Authorities in Mozambique say over 14,000 HIV patients have abandoned antiretroviral therapy in the first three months of the year in the central province of Zambézia. Male patients form the largest part of those no longer taking the drugs, according to Dr Cheinaze Veríssimo – the provincial head of the …
Read More »DR Congo: authorities confirm third Ebola case in northwest
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed a third case of Ebola in the northwestern city of Mbandaka, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday. It is a 48-year-old man who is a high-risk contact of the first patient, who died on April 21, Reuters agency …
Read More »South Africa is experiencing new COVID-19 wave
Health officials and scientists in South Africa said the country may be entering a fifth COVID wave as there is rise in infections over the past 14 days. According to scientists and health officials, the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants may be responsible for this increase. Health Minister Joe Phaahla …
Read More »Schools closed in China after new covid cases
Authorities in the Chinese city of Beijing have closed most schools following the detection of new cases of covid-19 which continues to wreak havoc in the country. After Shanghai, Beijing, the Chinese capital, which is on high alert against the “Omicron” variant. Since the beginning of the week, 22 million …
Read More »DR Congo: Ebola virus continues to wreak havoc
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has identified more 100 people who came into contact with a new case of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local media reported. The WHO says those identified are being monitored for symptoms and vaccinations will begin in the coming …
Read More »South Africa: President Ramaphosa announces end of COVID restrictions
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the lifting of COVID restrictions, imposed since the beginning of the pandemic. In a televised address, the president said the national state of disaster would end at midnight on Monday. “Masks will still be required indoors for another month,” he said. He said …
Read More »Ghana: end of mandatory face mask wearing in public
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday announced the lifting of the mandatory wearing of wask masks in public citing a steady decline in Covid infections in the country and neighboring countries. Ghana joins dozens of African countries that have eased most Covid containment measures. President Akufo-Addo also scrapped the requirement …
Read More »Cameroon: more than 25 cholera deaths in one week
Health officials in Cameroon say 29 people have died from cholera in one week as more than 300 cases of the disease have been registered in the south-west of the country. The governor of the affected region, Bernard Okalia Bilai, said the outbreak had been caused by a lack of …
Read More »WHO warns African countries against easing Covid restrictions
The World Health Organization (WHO), has warned African countries leaders against easing restrictions against the coronavirus pandemic. The WHO is concerned as most African countries are rolling back Covid-19 surveillance and quarantine measures. It says this is especially “worrisome in a continent that still has the lowest rates of vaccination …
Read More »South Sudan: President Salva Kiir sacks health minister
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked health minister, Elizabeth Acuei Yol, according to a decree announced by state media on Wednesday night. No reasons were given for the firing of the minister. Ms Yol is the first cabinet minister from the party of the First Vice-President Riek Machar, the …
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