Health

Kenya said it was scrapping a requirement for people to wear masks in public as part of an easing of Covid-19 restrictions in place for two years. The announcement comes as rates of Covid infection in...

By John Ikani  Pharmaceutical company Pfizer is set to supply Africa's top health body with its coronavirus pill. The drug - Paxlovid - is intended for use soon after symptoms develop in people at high risk...

By John Ikani A man who received a first-of-its-kind heart transplant from a genetically modified pig died Tuesday, two months after the groundbreaking procedure. David Bennett Sr, of Maryland, was 57. In January he underwent the...

Austria said on Wednesday it is suspending mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for all adults saying the pandemic no longer poses the same danger, just weeks after the law took effect in an EU first. The Alpine nation...

By John Ikani  The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it can confirm a global decline in COVID-19 cases and fatalities. The confirmation made by the WHO via its official Facebook account is the first time the...

By John Ikani The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says Nigeria has so far received over 67 million (67,973,250) doses of COVID-19 vaccines, including 2,100,000 doses out of the Johnson and Johnson vaccines procured...