Health

Coronavirus: Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug

A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus.The low-dose steroid treatment...

Corona virus and the youth

THE coronavirus pandemic has wrecked national economies and even at an individual level, the effect has been overwhelming. The impact...

Botswana capital on lockdown as COVID-19 cases surge

Botswana’s capital city Gaborone was placed on a total lockdown on Friday following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. Health...

John Magufuli declares Tanzania free of Covid-19

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has declared the country “coronavirus-free” thanks to prayers by citizens. “The corona disease...

Resolve schools hiccups

REPORTS that some pupils reported without face masks on opening day because their school authorities did not prepare adequately, make...

NO COVID-19 DEATH RECORDED IN SPAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME...

Spain reports ZERO coronavirus deaths in 24 hours for the first time since March. The country also confirmed there had only been 71...

Reopening day hurdles

TODAY examination classes across the country open schools in line with President Edgar Lungu’s directive to avoid disturbing learning...

Trump terminates US relationship with WHO

US President Donald Trump has announced that he is terminating the country’s relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO)....

Work with us in Covid-19 fight- Cleaning body

THE Cleaning Association of Zambia (CAZ) has appealed to Government and other authorities to work with its members in identifying...

Fighting Covid-19

THE new normal is here and here to stay, or so it seems.  This means as examination classes open in schools throughout the country,...

South Korea closes schools again after biggest spike in...

More than 200 schools in South Korea have been forced to close just days after they re-opened, due to a new spike in virus cases....

Chilufya’s primary contacts tested – Miti

By AARON CHIYANZOALL primary contacts to Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya and Minister of Information and Broadcasting Dora Siliya...

All non-essential shops to reopen from 15 June – PM

All non-essential retailers will be able to reopen in England from 15 June, Boris Johnson has announced, as part of plans to further...

WHO halts trials of hydroxychloroquine over safety fears

Testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus has been halted because of safety fears, the...

Covid-19 holds Kalahari Geothermal Power project

LINDA SOKO TEMBO writes  THE multi-million dollar Kalahari Geothermal Power Project in Bweengwa constituency of Southern Province...