Coronavirus
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South Africa
South African Health Minister: No Need To Impose Lockdown Or Enforce Masks
South African Health Minister Joe Phala on Tuesday said the government will not impose a lockdown or reintroduce mandatory mask…
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South Africa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Resumes Work After Covid Isolation
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa resumed work on Monday after spending a week in isolation following a positive Covid-19 test,…
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South Africa
South African Gov’t Retains COVID-19 Lockdown At Level 1 Despite Fourth Wave
The South African government has retained the COVID-19 lockdown at adjusted level 1, or the lowest of a five-tier system…
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean Government Extends Lockdown Measures To Prevent Spread Of Omicron
The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday extended lockdown measures in the country for two weeks to prevent the spread of the…
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Ghana
Ghana’s Health Ministry Confirms Country’s First Omicron Coronavirus Variant Cases
Ghana’s health ministry on Wednesday confirmed detection of the omicron coronavirus variant in passengers who arrived in the country in…
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Nigeria
Nigerian Government Confirms First Case Of New Omicron Coronavirus Variant
The Nigerian government on Wednesday confirmed the country’s first cases of Omicron, the new Covid-19 variant, among two passengers who…
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Health
WHO Warns New Coronavirus Variant ‘Omicron’ Poses Very High Global Risk
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned that Omicron, the recently discovered variant of Covid-19, poses a very high…
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South Africa
South African President Calls On Countries To Reverse Omicron Travel Restrictions
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday called on countries to reverse the travel restrictions imposed on the country due…
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Health
Africa CDC: Britain’s Travel Restrictions Will Hurt Vaccination Efforts In Africa
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Thursday warned Britain’s pandemic travel restrictions could make people…
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean Minister Tells Government Workers To Get Vaccine Or Quit
The Zimbabwean Justice Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi, on Tuesday, said government workers who do not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19…
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Health
WHO Chief Says Low COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage In Africa Not Acceptable
The World Health Organization (WHO) head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Sunday said the COVID-19 pandemic is still not under control…
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Health
French Government To Donate 10 Million Vaccines To Africa Over Three Months
French President Emmanuel Macron’s office on Monday announced the government has decided to offer 10 million doses of AstraZeneca and…
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South Africa
South African Health Experts Detect New Most Mutated COVID-19 Variant C.1.2
South African health experts have detected a new coronavirus variant, C.1.2, which is likely to be more infectious than other…
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South Africa
South African Health Minister Predicts Fourth Wave Of Coronavirus In November
South African Health Minister Dr. Joe Phala on Friday said the country is expected to enter the fourth wave of…
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Morocco
Morocco: Government Extends Night Curfew Timings To Limit COVID-19 Surge
Morocco on Tuesday increased the nationwide night curfew timing from 9 pm to 5 am in a bid to slow…
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Tunisia
WHO Official Urges Tunisian Government To Speed Up Coronavirus Vaccination
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday urged the Tunisian government to speed up coronavirus vaccination, reported News 18. “The…
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Senegal
Senegal’s Health Ministry Says Hospitals Overwhelmed In Dakar As Virus Surges
Senegal’s health ministry on Monday said hospitals in the capital Dakar were almost close to saturation as the number of…
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Health
WHO Warns COVID-19 Surging In Africa, 43 Percent Surge In Deaths In A Week
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said COVID-19 deaths in Africa jumped 43% last week as several countries continue…
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Libya
Libyan Unity Government Closes Borders With Tunisia Due To Rise In COVID-19 Cases
The Libyan unity government on Thursday announced the closure of its borders with Tunisia for a week due to the…
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Health
WHO Chief Warns World Is In Very Dangerous Period Of COVID-19 Pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday warned that the world was in a very dangerous…
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Kenya
Kenyan President Kenyatta Announces Extension Of Night Curfew For Next 60 Days
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday announced that the government has decided to extend the night curfew by 60 days…
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South Africa
South African President Ramaphosa Toughens Restrictions To Combat Delta Variant
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday re-imposed strict restrictions in the country for the next two weeks to combat…
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South Africa
South African Govt Deploys Army Personnel To COVID-Hit Gauteng Province
South African government on Friday announced it has begun deploying army medical personnel in the country’s most populous Gauteng province…
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Kenya
Kenyan Health Ministry Announces Strict COVID-19 Measures In Hotspot Areas
Kenyan Health Ministry on Thursday announced a slew of strict measures to help curb the spread of coronavirus in some…
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Health
Africa CDC: COVID-19 Cases Surge In African Countries, Crosses 5.1 Million Mark
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in African…
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