London, Oct. 21, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A Namibian politician claiming Covid-19 does not exist has suspended his father’s funeral, local media reported on Tuesday. According to a report in the daily newspaper The Namibian, Republican party leader, Henk Mudge, said the novel coronavirus officially known as Covid-19 was carefully planned by a small group of greedy people ...

London, Oct. 19, 2020 (AltAfrica)-South Africa’s health minister, Zweli Mkhize, and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19, his office said late on Sunday. “I am now in quarantine at home and both my wife and I remain optimistic that we will fully recover from this virus,” Mkhize was quoted as saying in the statement. ...

London, Oct. 17, 2020 (AltAfrica)-South Africa announced 61 more Covid-19 related deaths and 2 019 new infections on Friday night, which take the death toll in the country to over to 18 370, and infections to seven hundred thousand, two hundred and three (700, 203.) The number of recoveries in the country stands at 629 ...

London, Oct. 6, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The World Health Organization, WHO has estimated that 10% of the world has been infected by the coronavirus – way more than has been recorded – as it mulled speeding up internal reforms. READ ALSO: ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES UNVEILS COVID-19 INSURANCE COVER FOR PASSENGERS To date, more than 35 million cases of ...

London, Oct. 2, 2020 (AltAfrica)-US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania are today in quarantine having tested positive for coronavirus. The news came after it was announced that senior Trump aide Hope Hicks had tested positive for Covid-19. Mr Trump is now expected to self-isolate just weeks ahead of the November 3 election Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive ...

London, Sep. 12, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Almost eight million Britons will be subjected to tighter lockdown restrictions next week after fresh measures were imposed in the West Midlands and Scotland. There have been about 360,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus so far in the UK and more than 41,000 people have died, government figures show. The government announced 3,539 new cases ...

London, August 28, 2020 (AltAfrica)-For months we’ve been told to wash our hands and maintain social distancing to beat coronavirus. But scientists and engineers say we also need to think about the air we breathe, as children go back to school and more people return to offices. READ ALSO: VISUALLY-IMPAIRED IN MALAWI GET COVID-19 INFORMATION ...

London, August 27, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has tested positive for coronavirus, says France manager Didier Deschamps. The 27-year-old will have to self-isolate for 14 days. He will miss France’s Nations League game in Sweden on Saturday, 5 September and the home game against Croatia three days later. READ ALSO: CITRIODIOL, A PRODUCT ...

London, August 27, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Kenya’s president extended a nationwide curfew for another 30 days on Wednesday, saying coronavirus cases were rising in areas outside the capital. In a televised address, Uhuru Kenyatta also ordered bars and nightclubs shut for another 30 days – but increased the number of people allowed to attend weddings, funerals and ...

London, August 21, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The airborne transmission of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 via aerosol particles in indoor environment seems to be strongly influenced by relative humidity This is the conclusion drawn by researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) in Leipzig and the CSIR National Physical Laboratory in New Delhi from the analysis of ...