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Burundi is obliged to close. Facing the worrying increase in covid-19 cases in the country, the leaders announced the closure from this morning of the land and sea borders and a mandatory quarantine of seven days for any traveler coming by plane. From this Monday, January 11, 2021, Burundi closes …

The covid-19 pandemic continues to make victims in the world. In the state of California the disease is killing at least one person every 8 minutes. The virus has already killed more than 11 500 persons , according the RFI. To that, are added overwhelmed hospitals, weak staff, doctors who …

In this month, South Africa will first receive one million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by the Oxford University and AstraZeneca. The 500 000 additional doses will follow next month. The first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine may arrive earlier than expected in South Africa. The information was confirmed on Thursday …

Facing the progression of the covid-19 pandemic, the Senegalese president Macky Sall announced in the beginning of the week, the return of the state of emergency in the regions of Dakar and Thies. A curfew is established since Tuesday, January 5 from 9Pm to 5Am. After a long meeting with …

Egypt authorized the use of anti covid-19 vaccine developed by the chinese laboratory Sinopharm. The announcement was done by the Egyptian Minister of Health and Population, Hala Zayed, as reported our colleagues of Jeune Afrique. After therefore a first batch of vaccine comprising 50 000 doses delivered in December, Egypt …

Hard hit by the epidemic in December, Nigeria faced now a new strain of the virus and studies are in progress to clarify the properties of this variant of coronavirus. During analyzes carried out on 200 people by scientists of the African Center of Excellence for Research and Infetcioius Diseases, …

The World Health Organization has warned that the coronavirus pandemic was “not necessarily the most serious” and that a more mortal could sweep the world. Dr Mike Ryan, World Health Organization Program Manager, declared this Tuesday that the pandemic was just a ‘‘wake-up call’’. “This pandemic was very serious… it …

Hospitalized on October 28 in Germany for having contracted covid-19, Algerian president appears in the evening of December 29 on television. Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s plane had landed at Alger a few hours earlier. At the airport, President Tebboune was greeted by several senior Algerian officials, including Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad and …

The Russian vaccine Sputnik V is administered to the Guinean population against the new coronavirus this Wednesday, December 30 on an experimental basis. Conakry asked Moscow the delivery of two million doses. To begin with, this experimental phase concerns a small number of volunteers of a certain age. The Sputnik …

Should young people be worried more? A new variant of coronavirus is detected in south Africa. It would be more severe for the young people. The announcement was done this Friday by the minister of health Zwelini Mkhize who, in a statement, published the information. According to him, this new …