Coronavirus

Rwanda has imposed a 15-day lockdown on its capital, Kigali, as the country battles a second wave of coronavirus cases that has resulted in “unprecedented deaths and transmission rates”. This is the capital’s second lockdown since the outbreak of the pandemic. The government had in March enacted a countrywide lockdown …

Schools in Malawi will close for at least 15 days from Monday under new restrictions to combat a surge in coronavirus cases. In a televised address, President Lazarus Chakwera also announced a night-time curfew from 21:00 local time. All gatherings will be restricted to no more than 50 people. Malawi …

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the world is on the verge of what he called a catastrophic moral failure over the way Covid-19 vaccines are being shared out to global populations. Speaking at the WHO’s executive board meeting, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said many wealthy …

In Kigali, the Rwandan capital, the authorities announced closure of nursery, primary and secondary schools , as numbers of coronavirus cases continue to rise. The closure takes effect on Monday. “Schools in other provinces will also close if more cases are recorded there”, said The Rwandan Education Minister, Valentine Uwamariya. …

Zimbabean media are reporting that Ellen Gwaradzimba, the minister for Manicaland Provincial Affairs, has died of Covid-19. She was 60 years old. Gwaradzimba is the second serving Zimbabwean politician to die of coronavirus after Perrance Shiri minister for Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement who died in July last year. Read …

Vaccine deliveries to Europe by Pfizer bioN tech will be reduced “as of next week” while the company increases its production capacity, Norwegian health officials have said. “The temporary reduction will affect all European countries,” Norway’s Public Health Agency (FHI) said in a statement. “It is not immediately clear how …

Schools are still closed in the Democratic Republic of Congo since December 18, 2020. Accoding to the governemnt, this decision is taken to curb the spread of the second wave of the covid-19 pandemic. The UN agency asks the Congolese government to prioritize the reopening of schools while taking all …

Different variants of Sars-Cov-2 were developed in England, South Africa, Brazilia and Japan. They are at the basis of an increase in contagiousness. Sars-cov-2, responsible of the covid-19 pandemic, has several thousand variants. It is a frequent and natural phenomenon. In the case of the British, South-African or Brazilian variants …

Hospitals in the Brazilian city of Manaus have reached breaking point while treating Covid-19 patients, amid reports of severe oxygen shortages and desperate staff. The city, in Amazonas state, has seen a rapid rise in deaths and infections. Health professionals, quoted by local media, warned that “many people could die …

Algeria will share its COVID-19 vaccine doses with Tunisia in the spirit of fraternity between the two countries as confirmed by the Tuniaisan Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi on Thursday. “Among the calls I made this time, I had a call with my counterpart, the Algerian Foreign Minister, about the possibility …