Africa
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Africa should be worried for lack of enough covid-19 vaccine studies-Professor Shabir Madhi
London, July 11, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The prominent scientist leading South Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccine trial, Professor Shabir Madhi, says Africa should be more worried that ... -
Rwandan police officers undergo compulsory covid-19 testing
London, July 11, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The Rwanda National Police (RNP) medical services in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) have ... -
Covid-19 patients in despair as South Africa runs out of Oxygen amidst pandemic surge
London, July 11, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The coronavirus storm has arrived in South Africa, but in the overflowing COVID-19 wards the sound is less of a ... -
209 returnees escape from Covid-19 quarantine centres in Zimbabwe
London, July 10, 2020 (AltAfrica)-At least 209 people have escaped from compulsory quarantine centres for returning residents in Zimbabwe, state media reported. The police ... -
Kenya loses first doctor to Covid-19, launches online marriage services amid pandemic
London, July 10, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Kenya has lost the first doctor to Covid-19. Dr Doreen Adisa Lugaliki, a gynaecologist, died on Friday morning at the ... -
Kenyan police arraigns nurse, others for allegedly producing 15 fake Covid-19 certificates
London, July 10, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A Kenyan nurse was on Thursday charged with making fake Covid-19 patient test reports and certificate Delvine Enock Moses, a ... -
African Union launches consortium to search for Africa’s Covid-19 vaccine
London, July 10, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Africa is now able to start clinical trials for Covid-19 vaccines after the African Union Commission officially launched the Africa ... -
Nigeria targets 5 million covid-19 tests by Dec. with locally made RNASwift test kit
London, July 10, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigerian government has officially launched the indigenous development and validation of RNA Swift, a test kit for the identification of ... -
South Africa hits 2 million Covid-19 test as cases climb to 238, 339
London, July 10, 2020 (AltAfrica)- In the last 24 hours, more than 13 000 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in South Africa. On Thursday, ... -
Group of rare gorillas cited in Nigeria with babies
London, July 9, 2020 (AltAfrica)-WCS has released the first-known camera-trap images of a group of rare Cross River gorillas with multiple babies in Nigeria’s ...
