South Sudan on alert as yet another deadly COVID-19 variant emerges
South Sudan Vice President for Service Cluster who doubled as chairperson for National COVID-19 Taskforce, Hussein Abdelbagi Akol said the…
Egypt reports 911 new coronavirus cases, 65 deaths on Monday
Egypt reported 911 new coronavirus cases on Monday bringing the total infection tally officially to 357,629 since the outbreak began…
Malawi president labels Western countries’ Omicron travel bans ‘Afrophobic’
The restrictions brought in by countries including Australia are uncalled for, the president said Malawi’s President has accused Western countries…
The hunt for coronavirus variants: how the new one was found and what we know so far
There’s a new COVID lineage called B.1.1.529. It has a genetic profile very different from other circulating variants. Since early…
Zambia Introduces Tough COVID-19 Measures, Vaccination for All Civil Servants to be Mandatory
The government has heightened measures aimed at averting the COVID-19 fourth wave by, among other things, restricting unvaccinated persons from…
WHO classifies the Omicron variant as a ‘variant of concern’
Maria van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead on COVID-19 says, the variant has a number of concerning mutations, however, scientists…
Covid: Passengers arriving in Mumbai from South Africa to be quarantined
As the states start taking steps to ensure early detection, and action to stop transmission of the new Coronavirus variant…
BREAKING 61 cases of Covid-19 were detected among 600 passengers on two KLM flights from South Affrication
Dutch health authorities said that 61 people who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa on Friday tested…
Singapore Restricts Travel From Southern Africa on New Variant
Singapore restricted travel from seven African countries as the new Covid-19 strain found in parts of the continent raises alarm.…
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s Statement regarding the new SARS-COV-2 virus variant B.1.1.529
On 25 November 2021, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa announced the detection of a new…
Robust dollar keeps gold below $1,800
Gold prices edged higher on Wednesday, though strength in the dollar and bets that the Federal Reserve could raise interest…
Egypt reports 870 new coronavirus cases, 58 deaths on Monday
Egypt reported 870 new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing the total infection tally officially to 351,267 since the outbreak began…
Angola Receives Over One Million Doses of Astrazeneca Vaccine
Angola on Wednesday received a batch of 1.1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, in a donation from the Republic of…
Nigeria to start mass vaccination, set to vaccinate half of population by end of January
Nigeria will launch a widespread COVID-19 vaccine campaign later this week, with the goal of vaccinating half of the country’s…
NCDC: Cholera claims nearly 3,500 lives in 2021 alone
•Over 100,000 cases reported The latest epidemiological data on cholera released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has…
World Diabetes Day: WHO Decries Poor Access To Care
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says many people in the African region still lack access to tests, medicines and devices…
COVID-19 in Egypt: 919 new cases, 60 deaths reported on Thursday
Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population on Wednesday reported 919 new coronavirus cases, 60 deaths, and 622 recoveries. A total…
New Covid-19 numbers decline in NW
The number of new daily cases of Covid-19 in North West have decreased substantially, Health MEC Madoda Samabatha said. He…
Drug war: Why option of fine must be removed from NDLEA Act –Marwa
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), has strongly…
Japan reports first bird flu outbreak of season, culling 143,000 chickens
Japan has detected its first outbreak of bird flu for the 2021 winter season, with confirmation of a case of…