The COVID-19 pandemic continued unabated in South Africa, with 9,300 new confirmed cases reported in the past 24 hours, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said early Tuesday. South Africa has seen rapid rises in confirmed cases, particularly in recent days, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to issue a warning. The cumulative number of confirmed cases…
Ethiopia on Monday reported 704 new COVID-19 cases, taking its total tally to 10,207. The East African country now becomes the eleventh country on the continent to surpass the 10,000 mark, as new daily infections continue to surge upwards. “COVID-19 in Ethiopia is showing a sharp rise with the largest number of 704 cases reported…
South Africa recorded less than 10,000 COVID-19 cases for the first time in two weeks. According to figures released by the health ministry on Monday night, there were 9,304 cases recorded since Monday night bringing the total number of cases in the country to 373,628. 140 deaths were also recorded in the last 24 hours…
Zimbabwe recorded 102 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death, bringing the total confirmed cases to 1,713 and the death toll to 26. The new infections include 21 imported cases and 81 local ones. The latest fatality is a 71-year-old woman who died in her community. Meanwhile, 472 patients have recovered. The country has done…
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Ethiopia on Sunday reported 704 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily tally so far, bringing the country’s total confirmed cases to 10,207. Of the 704 new cases, 551 were reported in the capital, Addis Ababa, the Ministry of Health said in a statement issued late Sunday. A total of 7,334 tests were conducted in previous…
Ghana’s strategy for managing the COVID-19 pandemic has yielded positive results, the director-general of the Ghana Health Service said here on Sunday. The positive outcomes in the disease management were due to the strategy of early detection, quarantine and treatment the government had adopted from the beginning of the pandemic, Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said. “Daily recoveries…
There are now more than over 720,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic. According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid…
Ethiopia is one of East / Horn of Africa’s least impacted nations as compared to rate of COVID-19 case growth and infection of its neighbours. A state of emergency lasting five-months has been imposed by the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed led government. All land borders have since been shut as a virus control measure with a…
https://www.africanews.com/2020/07/19/dr-congo-records-spike-in-new-ebola-cases/?jwsource=cl An emergency vaccination campaign is underway in the Equateur Province in north-western Democratic Republic of Congo on the border with the Republic of Congo. Residents of the town of Mbandaka recently received vaccination against Ebola as the epidemic spreads across the province. The World Health Organization is raising the alarm. “There are now 56…
