By Carol Pearson Women, Children Suffer as Health Care Resources go to Fight COVID US Adds 60,000 More Coronavirus Cases as Surgeon General Urges People to Wear Masks New COVID Cases Complicate US Military Missions in Japan, South Korea WASHINGTON – The coronavirus pandemic has caused more than half a million deaths so far in its sweep around the world. What isn’t…
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, as at end of June 2020 was Africa’s third most impacted country only behind South Africa and Egypt. As Africa’s biggest economy, the federal government has continued to enforce regulations across the board even though most state governments have moved to relax restrictions. The national response is led by the…
Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have increased to 24,248, with 414 more infections confirmed here late Saturday, said the latest update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The update said the health authorities had discharged 619 more infected people under treatment, bringing the number of recovered and discharged cases to 19, 831, while the number of deaths…
Egypt confirmed on Saturday 923 new COVID-19 infections, raising the tally in the country to 81,158, said Egyptian Health Ministry. Meanwhile, 67 patients died from the virus, bringing the death toll to 3,769, while 602 patients were cured and discharged from hospitals, taking the total recoveries to 23,876, Egyptian Health Ministry Spokesman Khaled Megahed said…
The death toll from the COVID-19 in Algeria exceeded 1,000 on Saturday since the first case was recorded on February 25. Over the last 24 hours, 470 new COVID-19 cases and eight new fatalities were reported, bringing the total number of infections to 18,708 and the death toll to 1,004 in Algeria. Algeria has resumed…
There are now more than over 550,000 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…
July 8: Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases now above a half-million Africa now has more than a half-million confirmed coronavirus cases. The continent-wide total is over 508,000, according to figures released Wednesday by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and corroborated by the John Hopkins University tallies. It comes after South Africa – by a…
Ghana is West Africa’s most impacted nation behind Nigeria, at a point in May 2020, Ghana led the regional case load. June has started with progressive lifting of more virus restrictions. President Akufo-Addo in his tenth address announced that whiles borders remained closed, some categories of academic institutions are allowed to resume, religious places can…
The Merck Foundation makes history in Africa by forming the first African teams of oncologists and cancer care in The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Liberia, Guinea Conakry, the Central African Republic, Chad and Niger. The Merck Foundation in partnership with African First Ladies and Ministries of Health, continues to provide one-year, two and three-year training…
June 30: Cases pass 1,000 mark On the 25th of June, authorities in Rwanda introduced total lockdowns in parts of the capital Kigali citing surge in COVID-19 cases. The local government ministry said Kigali had recorded 21 cases in June as at the time. The decision to reintroduce the lockdown to the areas was taken after consulting the…
