By CGTN Africa The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned against treating COVID-19 as an endemic illness-like the flu, rather than as a pandemic, saying the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant has not yet stabilized. According to Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, it may be time to change how it tracks COVID-19’s evolution to…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah has been nominated for The Best FIFA Men’s Player of the Year award for 2021. Salah, who plays his club football for Liverpool, will contest the award alongside last year’s winner Robert Lewandowski of Poland and Bayern Munich and 2021 Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi of Argentina and…
By XINHUA Health authorities in Zambia on Monday said the country was facing a challenge of availability of diagnostic tests kits for COVID-19 following a surge in cases driven by the Omicron variant. “This is due to supply challenges due to the pandemic itself where we see increased global demand for the test and other supplies…
By AFP The EU agreed on Monday to take southern African countries off its no-travel list, as Omicron cases in the European bloc soar, the French presidency of the European Union said. Travelers coming from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe will still have to show negative PCR tests taken no more than…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Day two of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations on Monday saw action in Groups B and C get underway with the four matches all yielding similar 1-0 results and the pre-match favorites all claiming victories. In the day’s first match, Senegal defeated Zimbabwe 1-0 in their Group B game at the…
By XINHUA Cameroon’s Minister of Public Health Manoauda Malachie said on Friday that vaccines against COVID-19 are in high demand in the country ahead of the kick-off of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Sunday. “Following the high demand for COVID-19 vaccination observed in accredited centers, measures have been taken for the delivery of health…
By XINHUA The rapid spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in Zambia has raised concerns in the health sector, with positivity getting as high as over 50 percent in some provinces, health minister Sylvia Masebo said on Friday. The situation is worrying as all 10 provinces in the country have continued to record positivity of between…
By Jerry Omondi Uganda’s health minister has warned school administrators against forcing students to take COVID-19 tests as a condition for allowing them back into class, more than two years since the institutions were closed due to the pandemic. Jane Ruth Aceng spoke at a media briefing on Friday, during which she outlined the steps the…
By David Ochieng Mbewa There was double delight for Kenya as Daniel Ebenyo and Norah Jeruto both claimed the men’s and women’s titles in their respective 10 km races in windy conditions in the Spanish city of Valencia on Sunday. Ebenyo, 26, ran a personal best of 26:58 finishing ahead of Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Gudeta and compatriot…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Hosts Cameroon came from behind to defeat Burkina Faso 2-1 in the opening match of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations match at the Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé on Sunday. The match was a competitive and, at times, tense affair against the backdrop of Burkina Faso’s threat to boycott the game due…
