An aerial shot of a busy street in Nairobi, Kenya. /VCG As Kenyans celebrate Christmas, the number of COVID-19 infections in the country rose by 282, according to the ministry of health.The po
VCG Egypt reported on Thursday late night 1,021 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total cases registered in the country to 128,993, said the Egyptian Health Ministry.It is the first time i
02:19 A February conference by the drug company Biogen was the first superspreader event in the United States. Initially thought to have infected 99 people, researchers now believe it
VCG Another new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, according to the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.John Nkengasong, the Director of t
03:07 COVID-19 has been felt in every part of the United States from major cities to the most rural of regions.In Kentucky, the virus is disrupting life along the famed Bourbon Trail.B
This second variant of the virus – called 501.V2 – is the second mutated strain to be announced by the U.K. Government in as many weeks. /Jure Mekovac/AFP The U.K. health secretary Matt Hancoc
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker attends to a patient in Gauteng Province, South Africa, July 10, 2020. /VCG The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Africa surpassed the 60,000 mark on Wednesd
The coronavirus has landed in Antarctica, the last continent previously free from COVID-19, Chile's military said this week, as health and army officials scrambled to clear out and quarantine staf
The Governor of the U.S. state of South Carolina, Henry McMaster tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday evening, his office said in a statement on Tuesday.The statement said the 73-year-old is "exper
FILE PHOTO: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (R) speaks at a past function in Abuja, Nigeria, February 27, 2019. /VCG Photo Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday extended the manda
VCG Image Uganda will soon start surveillance over the new COVID-19 variant, a senior health official said on Tuesday.Joyce Moriku, minister of state for primary health, said in a statement th
The Chinese Visa Application Service Center in London has closed from Tuesday until further notice amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and no visa or legalization applications will be accepted during closure
Over half a million people in Britain has received the COVID-19 vaccine in the country, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday."Today I can announce that half a million people in the UK
The New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. /Getty Images The New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that beginning on Tuesday, British Airways will require passengers on UK flights to NY to sh
Germany is considering limiting flights from Britain to make sure that a new, allegedly highly contagious strain of coronavirus that is sweeping across southern England
VCG Image France and Ireland have joined a growing list of countries that have imposed travel bans curbing arrivals from the U.K. in efforts to curb the importation of a new strain of coronavi
VCG Image Distribution of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S. started on Sunday as initial shipments left a factory in the Memphis area.Injections of the vaccine developed by Mo