Health crisis

US Vice-President in isolation after aide’s coronavirus infection

US Vice-President Mike Pence is self-isolating after an aide tested positive for the coronavirus last week. A Trump administration official…

May 11, 2020

Breaking: President says one person infected 533 with coronavirus at Ghana fish factory

A worker at a fish-processing factory in Ghana's Atlantic seafront city of Tema infected 533 other workers at the facility…

May 11, 2020

Ethiopia coronavirus recoveries pass active cases: 66 to 62

Ethiopia recorded two new cases in over 900 tests run as at close of day April 30. The first tallies…

May 1, 2020

Kenya set to turn herbal medicine to treat Coronavirus

Kenya has identified some herbal medicines likely to treat and could possibly cure Coronavirus. The front-runner is a herbal product…

May 1, 2020

Guinea-Bissau PM, 3 others test positive for COVID-19

The Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Nuno Gomes Nabiam, announced on Wednesday that he had been contaminated by the new coronavirus,…

April 30, 2020

Street beggars in South Africa struggle under lockdown

The homeless in Johannesburg South Africa are the most affected by containment measures that have been in place in the…

April 30, 2020

Uganda restricts trucks on busy route to curb spread of coronavirus

Uganda has stepped up restrictions on trucks passing through its territory – limiting them to one driver and banning them…

April 29, 2020

S. Africa shelves ”Freedom Day” celebration to test for COVID-19

South Africans did not mark a national freedom day celebration on Monday. Rather, people were tested for signs of COVID-19…

April 28, 2020

Egypt extends state of emergency for three months

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday ordered the renewal for three months of a long-running state of emergency, citing…

April 28, 2020

Nigeria: Lagos makes mask wearing compulsory

The governor of Lagos State, the economic capital of Nigeria, has made the wearing of masks compulsory to fight against…

April 27, 2020

Escapee delays countdown to Ebola epidemic in the DRC

The latest Ebola patient was discharged from hospital on Sunday in Beni, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where authorities are…

April 27, 2020

S. Africa receives Cuban medics to help treat COVID-19 patients

South Africa on Sunday received a medical team from Cuba to help health officials treat COVID-19 patients. The 217 health…

April 26, 2020

Kenya: The similarities of Spanish flu to coronavirus

The 1918 influenza pandemic – called the “Spanish flu” – remains the most significant public health event ever recorded in…

April 26, 2020

Kenya hopes to test 250,000 people for COVID-19 by June

Kenyan laboratories on the front line in the fight against coronavirus are stepping up their preparedness. At the Kemri Medical…

April 25, 2020

South African treatment centre intensify battle against COVID-19

In South Africa, provision has been made at a treatment centre for those infected by the coronavirus. At a visit…

April 25, 2020

Sports: Drogba offers hospital for COVID-19 efforts

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

April 25, 2020

Why malaria raises the risk of death in COVID-19 patients -experts

As the world grapples with the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, experts have warned that malaria infection is increasingly responsible for…

April 25, 2020

Ethiopia coronavirus cases at 117, Tigray relaxes state of emergency

Northern Tigray regional state, the first to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency have announced a relaxing of the measure,…

April 24, 2020

Bomet medics quarantined after contacting alleged Covid-19 patient

At least ten medics have been quarantined after coming into contact with a patient who died showing with Covid-19 symptoms…

April 18, 2020

Cameroon engineers develop ventilator prototype

“Necessity is the mother of inventions,” even amid the global misery of the COVID-19 pandemic. Across Africa, local engineers are…

April 18, 2020

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