COVID-19 in Africa peaks with 6,400 deaths recorded, says WHO
South Africa and Tunisia accounted for more than 55 per cent of the fatalities.
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COVID-19 deaths increase by 80% in Africa, driven by Delta variant — WHO
The Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said on Friday at his regular COVID-19 briefing that the Delta…
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Africa CDC raises alarm over Africa’s emerging infectious diseases outbreaks
By Abujah Racheal The Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) says the African…
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Africa’s COVID-19 cases surge by 20% as U.S. donates additional 20m vaccine doses
By Cecilia Ologunagba The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa has marked its worst pandemic…
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Coronavirus: ‘Sub-Saharan Africa must act now to stop surge of new Delta variant’
The growth of infections in sub-Saharan Africa is now the fastest in the world, with…
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COVID-19 cases drop for 7th week as Africa records high mortality-WHO
The steep increase in Africa is especially concerning, because it is the region with the…
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G7 Summit, Covid-19 and Africa
By Paul Ejime The ongoing three-day Summit of the G7 world leading economies…
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COVID-19: 90% of African countries to miss urgent vaccination goal
Just 2% of the continent’s nearly 1.3 billion people have received one dose and only…
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Africa urgently needs 20m second doses of COVID-19 vaccine – WHO
Africa needs at least 20 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the next six…
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Coronavirus: Risk of pandemic resurgence ‘remains high’ in Africa, says WHO
With more than 4.5 million confirmed cases and over 120,000 deaths to date, the continent…
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