coronavirus

Inter Milan’s Chilean midfielder, Arturo Vidal is receiving hospital treatment after testing positive for coronavirus, his national team said on Monday. The diagnosis means the 34-year-old will miss Thursday’s World Cup qualifier between…

A top lung surgeon who came out of retirement to fight the pandemic has set himself on fire after feeling guilty for giving COVID-19 to his entire family, according to reports. The 70-year-old Russian, Dr Nikolai Shinkarenko, felt…

Hip Hop icon, DMX has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus while in the hospital fighting for his life. MDB earlier reported that the rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was hospitalized at White Plains Hospital last Friday…

North Korea has become the first country to withdraw from  2020 Tokyo Olympics over coronavirus concerns. Olympics, which is the biggest sporting event in the world, was already delayed by 12 months over COVID-19 pandemic. It will…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has on Friday revealed that he tested positive for coronavirus but recovered 72 hours later. He made this known for the first time in Abeokuta while speaking at a colloquium organised to celebrate his…

A new study has indicated that breastfeeding women do not pass along SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) virus in their milk, but do transfer milk-borne antibodies that are able to neutralise the virus. The new development was discovered by…

Atletico Madrid French forward, Moussa Dembele tested positive for COVID-19, the club announced on Thursday. The 24-year-old striker is the fourth player with the La Liga leaders to go into self-isolation and could miss Champions…

Real Madrid coach, Zinedine Zidane has tested positive for the coronavirus, the La Liga club said in a statement on Friday January 22. The French manager had been isolating earlier this month after a close contact tested positive for…

Singer, Paul Okoye of the defunct Psquare group has on Tuesday announced that has tested positive for COVID-19. He disclosed this on his Instagram page, saying the virus has been ‘dealing’ with him for the past 10 days. The singer in…

Napoli have announced that striker Victor Osimhen has tested positive for COVID-19. The Italian side made this known on Friday just a day after the former Lille player returned from Nigeria where he had gone for the festive period.…

United Kingdom has approved another COVID-19 vaccine produced through the collaborative effort of Oxford University and AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company. This comes just weeks after the country became the first in the world to start…

At least 18 Nigerian Army Generals have tested positive for COVID-19, military sources said on Sunday, December 13. The infected military officers, according to Channels Television, were said to have had contact with the late Maj. Gen.…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 617 new cases of coronavirus, 128 recoveries and 4 deaths on Saturday, December 12. The health agency made the announcement via its official twitter handle with the cases…

Popular American comedian, Ellen Lee DeGeneres, has revealed that she has tested positive for COVID-19 disease. The talk show host made the revelation in a tweet via her Twitter account on Thursday. She, however, stated that she’s…

Real Madrid have confirmed that striker Luka Jovic has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the fifth player at the club to contract the virus. The former Benfica forward, 22, tested positive in a PCR test carried out by his club…