Nigerian doctor in US, Babafemi Taiwo is leading major study on drug Remdesivir that appears to treat COVID-19 (video)

A Nigerian doctor named Babafemi Taiwo is leading a major study on an antiviral drug named Remdesivir that appears to be effective in treating COVID-19. CNN interviewed Dr Babafemi Taiwo to discuss the result of Remdesivir in treating Coronavirus. Preliminary results of Remdesivir show it can help hospitalized COVID-19 patients recover faster. Though Remdesivir,

Bill Gates lists things that must be done for life to "get back to normal" as nations ease lockdown restrictions amid Coronavirus pandemic

The second richest man in the world, Bill Gates, has revealed what governments across the world must do if life is to go back to normal, as countries relax lockdown restrictions enforced due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

There are now 102 potential Covid-19 vaccines in the works worldwide - W.H.O announces

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that 102 potential Covid-19 vaccines are being developed around the world as scientists worldwide find a permanent solution to the novel Coronavirus that has killed hundreds of thousands worldwide and shut down economic life.

Walmart gives $180 million in bonuses to employees who have worked daily throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

American retail company, Walmart paid $180 million in cash bonuses to its employees who have worked daily throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to provide customers with food, medicine and other essential items.

Senegal develops one of the world's most affordable Coronavirus testing kits which costs $1 each and $60 3D printed ventilators

Senegal has reportedly developed one of the world's most affordable Coronavirus testing kits, which costs $1 each and $60 3D printed ventilators. A laboratory in Senegal used its AIDS and Ebola experience to develop a $1 COVID-19 testing kit and ventilators that cost just $60.

NHS issues urgent alert as children are being admitted to intensive care with a new Coronavirus-related 'inflammatory syndrome' (photo)

The National Health Service (NHS) has been issued an urgent alert about a spike in the number of children being admitted to intensive care with a Coronavirus-related condition. In an alert sent to GPs, health chiefs said: 'There is growing concern that a [COVID-19] related inflammatory syndrome is emerging in children in the UK. 

Students wear social distancing headgears to class as schools resume in China (photos)

Life in China is now returning to normalcy since the outbreak of Coronavirus. With some schools slowly reopening after the long hiatus, one school in the city of Hangzhou have enforced social distancing by letting students wear DIY hats with 3-foot-long horizontal plumes.

Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for crimes committed by minors after 'effectively' abolishing flogging

Saudi Arabia is ending the death penalty for crimes committed by minors, the kingdom’s Human Rights Commission has announced. In a statement published on Sunday, president of the state-backed commission Awwad Alawwad said: “The decree helps us in establishing a more modern penal code.”

UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson returns to work after recovering from Coronavirus

UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson returned to work on Monday morning, after making full recovery from Coronavirus. In his first public statement since he was admitted to St Thomas’s Hospital in London on April 5, Boris said the U.K. was beginning to "turn the tide" on the virus. 

UK Govt to give £60k life assurance payout to families of medics and care workers killed in Coronavirus line of duty

The UK government has announced that families of medics who tragically lost their own lives to Coronavirus while trying to save others will receive a £60,000 life assurance payout.