Health

Coronavirus: Uganda Records first death, cases reach 1,079

Uganda today confirmed its first COVID-19 death. Director General Health Services, Henry Mwebesa confirmed the fatality during a press briefing.…

July 23, 2020

NEWS: Ebola cases rise in new DR Congo outbreak

The Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo's northwest is growing, according to health officials, sounding the alarm weeks after the…

July 19, 2020

COVID-19: 57 health workers test positive in Plateau

The Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nimkong Lar, has said that 57 health workers were infected with COVID-19 in…

July 16, 2020

Health: South Africa Wits University clinicians volunteer for COVID-19 vaccine trial

Six senior clinicians at the Faculty of Health Sciences at University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, have volunteer to…

July 15, 2020

Health: Ghana’s COVID-19 case count now 24,988

An update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Monday, July 13, indicated that 470 new cases of the infection…

July 14, 2020

Health: Hypertension, ulcers drugs could cause cancer – NDA

The National Drug Authority (NDA) has said two important drugs, Ranitidine and Angiotensin II receptor blockers, may be having nitrosamine,…

July 11, 2020

S. Africa centre hosts COVID-19 patients who can’t quarantine

Coronavirus patients in South Africa who are unable to quarantine themselves can find refuge at this facility in Johannesburg. Patients…

July 4, 2020

Health: Madagascar COVID-19 herb majorly anti-malaria- FG

The Federal Government on Thursday said that findings from the analysis of Madagascar’s herb called ‘COVID Organics’ show the mixture…

July 3, 2020

Botswana coronavirus: president enters fourth quarantine

Botswana remains one of Africa’s least impacted countries, one of a handful with less than 100 cases of COVID-19. Government…

July 2, 2020

Africa COVID-19 stats: 382,190 cases; 9,664 deaths; 182,553 recoveries

There are now more than over 380,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries…

June 29, 2020

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