By CGTN Africa South Africa reported 755 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 34,334, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced late Tuesday. According to Mkhize, 13,105 new infections were also detected, pushing the country’s total number of confirmed cases to 1,259,748. The country’s economic hub of Gauteng, which includes…
By CGTN Africa The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,107,979 as of Wednesday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. According to the continental disease control and prevention agency’s COVID-19 dashboard, the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 74,444 as of Wednesday morning. A total…
By AP The African Union has secured close to 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the largest such agreement yet for Africa, a continental official said Tuesday. Nicaise Ndembi, Senior Science Adviser for the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told The Associated Press in an interview that the current AU chair, South African President…
By David Ochieng Mbewa South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced the country will remain on adjusted alert level 3, meaning most of the measures that were announced in late December last year will remain in place. While the nationwide curfew remains in place, it will be shortened and will now be effective from 9pm…
By XINHUA The government of Burundi on Monday launched a second nationwide mass screening campaign of COVID-19, as the coronavirus cases have been increasing in recent days. The 30-day campaign is taking place in the commercial capital Bujumbura and several provinces where cases have been reported. Burundian Minister of Public Health and the Fight Against AIDS…
By CGTN Africa A global emergency stockpile of 500,000 Ebola vaccine doses will be created to respond quickly to future outbreaks. The International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision, which includes the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) all came together to help…
By CGTN Africa Researchers have found two dwarf giraffes on different sides of Africa. According to the study, published in the journal BMC Research Notes, scientists discovered an 8 1/2-foot (2.6 metre) giraffe in Namibia in 2018. Three years earlier, they had also found a 9-foot 3-inch (2.8 metre) giraffe in a Ugandan wildlife park. In both cases,…
By AP Africa passed the milestone of 3 million confirmed cases COVID-19 on Sunday, including more than 72,000 deaths, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. South Africa, with more than 1.2 million reported cases, including 32,824 deaths, accounts for more than 30% of the total for the continent of 54 countries and…
By Jerry Omondi Kenya’s total number of COVID-19 infections rose on Sunday by 87, bringing the new cumulative cases to 98,271. The figures were announced by the ministry of health, which also noted that six patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s total number of deaths to 1,710. Kenya virus…
By XINHUA The National Center for Disease Control of Libya on Sunday reported 743 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the national tally to 104,745. The center said in a statement that 1,099 more recoveries and 13 more deaths were reported, taking the nationwide counts to 80,292 and 1,581 respectively. The World Health Organization on Sunday said it…
