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WHO Reports First Two Cases Of Marburg Virus Disease In Ghana

World Health Organisation (WHO)
Nigeria records 880 fresh COVID-19 cases The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported two suspected cases of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Ghana. If confirmed, the two cases would beRead More

130 Countries Yet To Access COVID-19 Vaccines, WHO, UNICEF Lament

World Health Organisation (WHO)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have expressed dismay that about 130 countries were yet to receive a single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. ARead More

Coronavirus Deaths Across Africa Hit 1,000

Coronavirus disease 2019, otherwise known as COVID-19
The coronavirus disease 2019 has killed 1,000 people across Africa since the pandemic emerged late last year, according to an AFP tally using official figures. Algeria is the African countryRead More

Coronavirus: Ebonyi Bans Weddings, Funerals, Others For 31 Days

The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Monday, March 23rd, 2020 banned all forms of public gatherings in the state for thirty one (31) days. Umahi announced the ban onRead More

Coronavirus: 12 African Countries Experiencing Community Transmission – WHO

COVID-19
Twelve African countries are now experiencing community transmission of the novel coronavirus, aka COVID-19, according to the World Health Organisation. But it does not disclose the names of the affectedRead More

Coronavirus: WHO Warns Africa To Prepare For The Worst

People wearing face masks are seen leaving the funeral of the first victim of the coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19 in sub-saharian Africa, in Ouagadougou, on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.
Sub-Saharan Africa has recorded its first COVID-19 death, a high-ranking politician in Burkina Faso, as the head of the World Health Organisation urged the continent to “prepare for the worst”.Read More

Nigeria Has 1 Doctor To 2,753 Patients – FG

Nigerian medical doctor
The Head, Human Resources for Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Shakuri Kadiri, has said that Nigeria has one doctor to 2,753 patients. He said this in Abuja on Tuesday, MarchRead More

Nigeria’s Coronavirus Latest Update: 28 Quarantined In Ogun State

Nigeria coronavirus update
FG, Lagos race to find more contacts Italian patient isolated, in stable condition Lagos residents rush for masks, sanitizers Cement company visited by Italian shut down Governors Forum call forRead More

Coronavirus: Africa Free As Suspected Egyptian Case Tests Negative

Africa free of coronavirus
Africa has been declared to be free of Coronavirus, after the first suspected case in Egypt tested negative for the deadly virus. The Egyptian Health Ministry and the World HealthRead More

Coronavirus: WHO Lists Nigeria And 12 Other African Countries As Top Risk

NIgeria is among top risk of Coronavirus in Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed Nigeria and twelve other African countries as high-risk nations in the continent for Coronavirus infection. Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Tanzania, Mauritius, Algeria, DR Congo,Read More