Tag: African Countries
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SPECIAL REPORT: Why Nigeria, other African countries must look beyond Europe, America’s COVID-19 combat approach
Social distancing has become the primary policy prescription for combating the COVID-19 pandemic, and has been widely adopted in Europe and North America. However, the approach if wholly adopted may bequeath more damning consequences in low/middle income countries where Nigeria comfortably sits as member…
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African countries heading for coronavirus peak in weeks – WHO
Some African countries could see a peak in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks and testing should be urgently increased in the region, World Health Organisation (WHO) officials have said. “During the last four days, we can see that the numbers have already doubled,” Michel Yao, the WHO Africa programme manager for emergency response, told…
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List of 26 African countries with confirmed coronavirus cases
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, said there are now Coronavirus (COVID-19) in 26 African countries and there have been six COVID-19-related deaths. The UN health agency said this in its regional official twitter account @WHOAFRO. The agency said Government of Benin on Monday confirmed the country’s first case…
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Coronavirus spreads to more African nations
The list of African nations hit by the coronavirus keeps growing, with Namibia, Rwanda, and Eswatini among those reporting their first cases. In Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, the health minister said the infected person is a 33-year-old who recently returned from a business trip to the U.S. In Namibia, the health minister announced at a press…
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Nigeria absent as 44 other African countries sign agreement to establish continental trade area
African countries on Wednesday signed an agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda. The signing took place during the 10th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) on the AfCFTA. Nigeria was however absent at the signing. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday…
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Cancer: 28 African countries have no single radiotherapy machine – UN agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has decried the lack of a single radiotherapy machine for cancer treatment in 28 African countries. Yukiya Amano, Director-General of IAEA, said millions of people continued to suffer from cancer in developing countries, due to lack of access to effective prevention, screening, early diagnosis and treatment. Amano, at an…