Mon 03 August 2020: Doctors in Zimbabwe say the country is facing a crisis from a shortage of healthcare workers as the number of coronavirus cases begin to rise. Dr Rashida Ferrand, an epidemiologist at the main public hospital in the capital Harare, told the BBC that there are too few doctors and nurses because […]
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Mon 03 August 2020: Development comes days after country’s vice president diagnosed with virus BANJUL, Gambia (AA) – Three ministers from the small West African country of Gambia have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, barely four days after Vice President Isatou Touray was diagnosed with COVID-19. A statement from the presidency Sunday evening revealed […]
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Sun 02 August 2020: 200,000 people to be tested under campaign over two weeks, says prime minister ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia on Sunday began a massive campaign against the novel coronavirus across the nation of more than 110 million people. The launch of the COVID-19 Prevention and Testing Campaign was announced late on Saturday by […]
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Sun 02 August 2020: With 11,107 more cases, South Africa now home to 5th-most infections worldwide South Africa on Sunday topped 500,000 cases of the novel coronavirus, said the Health Ministry said. With 11,107 infections over the last 24 hours, the country’s virus tally has reached 503,209, landing the country in the fifth spot in […]
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Fri 31 July 2020: The first of thousands of South African-designed ventilators rolled off a Cape Town assembly line on Friday. South Africa has completed the first batch of ventilators which would be used to fight the COVID- 19, said the country’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel during a COVID-19 conference on […]
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Thu 30 July 2020: Africa’s worst-hit country reports 240 more COVID-19 fatalities, over 11,300 new infections JOHANNESBURG (AA) – The coronavirus death toll in South Africa is now just shy of 7,500, while the number of cases has passed 470,000, a top official said late on Wednesday. According to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, 240 more […]
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Thu 30 July 2020: Death toll on continent stands at 18,901 with 361 fatalities in last 24 hours The number of coronavirus cases in Africa surpassed 890,000 Thursday as the continent struggles to contain the pandemic. A total of 894,421 people are infected, with 16,828 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to data […]
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Wed 29 July 2020: Death toll surpasses 18,000, while around 523,500 patients have recovered, says Africa CDC ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Coronavirus cases reached 871,970 in Africa on Wednesday, according to a daily update by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). At least 18,475 people have died of the virus across […]
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Wed 29 July 2020: Myths derailing fight against disease in Zimbabwe HARARE, Zimbabwe – Some Zimbabweans say COVID-19 thrives in winter, while some, like 45-year old Pamela Hove, who lives in the capital Harare, claim the disease is less deadly for Black Africans. But even amid these claims, cases of the dreaded novel coronavirus have […]
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Wed 29 July 2020: Arms embargo exempts supplies to security forces of some weapons, ground military vehicles YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AA) – The UN Security Council (UNSC) adopted a resolution late on Tuesday extending sanctions against the Central African Republic (CAR) for one year. The sanctions include an arms and ammunition embargo, but exempt supplies to […]
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