MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE IS A ‘TICKING TIME BOMB’ AMID COVID-19

Sat 29 August 2020: Health professionals say stress and anxiety induced among people by pandemic is a ‘ticking time bomb’ HARARE, Zimbabwe- In Zimbabwe, there is a creeping fear that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will go beyond its physical and economic toll. The country’s healthcare system is at a point where mental health […]

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SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19 EXPECTED TO HIT FRANCE IN NOVEMBER

Thu 27 August 2020: A second wave of the coronavirus pandemic could hit France in November, a government adviser told local media Wednesday as many countries continue to report record daily rises in COVID-19 case numbers, according to Daily Sabah.  France has the seventh-highest COVID-19 death toll in the world, and the government is monitoring […]

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SOUTH SUDAN IS ON ALERT AS EBOLA LURKS AND COVID-19 RAGES

Thu 27 August 2020:  African country strengthening capacity to respond to any emerging epidemic, says health official JUBA, South Sudan – South Sudan is on alert as Ebola is lurking in the neighborhood and the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, overshadowing the threat of Ebola in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) spilling over. The new […]

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‘COVID-19 VACCINE MAY NOT BE AS EFFECTIVE IN OBESE PEOPLE, SCIENTISTS WARN

Thu 27 August 2020: A new study has shown that coronavirus vaccines may not work as effectively for obese people, who are also 48% more likely to die from COVID-19, local media reported on Wednesday. The World Bank commissioned the US’ University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill to analyze global data from countries […]

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CORONAVIRUS CLAIMS OVER 1,900 LIVES IN BRAZIL, MEXICO OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS

Wed 26 August 2020: The novel coronavirus has claimed 1,271 more lives in Brazil and 650 in Mexico over the past 24 hours, according to health authorities Wednesday. In Brazil, the world’s second worst-hit country after the US, the death toll climbed to 116,580, while the number of cases surged to nearly 3.67 million, including […]

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