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WHO Warns A Drop In Coronavirus Numbers In Africa Could Be Short-Lived
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned the drop in coronavirus case numbers in Africa could be short-lived, reported…
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Pfizer, BioNTech To Produce COVID-19 Vaccine With South African Company
Pfizer and BioNTech on Wednesday announced they have collaborated with South African company Biovac for the production of COVID-19 vaccines…
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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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IOM Report Says Number Of Migrant Deaths Nearly Doubled In First Half Of 2021
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Wednesday said the number of migrants who have died at sea trying to…
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WHO Africa Head Warns Covid-19 Cases Have Surged 20%, With Worse To Come
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned Africa had just had its most devastating week of the pandemic, with…
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WHO: World Crosses Tragic Milestone Of Four Million COVID-19 Fatalities
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the world passed the tragic milestone of four million recorded Covid-19 deaths on…
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WHO Warns Governments Against Easing COVID-19 Restrictions Too Soon
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned governments across the world against easing COVID-19 restrictions and rushing back to normality…
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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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WHO Warns COVID-19 Delta Variant Fuelling Third Wave In African Nations
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned that the Delta variant of COVID-19 is fuelling an aggressive third wave…
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WHO Warns Third Wave Of COVID-19 Cases Spreading Faster In Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned the third wave of Covid-19 cases is spreading faster in Africa as…
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FAO Launches First Phase Of Green Cities Action Programme For African Nations
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday launched the first phase of the Green Cities Regional Action…
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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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WHO Head Says Africa’s Rising Numbers Of COVID-19 Cases ‘Especially Concerning’
The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in Africa…
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South African President Ramaphosa Urges G7 Countries To Fill In COVID-19 Funding Gap
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called out the Group of Seven countries (G7) to meet their commitments and help…
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Africa CDC Mulls Over Partnerships To Ramp Up COVID-19 Vaccination In Africa
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Tuesday said it is willing to have strategic partnerships…
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WHO Official Warns Africa Not Prepared For 3rd Wave Of COVID-19 Outbreak
A top World Health Organization (WHO) official has warned that Africa is not at all prepared for an imminent outbreak…
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WHO Warns Eight African Countries Seeing Sharp Rise In COVID-19 Cases
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned eight African countries have witnessed a sharp rise in new coronavirus cases,…
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France President Emmanuel Macron Vows To Help Africa Make More COVID-19 Vaccines
President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Friday said his government will invest in increasing the production of COVID-19 vaccines in…
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WHO Says Africa Needs 20 Million Second AstraZeneca Vaccine Doses In Six Weeks
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said African countries need at least 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19…
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WHO Head Says Just Over 25 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered In Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday said Africa has administered just over 25 million doses…
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WHO Says COVID-19 Deaths Could Be Upto Two To Three Times Higher Than Reported
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said the official death counts from the Covid-19 pandemic are likely to be…
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WHO Chief Tedros Ghebreyesus Says World Is In A Situation Of Vaccine Apartheid
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said the world has already a situation of vaccine…
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WHO Warns Delay In Supply Of COVID-19 Vaccine To Africa Could Ignite Fresh Waves
A World Health Organization (WHO) official on Thursday warned the delay in supply of COVID-19 vaccine doses to African countries…
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WHO Warns COVID-19 Cases In Africa Much More Than Reported Due To Low Testing
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned that the actual number of COVID-19 cases in African countries is much…
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Africa CDC Chief Says India’s COVID-19 Emergency Is A Wake Up Call For Africa
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) head John Nkengasong on Thursday said India’s worsening COVID-19 outbreak…
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