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…
Levels of childhood immunisations against dangerous diseases such as measles, tetanus and diphtheria have dropped alarmingly during the COVID-19 pandemic, putting millions of children at risk, United Nations agencies said on Wednesday. “The avoidable suffering and death caused by children missing out on routine immunisations could be far greater than COVID-19 itself,” World Health Organization (WHO) director…
South Africa’s daily confirmed COVID-19 cases have surpassed 10,000 for days running, indicating the approaching of the infection peak, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday. In the past 24 hours, 11,554 new cases were reported, bringing the total number to 287,796, the minister said in his daily update. The total number of COVID-19 related…
By CGTN Africa Ghana confirmed 470 more infections of the novel coronavirus early Tuesday, bringing its total case count to 24,988, the latest update from the Ghana Health Service said. The number of recovered and discharged cases increased to 21, 067, with 880 more cases discharged from treatment. The death toll from COVID-19 remained at 139…
By CGTN Africa The United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in Mozambique’s northern province of Nampula that it is supporting the government in rehabilitating water and sanitation systems as part of the process leading to the classes resuming amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a report by Radio Mozambique on Monday, the agency will join education authorities…
Zimbabwe’s Health Services board confirmed that the chief executives and several directors at five state hospitals were dismissed as the government tries to prop up is struggling public health system in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges. The move is an attempt to improve “operational efficiency, effectiveness, accountability”, according to Health Services…
