate that if they can prove its effectiveness, it could be ready as soon as September.

The scientist who was the first in the world to discover the gene sequence for COVID-19 issued a chilling prediction years before the current outbreak.

Nigeria will start easing a coronavirus lockdown covering its largest city Lagos and capital Abuja from May 4, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday.

Donning an Anthony Fauci wig and glasses, Brad Pitt vowed to shut down claims like "The virus can be cured if everyone takes the Tide Pod Challenge.

“The first week it was a little bit more ragtag. It was definitely more like, wait, what are we doing here?” a Tonight Show producer told BuzzFeed News.

North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un missed another national holiday, fueling rumors and reports of his health. But U.S. intelligence still sees no sign of him losing power.

The UN agency says there is a danger that those who have recovered from COVID-19 might ignore public health advice.

The massive continent is poised to potentially become the next epicenter.

But is reopening the states too soon?

Alicia Keys, a 15-time Grammy winner, debuts "Good Job" during a CNN global town hall addressing the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cohen said “even the new, relaxed rules require gay men to abstain from sex for three months” before giving blood.

In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani reflects on the different attitudes of the rich and poor towards coronavirus.