Virus caseload exceeds 10,000 in Madagascar
Virus caseload in Madagascar has passed the 10,000 mark as of today according to Johns Hopkins University tallies. Recoveries have also risen markedly to 6,613 with 93 deaths. The country…
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Virus caseload in Madagascar has passed the 10,000 mark as of today according to Johns Hopkins University tallies. Recoveries have also risen markedly to 6,613 with 93 deaths. The country…
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama has tested positive for Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus. He is a member of a presidential task force on Covid-19 that is…
The deceased daughter of Nelson Mandela, ambassador Zindzi Mandela, tested positive for COVID-19 before her death, the family disclosed this week. Local media reports cited her son, Zondwa as confirming the…
The health authorities in Ghana have detected 55 cases of coronavirus among students and staff at Accra Girls Senior High School in the capital. Some 314 were tested in total.…
Forty-one staff members, including health workers, at Kenya’s largest maternity hospital in the capital Nairobi have tested positive for coronavirus. The cases at Pumwani hospital were found after 290 staff…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia’s former president, and Helen Clark, New Zealand’s former prime minister, are to head a panel to review the…
Tanzania has closed most centres designated to handle Covid-19 patients. The government said that a significant drop in the number of coronavirus infections led to the closure of the treatment…
Ghana’s deputy trade and industry minister has been forced to resign for breaking coronavirus self-isolation restrictions after testing positive for Covid-19. Carlos Ahenkorah, who is also an MP, had visited…
Botswana President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has quarantined himself after an official working closely with him tested positive for Covid-19, a government statement says. Some other people in the president’s inner circle…
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world has passed the milestone of 10 million, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US. The virus emerged in China late…