Coronavirus – Africa: Air Cargo Recovery Continues in June but at a Slow Pace
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in June showing improvement, but at a slower pace than some of...
Month : July 2020
Coronavirus: Kenya beats back desert locust upsurge for now, but East Africa remains at risk
Q&A with Cyril Ferrand, Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Resilience Team Leader for East Africa How is the Desert Locust campaign in East Africa going?...
COVID-19 Situation Report for Nigeria
The COVID-19 Nigeria situation report for 27th July, 2020 has been published. Our daily COVID-19 situation reports provide a summary of the epidemiological situation &...
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Uganda: Results of COVID-19 tests done
Number of new confirmed cases: 7 Number of Ugandan truck drivers confirmed: 5 Number of alerts confirmed: 1 Number of contacts confirmed: 0 Number of...
COVID-19 update for South Africa
COVID-19 Update: A total of 28433 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. Regrettably, we report 298 more COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the...
Kenya: Donation of Humanitarian Aid from Government of Slovakian Republic for fight against COVID-19
Health Chief Administrative Secretary Dr Mercy Mwangangi yesterday accompanied First Lady’s office to receive donations from the Government of Slovakian Republic towards the fight against...
Nigeria: Sample collection for COVID-19 testing in Shanono
Scale up of testing is key in Nigeria’s COVID-19 response, enabling timely isolation & treatment of cases. The NCDC Team in Kano State Government is...
Coronavirus – South Sudan: Female prisoners in Wau receive medicines, hygiene kits thanks to UNMISS peacekeepers from Bangladesh
In Western Bahr El Ghazal, UNMISS peacekeepers have taken the motto of leaving no one behind to heart as they continuously support the national-led COVID-19...
Kenya: COVID-19 Update
Today 606 people have tested positive from 4,888 samples tested in the last 24 hours. This now brings to 18,581 the number of positive cases...
Hydroxychloroquine Cure For COVID-19 Not Scientifically Proven – GMD
AGENCY REPORTER The Guild of Medical Directors (GMD) has reacted to video claims by Dr Stella Immanuel, a General Practitioner (GP) in the U.S. that...