Coronavirus

Doubters quarantine: DRC civil society campaign combats virus denials

Civil society organizations in the Democratic Republic of Congo are taking to the front line of coronavirus sensitization efforts as…

June 1, 2020

South Africa delays school reopening by a week, parents protest

Some parents in South Africa held up placards to protest outside a school in Cape Town on Monday. They are…

June 1, 2020

Tourist distancing: Virus impacts Kenya’s Giraffe Manor

The impact of coronavirus on the Kenyan economy is being felt in the hospitality industry where closes airspace means tourists…

May 31, 2020

Education: Pupils ‘may not return to school on Monday’, pressure grows on Motshekga

Angie Motshekga is facing an uphill battle to make her ‘back to school’ plan stick, after unions and educational activists…

May 31, 2020

Nigeria coronavirus: record 553 new cases, 268 evacuees return from China

The NCDC recorded a record 553 cases on Saturday bringing the total case count to 9,855. Number of discharged patients…

May 31, 2020

Ganduje careless in handling Coronavirus pandemic – Sen Hanga

Kano State, like its counterpart in Lagos, has had more than its fair share of the Coronavirus disease. In this…

May 31, 2020

Sudan records 279 new coronavirus cases

Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health reported 279 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, taking the total in the…

May 31, 2020

South Africa burdened by about 100,000 virus testing backlog

Authorities in South Africa have expressed worry over shortages of COVID-19 testing kits and reagents as cases consistently rise in…

May 30, 2020

Mauritius lifts virus lockdown but beaches, borders remain closed

Mauritius’ lockdown will be lifted midnight Saturday, May 30 per Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth’s announcement on Friday. The lifting of…

May 30, 2020

Uganda:12 new COVID-19 cases confirmed

Twelve new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country, bringing the number of confirmed cases of nationals to…

May 30, 2020

COVID-Organics trials: Madagascar backtracks on injectables

Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina’s position that the purported remedy for COVID-19 will be administered in clinical trials has been clarified…

May 29, 2020

Nigeria: Parents in Lagos kick against reopening of schools

Some parents in Lagos State are against plans to reopen schools. Earlier this week, the Minister of State for Education,…

May 29, 2020

Ethiopia coronavirus: field hospital on Addis outskirts nears completion

Ethiopia is one of East / Horn of Africa’s least impacted nations as compared to rate of COVID-19 case growth…

May 28, 2020

Coronavirus plans for SA schools revealed

South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga has detailed some of her department’s plans to provide personal protective equipment…

May 28, 2020

Ugandan top official dies from coronavirus

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s undersecretary and ambassador Necva Abbas Kadeh ed-Dem has died from the novel coronavirus in Sudan, local…

May 28, 2020

South African Airways aims to resume domestic flights in mid-June

South African Airways (SAA) aims to resume domestic flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town from mid-June, the cash-strapped airline said…

May 27, 2020

Senegal president’s brother tests positive for coronavirus

The brother of Senegalese president, Macky Sall has announced he has tested positive for Coronavirus. Aliou Sarr who is the…

May 27, 2020

Madagascar sends soldiers, doctors to virus-hit city

The government of Madagascar has announced the deployment of soldiers and doctors to the city of Toamasina (east), after a…

May 26, 2020

The world: Wuhan scientists says new virus is ‘just the tip of the iceberg

A Chinese virologist who researches coronaviruses in bats has warned that new viruses being discovered are "just the tip of…

May 26, 2020

Breaking: Nigeria Records 313 New Cases of COVID-19

Nigeria has recorded 313 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 7,839 the total number of confirmed cases in the country.…

May 25, 2020

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