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COVID-19 infections in Africa today surpassed 500 000, and there is concern as a growing number of countries are experiencing a sharp rise in cases. So far, in less than five months, the virus has claimed 11 959 lives, overtaking the 11 308…

Kenyan  President Uhuru Kenyatta has warned against complacency in Africa’s COVID-19 response, saying the pandemic is likely to get worse in the coming months. He however, lauded the continent’s concerted response to the disease, saying…

Ghanaian  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has gone into a 14-day self-isolation after one of his close associates tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a statement has said. The statement signed by the Minister for…

Burkina Faso yesterday (July 6) concluded a four-day mass polio immunization campaign, vaccinating 174 304 children under five years of age in two districts of the country’s Centre-East region, while observing COVID-19 infection…

As African countries begin to reopen borders and air spaces, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised that governments take effective measures to mitigate the risk of a surge in infections due to the resumption of commercial flights…

More high ranking Nigerian officials have continued to test positive to Covid-19. Latest is the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa who was reported to have tested positive along with his wife, Edith on Wednesday. Both…

Mrs Bukky George, CEO of Healthplus, biggest Pharmacy chain stores in Nigeria and CasaBella International, has narrated her ordeal in the hands of the dreaded novel Coronavirus. The Healthplus CEO, who has just recuperated from the…

BRAZAVILLE - The Ebola outbreak in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was declared over today, almost two years since the first case was confirmed. The DRC Ministry of Health made the announcement after no new cases…

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Equatorial Guinea has informed the WHO Regional Office for Africa that its country head of office, Dr Triphonie Nkurunziza must leave Malabo as soon as possible. The country had accused…

KINSHASA/BRAZAVILLE  – New genetic sequence analysis by the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) has found that the newly-identified Ebola virus circulating in the Equateur Province in…