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Nigeria invites Chinese health personnel to help fight covid-19 as Lagos, Abuja get mobile testing centres
London, April 4, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Friday, said that Chinese doctors, nurses and medical experts would arrive in ... -
Drogba, Eto’o reject ‘Covid-19 vaccine trials on Africans’
London, April 4, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Two former African football stars, Ivory Coast’s Didier Drogba and Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o have rejected calls for covid-19 experimental vaccines ... -
Tanzania extends visa validity for visitors over Covid-19 disruption
London, April 4, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Tanzanian government is extending up to three months the validity of visas for visitors who were unable to travel because ... -
South Africa launches mobile App to track people infected with coronavirus
London, April 4, 2020 (AltAfrica)-South Africa’s Telkom, Samsung and the government have teamed up to develop a track and trace mobile app database to ... -
Somalian women celebrate coronavirus lockdown as husbands stay at home without drugs
London, April 4, 2020 (AltAfrica)-While the world groan under the coronavirus lockdown, Somalian women say the stay-at-home order has been a blessing in disguise ... -
UN hails Nigeria’s remarkable response to COVID-19
London, April 4, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria’s response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)pandemic has caught the attention of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, who described it as remarkable. Speaking during ... -
Outrage in Ghana after parliament approves $700,000 for coronavirus patients, $7m for contact tracing
London, April 3, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Ghanaians home and abroad including Deputy Minority Minority Leader have questioned why only $700,000 has been allocated to support patients ... -
COVID-19 causes long-term damage to lungs, heart, brain-Health experts
London, April 3, 2020 (AltAfrica)-As the number of worldwide confirmed coronavirus cases climbs towards 1 million, the number of recoveries is thankfully more than ... -
UK opens NHS Nightingale, the new 500 bed emergency COVID-19 hospital
London, April 3, 2020 (AltAfrica)– NHS Nightingale-UK’s first emergency hospital to treat patients with COVID-19 opens in London on Friday morning. There will be ...
