Heavy rains in Kenya have caused floods and landslides that have left 194 dead and destroyed crops since the deluge began last month, complicating the fight against the coronavirus, the government said Wednesday. The heavy flooding comes after similarly deadly rainfall at the end of last year, and brings with it a second wave of [...]
Seychelles' National Assembly approved a non-binding motion calling on the government to keep the borders closed to visitors until the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide improves and an effective detecting mechanism is put in place. When presenting the motion, the Leader of the Opposition, Wavel Ramkalawan, said the proposed date of June 1 to open the airport [...]
COVID-19 will surely be remembered for the lives lost, the collapsed economies and definitely for the number of disruptions it caused. Borders are closed, planes are grounded, business shuttered, and sporting events halted as people are urged to practise social distancing and stay at home. Until a vaccine is found, holding big events will be [...]
The United Nations on Thursday issued a new appeal for $4.7 billion in funding to "protect millions of lives and stem the spread of coronavirus in fragile countries." The money is on top of the $2 billion the UN already called for when it launched its global humanitarian response plan on March 25. It has [...]
Qatar Airways has warned its employees of "substantial" redundancies amid a collapse in demand for air travel caused by the coronavirus, according to an internal memo seen by AFP Tuesday. The Gulf airline, which flew to more than 170 destinations with 234 aircraft as of March, has been hit by airport closures and travel bans [...]
The majority of Seychellois students enrolled in Chinese universities but currently in Seychelles due to the COVID-19 pandemic are continuing their courses online, an official said. The chief executive of the Agency for National Human Resource Development (ANHRD), Nadia Lauricourt, told SNA that most universities have been able to provide alternate and online platforms where [...]
Germany on Wednesday unveiled a plan for reopening, as Europe's largest economy tries to get the wheels turning after weeks of shutdown, as the deadly coronavirus continued to wreak havoc in the United States with a spike in the daily death toll. The cautious steps towards normality came as South Korea leapt back to life [...]
More poultry farm owners in Seychelles are selling eggs direct at markets after a sudden drop in demand because of a lack of tourists due to COVID-19 restrictions, said a top official. The Principal Secretary for Agriculture, Antoine Moustache, said going directly to the market is a good approach by egg producers as it [...]
The World Health Organization said Monday that Washington had provided no evidence to support "speculative" claims by the US president that the new coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab. "We have not received any data or specific evidence from the United States government relating to the purported origin of the virus -- so from our [...]
Only two out of the 11 patients confirmed to have Covid-19 in Seychelles are still positive and receiving treatment, health officials said Tuesday. The other nine patients have now all tested negative. Some remain in quarantine whilst others have been discharged and are at home, Public Health Commissioner Jude Gedeon and the chief executive of the Health Care Agency, Danny Louange, told [...]
