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DR Congo Confirms New Ebola Case

adminApril 23, 2022

by adminApril 23, 2022063

This file photo taken on August 15, 2014 shows an MSF medical workers checking their protective clothing in a mirror at an MSF facility in Kailahun, epicentre of the world’s worst Ebola outbreak.CARL DE SOUZA / AFP A new case of the Ebola virus has been confirmed in the Democratic......

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Two-Thirds Of Africans May Have Had COVID-19 – WHO Study

adminApril 8, 2022

by adminApril 8, 2022079

In this file photo, a healthcare worker administers a SINOVAC Covid-19 vaccine on a minor during the Numolux/SINOVAC Paediatric Covid-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in Pretoria, on September 10, 2021. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP) More than two-thirds of Africans may have contracted......

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Two Years On, WHO Warns That COVID-19 Is ‘Far From Over’

adminMarch 9, 2022

by adminMarch 9, 2022077

A photo collage of a medical staff using a self-testing kit for COVID-19 and the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The pandemic is far from over, the WHO’s leader insisted Wednesday, two years after he first used the term to wake the world up to the emerging threat of Covid-19.......

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Nigeria, Five Other African Countries To Begin Production Of Covid Vaccines – WHO

adminFebruary 18, 2022

by adminFebruary 18, 20220163

A photo combination of a pack of vaccines and the WHO DG, Tedros Ghebreyesus Nigeria and five other African countries have been chosen to begin production of COVID-19 vaccines, with the continent having had limited access to jabs. “Today I’m delighted to announce the first six African countries that will......

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WHO Urges Rich Countries To Pay Up For COVID-19 Plan

adminFebruary 9, 2022

by adminFebruary 9, 20220127

File photo of WHO The WHO Wednesday urged rich countries to pay their fair share of the money needed for its plan to conquer Covid-19 by contributing $16 billion as a matter of urgency. The World Health Organization said the rapid cash injection into its Access to Covid Tools Accelerator......

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WHO, Commonwealth Make Jabs Plea For Small States

adminFebruary 7, 2022

by adminFebruary 7, 20220101

File photo: A healthcare worker fills a syringe with Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a community vaccination event in a predominately Latino neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, August 11, 2021. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) The World Health Organization and the Commonwealth of Nations issued a joint plea Monday for......

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WHO Warns Of COVID-19 Medical Waste Threat

adminFebruary 1, 2022

by adminFebruary 1, 20220101

The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that the vast amount of waste produced in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic posed a threat to human and environmental health. The tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste had put a huge strain on healthcare waste management systems, the WHO said in......

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Omicron Risk Remains Very High – WHO

adminJanuary 26, 2022

by adminJanuary 26, 20220100

The risk level related to the Omicron variant remains very high, the WHO said late Tuesday, with the numbers of new Covid-19 cases hitting another record high last week. “Over 21 million new cases were reported, representing the highest number of weekly cases recorded since the beginning of the pandemic,”......

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One COVID-19 Death Recorded Every 12 Seconds Last Week – WHO

adminJanuary 25, 2022

by adminJanuary 25, 20220108

A file photo of WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, attending a press briefing on COVID-19 at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP At least one person died of complications related to COVID-19 on the average last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus,......

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COVID-19 Cases ‘Drop Significantly’ In Africa – WHO

adminJanuary 21, 2022

by adminJanuary 21, 20220113

File photo: A man sprays commuters with hand sanitiser as a preventive measures at Wanderers taxi rank in Johannesburg CBD, on March 18, 2020. Michele Spatari / AFP. Cases of Covid have plummeted in Africa and deaths are declining for the first time since the Omicron-dominated fourth wave of the......