Health

China on Sunday imposed stay-at-home orders on millions more people in the country’s northeast as it battles its biggest Covid-19 outbreak in two years. The country has largely kept Covid at bay since it brought to...

Denmark has unveiled plans to ensure that future generations are tobacco-free, and is considering banning the sale of cigarettes and other nicotine products to anyone born after 2010. Health Minister Magnus Heunicke told reporters “Our hope...

By John Ikani China reported thousands of new local Covid-19 cases Sunday as the Omicron variant drove the worst outbreak in the country since Wuhan in early 2020, according to the National Health Commission (NHC). A...

Barack Obama has tested positive for a mild case of Covid-19, the former US president said on his Twitter account on Sunday. “I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple of days, but am feeling fine...

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...