London, Feb. 25, 2020 (AltAfrica)-In response to the widening coronavirus outbreak, Mauritius has banned all visitors from South Korea and the three northern Italian provinces most affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. The ban applies to anyone who had visited those affected regions in the past 14 days. It is the same policy put in place ...

London, Feb. 14, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The government of Nigeria has announced a N36m cash prize for any Nigerian that finds cure for coronavirus and Lassa fever. Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, is currently ravaging China, with about a thousand deaths so far recorded, while many others in several countries are infected. READ ALSO: LESOTHO, THE TINY ...

London, Feb. 12, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A mobile hospital has been set up outside the Hosea Kutako International Airport in Namibia for the immediate containment and treatment of coronavirus cases. The unit was moved from the Okahandja military base to accommodate suspected coronavirus patients, and to allow for immediate treatment when detected at the international airport, The ...

London, Feb. 10, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A medical centre, (GP practice) in Brighton United Kingdom has been temporarily closed after a staff member, suspected to be the doctor in the centre tested positive for the deadly coronavirus infection The latest infection takes the number of confirmed infection in UK to eight aside the four Briton infected in ...

London, Feb. 10, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Lagos state government has deployed additional 30 personnel to assist with surveillance at entry ports against Coronavirus just as the government of Nigeria says it is well prepared and ready to curtail the novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infectious disease, if eventually it breaks out in the country. The Minister of Health, Prof. ...

London, Feb. 6, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A team of medical experts from Nigeria are to be sponsored to China to understudy the cause of the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus disease in the Asian nation.  RELATED: BRITISH SCIENTIST DEVELOPS VACCINE FOR CORONAVIRUS AS INFECTION, DEATH TOLL RISE House of Reps speaker Femi Gbajabimilla who made this known ...

London, Feb. 3, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Millions of reagent test kits are on the way to Africa courtesy of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in efforts to scale up efforts in Africa to fight the novel coronavirus infection With the reagent test kits, WHO is supporting African countries to implement recommendations from the International Health Regulations Emergency ...

London, Jan. 29, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Health managers in Ghana have designate two general hospitals, the Ridge and Tema general hospitals as case management centres in the case of the outbreak of the Wuhan Virus, coronavirus in the country The move, according to a statement signed by the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, is part of Ghana’s ...

London, Jan. 29, 2020 (AltAfrica)-As a coronavirus continues to spread around the world, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have announced that it is contributing US$10 million toward the fight to contain the outbreak. Of that total, the foundation is giving $5 million to support the response in China, while the other $5 million is ...

London, Jan. 28, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Four people with suspected coronavirus have been put into isolation in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, the BBC’s Bizuwork Olana reports. Ethiopia becomes the second African country after Ivory Coast quarantine her citizen over apprehension they might have the deadly virus RELATED: IVORY COAST INVESTIGATES FIRST CASE OF CORONAVIRUS IN AFRICA On ...