Almost half of Africa’s coronavirus cases have fully recovered
Almost half of Africa’s COVID-19 cases have recovered from the disease, according to the Africa Centre for Disease Control (ACDC). Before now, there were fears...
Tag : WHO
WHO: Africa does not have manifold undetected coronavirus infections
Flickr The World Health Organization (WHO) does not think there are manifold undetected coronavirus infections in Africa with people dying unreported, the regional director of...
WHO: African countries record over 380,000 confirmed coronavirus cases
Flickr The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are over 380,000 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on African...
WHO declares Congo free of world’s second-largest Ebola outbreak
Flickr The World Health Organization, WHO, has declared Congo free of the second-worst Ebola outbreak in history. The Organization announced this in a tweet via...
Kenyan soldier who died of coronavirus laid to rest, villagers kept off
A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier who died of Covid-19 has been buried at his Olenguruone home in Nakuru County. David Bartonjo, who died in...
WHO: Africa’s coronavirus cases now over 250,000
Flickr The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says the number of coronavirus cases in Africa is now over 256,000....
Up to 17 infected, 11 dead in new Ebola outbreak in Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded up to 17 Ebola cases in a new outbreak of the deadly virus in the western province of...
WHO: Clinical trials underway to evaluate plasma of coronavirus recovered patients
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says, clinical trials are underway to evaluate the effectiveness of using plasma from the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients, to...
WHO: Africa’s coronavirus cases hit 123,000
Flickr The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday reported that COVID-19 cases in Africa as at May 26 had risen to over 123, 000. The...
WHO pays tribute to African leaders on fight against coronavirus
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Director for Africa, has paid tribute to African leaders for the progress they have made in their...