Health crisis

18 dead in enforcement of Nigeria COVID-19 lockdown – report

Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday claimed in a report that security operatives killed 18 civilians during enforcement of…

April 17, 2020

Cameroon’s ‘missing president’ reappears, holds COVID-19 meeting

Cameroon president Paul Biya for the first time in weeks appeared publicly at a time citizens continued to call for…

April 17, 2020

Ethiopia coronavirus cases hit 92, Chinese experts arrive

Chinese doctors arrived in Ethiopia on Thursday to support government efforts in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Another group are…

April 17, 2020

Eto’o to support 100,000 Cameroonians with supplies

The coronavirus epidemic continues to disrupt life across the world. The disruption is much lesser in African countries that have…

April 17, 2020

Eritrean diaspora donating to coronavirus combat, case tally at 34

Eritrea coronavirus statistics as of April 14 stood at 34, no death and no recoveries have so far been announced…

April 14, 2020

China confirms 111 Africans have coronavirus

A major Chinese news outlet, the Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday that as of Monday, April 14, over 100…

April 14, 2020

Coronavirus free Lesotho rolls out socio-economic interventions

Lesotho has yet to record a case of COVID-19 as of April 13, one of two countries to escape the…

April 13, 2020

Drogba set to offer his clinic as coronavirus screening center

Former Ivorian international Didier Drogba has availed his private hospital for use as a government coronavirus facility, according to reports.…

April 13, 2020

Coronavirus: Ethiopia cases reaches 74

Ethiopia’s COVID-19 file as of April 13 has 74 cases (three new case) with three deaths and 10 recoveries. The…

April 13, 2020

Why Africa’s coronavirus outbreak appears slower than anticipated

When Africa's first case of coronavirus was detected in Egypt in February, the rest of the continent prepared for the…

April 12, 2020

Joburg has more than 400 confirmed Covid-19 cases, Tshwane 90

In a statement, the department said Gauteng has recorded 801 cases since the outbreak was confirmed in the country in…

April 11, 2020

3 COVID-19 cases test negative twice after treatment

At least three confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Uganda have tested negative after treatment, health authorities have revealed. Dr Henry…

April 10, 2020

Chinese experts arrive to help Nigeria in coronavirus fight

A team of Chinese medical professionals on Wednesday arrived at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Nigeria flying in medical equipment…

April 10, 2020

Coronavirus: Lesotho, Comoros virus-free; stats of most impacted nations

There are two African countries that have not recorded a case of coronavirus as of April 7. 52 countries have…

April 9, 2020

COVID-19 combat: Cameroon officials share washable masks in Douala

In a bid to stop the spread of the COVID-19 in Cameroon’s coastal city of Douala, city officials led by…

April 9, 2020

Coronavirus death toll surpasses 12,000 in US

The United States has recorded 12,291 deaths from the raging Coronavirus pandemic sweeping through all its 50 States. There are…

April 8, 2020

Coronavirus patients on chloroquine heal faster – Senegalese medic

COVID-19 patients on hydroxychloroquine heal faster, a Senegalese doctor has disclosed. Moussa Seydi, Head of the Infectious Diseases Department at…

April 6, 2020

Mobile testing for COVID-19 in South Africa

South Africans queued outside a clinic in Johannesburg Friday to get tested for the coronavirus. With increasing number of cases…

April 4, 2020

Central Kinshasa set to be quarantined for 14 days

Scenes of traffic jams are expected to become rarer in downtown Kinshasa from Monday April 6. The capital of the…

April 4, 2020

Malawi reports first three cases of Coronavirus infection

Malawi has reported its first three confirmed cases of coronavirus, the nation’s government has confirmed. The southern African nation was…

April 3, 2020

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