Prominent Kenyan media personality Lorna Irungu dies
Former TV host, popularly remembered as the OMO Pick a Box host, Lorna Irungu-Macharia, has died. She succumbed to Covid-19.. Lorna was the Managing Director of PR [...]
Covid impact
Fake COVID-19 vaccines seized, arrests made in South Africa & China: Interpol
South African police have seized hundreds of fake COVID-19 vaccines and arrested four suspects in connection with the haul, the Interpol global police co-ordination agency [...]
Coronavirus in Canada: New, stricter, pricier rules for travellers
‘Now is not the time to be flying’. In what appears to be a measure to curb non-essential travel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says all travellers will pay more [...]
A grim commemoration
What’s on my mind? Today, January 25th marks one year since the first coronavirus case was confirmed in Canada. Canada’s patient zero was a man in his 50s who had [...]
Ontario declares province-wide state of emergency and stay-at-home order
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a second state of emergency, and a stay-at-home order which will go into effect this Thursday. “Everyone must stay home to save [...]
Travellers to Canada will soon need negative COVID-19 test
Anyone arriving in Canada starting Jan. 7 will need to have a negative COVID-19 test before boarding a flight, the federal government said Thursday as the Liberals urged [...]
Canada suspends flights from U.K. in response to new coronavirus strain
The federal government is restricting travel from the U.K. for 72 hours in an effort to keep a contagious new strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 out of Canada. The [...]
Health Canada approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Health Canada has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use in this country, and the first doses could be administered as early as next week. It’s a critical [...]
COVID-19: Latest numbers in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. EST on Nov. 30, 2020: There are 370,238 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 141,038 confirmed [...]
Canada removed from EU’s permissible travel list due to rising COVID-19 cases
The European Union officially removed Canada from a list of countries that should not be subjected to incoming travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 27-nation [...]