London, June 3, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The Central African state of Equatorial Guinea has told the WHO’s representative to leave, accusing her of “falsifying” the country’s tally of coronavirus cases, according to the government and the UN health agency. In a document dated May 26 seen by AFP on Tuesday, the foreign ministry asked the World Health ...

London, June 1, 2020 (AltAfrica)-On the eve of South Africa moving to lockdown alert level 3, the Health Department said on Sunday that the number of positive Covid-19 cases has risen to 32 683, with 1 716 new cases reported from the last 24-hour testing cycle. The country recorded another 40 Covid-19-related deaths which brings ...

London, June 1, 2020 (AltAfrica)-In bid to arrest increasing rate of coronavirus in Africa, the African Union, AU, has moved to secure coronavirus (Covid-19) diagnostic supplies, including 30 million testing kits, 10 000 ventilators, and 80 million masks per month for the African continent from China, South African President and current African Union chairman Cyril ...

London, May 31, 2020 (AltAfrica)-For the first time ever in Europe, a 18-year-old Italian teen has received a double lung transplant after suffering irreversible damage as a result of the coronavirus. THE young man who has always been healthy and possessed no previous underling illnesses contracted the coronavirus and in just four days was rushed ...

London, May 30, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Egypt on Friday recorded highest single-day increase in coronavirus cases and deaths with 1,289 new cases and 34 deaths. This brings the total number of cases to 22,082 and fatalities to 879, the health ministry said. The health ministry added that 152 patients had fully recovered and been discharged from isolation ...

London, May 29, 2020 (AltAfrica)-One in 10 diabetic patient with coronavirus infection dies within seven days of hospital admission, according to a study of more than 1,300 patients published Friday in the journal Diabetologia. Two-thirds of the patients were men, and the average age across both sexes was 70, the study found READ ALSO: EIGHT ...

London, May 28, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The World Health Organization, WHO and UNICEF have encourage women to continue to breastfeed their little ones during the COVID-19 pandemic, even if they have confirmed or suspected to be COVID-19 positive  In a statement sent to Alternativeafrica.com, WHO and UNICEF said current evidence indicate that it is unlikely that COVID-19 ...

London, May 27, 2020 (AltAfrica)-To help reboot the tourism industry, Japan could be offering to pay half the fee of flights for tourists who are looking to visit the country in the second half of 2020. At a press conference last Wednesday, The Japan Times reported that Hiroshi Tabata of the Japan Tourism Agency said that the Japanese government plans to ...

London, May 25, 2020 (AltAfrica)-There appears to be no respite for Egypt and South Africa in reported cases of Coronavirus. The two African countries have the highest number of victims of the deadly virus on the continent On Sunday, the two countries posted another disturbing figures of new infections in 24 hours While Egypt reported ...

London, May 23, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Egypt recorded another 783 new coronavirus cases on Friday, marking another single-day high and bringing its total number of infections to 15,786, the health ministry announced. The ministry also reported 11 new deaths as total fatalities from the virus reached 707. It also said in a statement that 157 patients have ...