41 attacks on healthcare staff by mental patients prompt new rules
As part of efforts to reduce attacks on staff by mental health patients in public hospitals, the Gauteng department of…
South Africa: Researchers Produce First Look at How Vaccine Deals With Omicron Variant
The Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 provides less immunity to the Omicron variant than to other major…
Omicron COVID-19: Red alert begins, British Airways cancels UK bound flight, passengers stranded, at Lagos Airport
There was momentary confusion Sunday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos following the cancellation of the Lagos-London Heathrow,…
Covid-19: Aids conference in Durban cancels in-person events after delegates test positive
The International Conference on Aids and STIs in Africa (Icasa) in Durban has cancelled in-person attendance after a “number of…
Your Covid-19 questions answered
Will a PCR test pick up if I have the Omicron variant? As scientists and health experts continue to study…
HIV activist vaccinates after Covid-19 scare
The 45-year-old has been living with HIV for 23 years and says she was vaccine hesitant in the early days…
Angola: President Unveils Cardiopulmonary Hospital Complex
Angolan president João Lourenço Tuesday inaugurated the Cardinal Dom Alexandre do Nascimento Hospital Complex for Cardiopulmonary Diseases, previously called Luanda…
China to provide 1 billion Covid-19 vaccines to Africa, says President Xi
CHINESE President Xi Jinping said in his opening remarks at the Eighth Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (Focac) taking place in…
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…