How Trump’s decision to freeze WHO funds could impact Africa
Following its concerns about the handling of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the President Donald ...
Nigeria’s NCDC recommends use of face masks to prevent COVID-19
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revised its recommendation regarding the use of face masks by individuals that ...
South Africa announces visa concessions for COVID-19
South Africa's Department of Home Affairs has announced temporary measures which it said are in place to address immigration matters ...
Ebola: DR Congo confirms new case
A new case of Ebola virus disease was confirmed on Friday in the city of Beni in the Democratic Republic ...
Africa now has over 10,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has risen to more than 10 000 and caused more than 500 ...
COVID-19: Nigeria, others to get chloroquine and azithromycin from ECOWAS
To better position them against COVID-19 coronavirus disease, countries in West Africa will soon share 740,000 doses of Chloroquine and Azithromycin. ...
For the first time, Lagos recorded no new case of COVID-19
The city of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital city and the epicentre of the country's COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic reached a major ...
How to maintain essential health services during COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems worldwide. The rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and health care workers threatens ...
New fund expands Nigeria’s COVID-19 testing capabilities
54gene, genomics research, services, and development company, recently launched a fund to tackle the current challenges around testing for COVID-19 ...
COVID-19 vaccine could be available for use in early 2021
Johnson & Johnson has announced the selection of a lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate from constructs it has been working on ...
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