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Ethiopia is one of East / Horn of Africa’s least impacted nations as compared to rate of COVID-19 case growth and infection of its neighbours. A state of emergency lasting five-months has been imposed by the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed led government. All land borders have since been shut as a virus …

The World Health Organisation is to sign a confidentiality clause with Madagascar on the formulation of its herbal remedy for coronavirus. The WHO had for long criticised Madagascar for promoting the herbal remedy and distributing it to African countries. According to the WHO using the herbal drug without enough scientific …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday reported that COVID-19 cases in Africa increased to about 86,000 on Tuesday. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the update on its official Twitter account, @WHOAFRO. WHO also said Lesotho, Comoros, and Seychelles were countries currently with the lowest confirmed …

The Volta Region on Friday recorded its first COVID-19 death at the local Treatment Centre in Ho. The deceased, a 60-year-old woman, who returned from Accra two weeks ago, visited the Ho Teaching Hospital with difficulty in breathing, fever for three days and reduced level of consciousness. She was noticed to have …

About 100 children are now suffering from a potentially deadly inflammation of the blood vessels believed to be related to the Coronavirus disease, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced. According to Cuomo, three children a five-year-old boy, a seven-year-old boy and 18-year-old girl, died after battling symptoms similar …

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has begun the distribution of herbal medicine believed to be a cure for Coronavirus to its citizens. The herbal medicine (COVID-Organics) produced by the Madagascar Institute of Applied Research (IMRA), a tonic derived from artemisia – a plant with proven efficacy in treating malaria – as …

The US virus death toll has surpassed 50,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, in what is the world’s most boring Covid-19 outbreak. More than 3,000 deaths came in the last 24 hours, and there are now over 870,000 confirmed cases nationwide. But the US still has a lower mortality …

Stay up to date with the latest news, views and analysis as the number of coronavirus cases in SA increases. LIVE NEWS FEEDJump to bottom Last Updated at 19:21 18:53 ShareIcon 18:33 ShareIcon All the financial help available to South Africans during the coronavirus crisis Many measures are available to help …

Egypt’s Health Ministry has confirmed the first case of the new virus in the North African country. In a statement Friday, Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Mugahed said the person was a “foreigner” who is carrying the virus but not showing any serious symptoms. Officials were able to confirm the case …