The World Health Organization said it would launch an independent review of its response to the coronavirus pandemic as US President Donald Trump renewed his attack on the global body, branding it a "puppet of China". Washington is locked in an increasingly bitter spat with Beijing over the new coronavirus pandemic and has also taken [...]
Predicting developing trends for international holiday bookings in Seychelles is quite difficult at the moment, a top official of the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) said on Monday. The chief executive of STB, Sherin Francis, told SNA that although the Board is anticipating the country's tourism industry might pick up towards the last quarter of the [...]
Small business owners in Seychelles are having mixed reactions to a credit line facility put in place by the Central Bank to help micro, small and medium enterprises impacted by COVID-19. The credit line worth SCR500 million ($28 million) is accessible through commercial banks as well as the Seychelles Credit Union and the Development Bank [...]
The world's biggest economy faces a severe downtown but will not suffer another Great Depression, US Fed chief Jerome Powell said on Sunday, as three hardest-hit countries in Europe reported low death tolls and lockdowns eased. Italy recorded the fewest deaths from coronavirus, 145, in one day since its two-month lockdown began, while Spain had [...]
Madagascar on Sunday announced the first death of a patient suffering from novel coronavirus, a 57-year-old hospital worker, nearly two months after the virus was first detected in the Indian Ocean island nation. The man who was a car park attendant at a hospital in the eastern city of Toamasina died on Saturday, professor Hanta [...]
Spraying disinfectant on the streets, as practised in some countries, does not eliminate the new coronavirus and even poses a health risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Saturday. In a document on cleaning and disinfecting surfaces as part of the response to the virus, the WHO says spraying can be ineffective. "Spraying or [...]
The music of Creole artists in Seychelles is more accessible globally now that an online radio station has added a store on their website, allowing people to buy album or singles from local artists. Tropikal Soundz Music Store, which launched on May 2, is hosted on Tropikal Soundz Radio. The station, which was created by a [...]
As the World Health Organization prepares to host its main annual meeting next week, fears abound that US-China tensions could hamper the strong action needed to address the COVID-19 crisis. The UN health agency, which for months has been consumed by the towering task of trying to coordinate a global response to the novel coronavirus [...]
Football competitions in Seychelles are expected to resume on June 24 while preparations are already being made to ensure that all guidelines of the Department of Health are respected, said a top official from the Federation. It's not yet clear if the matches will have spectators. The Secretary General of the Seychelles Football Federation, George [...]
The new coronavirus could kill 150,000 people in Africa in a year unless urgent action is taken, according to a WHO modelling study that says nearly a quarter of a billion people will be infected. Authors of the research, published Friday in the journal BMJ Global Health, predicted a lower infection rate than in other [...]
