Sadad Dakhare (R), his father Mohamed Dakhare Farah and niece Safa Mohamed Hassan (L) who fell ill with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but have now recovered pose in a photo taken in Oslo, Norway April 23, 2020. Picture taken April 23, 2020. Samsam Muhammed Dakhare/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD

Screen grab taken from video issued by Britain’s Oxford University, showing microbiologist Elisa Granato, being injected as part of the first human trials in the UK for a potential coronavirus vaccine, untaken by Oxford University, England, Thursday April 23, 2020. The first vaccine trial for COVID-19 Coronavirus have begun Thursday. (Oxford University Pool via AP)

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that Kenyans’ lack of seriousness regarding Covid-19 has turned out to be his government’s biggest challenge in the fight against the pandemic. In a radio interview on Wednesday morning, Mr Kenyatta said many Kenyans are “deliberately taking lightly the threat of Covid-19”, adding that those who recently escaped quarantine at

Photo: Credit AFP Somalia’s Covid-19 cases have soared to 135, five times the number at the start of last week in what is turning out to be a frightening tally for the Horn of Africa country. The Federal Ministry of Health on Saturday night issued a statement outlining that the number of individuals found positive

Leader of Majority in the National Assembly Aden Duale says businesses in Eastleigh, Nairobi, will only re-open if residents observe guidelines issued by the Health ministry to combat Covid-19. Speaking when he led Somali business leaders and prominent Somali Muslim scholars in Eastleigh to create awareness on the pandemic, Mr Duale said the Eastleigh Business

A group of men sit outside a tea shop in Mogadishu, Somalia. In mid-March, Somalia’s council of ministers held a special meeting on Covid-19, as it became clear that the pandemic was soon to hit country. Chaired by Prime Minister Hassan Ali KhaIre, the cabinet members labelled the virus as germ with massive potential to

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe during a press address on April 18, 2020. At the same time, the CS said seven more people have been discharged bringing the total number of recoveries to 60. The government on Saturday warned Kenyans against bribing their way out of quarantine facilities. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said they

A medical staff is seen at a new test center, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Rochdale, Britain, April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble Doctors and health workers criticized the British government on Saturday for suggesting that gowns used to protect them while treating coronavirus patients could be re-used, as supplies run low

Public health officers wearing protective clothing lower the casket of Stephen Ndungu Gitau, who died from the new coronavirus while being treated in an intensive care unit, into the ground at the Langata cemetery in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, April 16, 2020. The funeral was attended by a small number of friends and relatives but his

Turkey continues to provide medical aid to virus-hit countries struggling to control the pandemic as the latest deliveries were made to Poland and Somalia on Friday. Some 90,000 protective overalls were provided to Poland via four planes as a result of a video call between Deputy Foreign Minister Yavuz Selim Kıran and Poland’s Foreign Ministry