coronavirus in Africa

Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, has revealed that one in every five persons tested in Nigeria within the passing week turned out positive. The PTF Chairman gave the remark on Monday, while stating…

Lesotho, the only coronavirus free African country has on Wednesday announced that it has detected its first case. The country’s health ministry in a statement said the virus was detected on an individual among 81 people who were…

Ghana has the highest number of confirmed cases of coronavirus among 16 West African countries. According to data obtained from the World Health Organisation, 4,012 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Ghana. The country…

World Health Organization has on Thursday warned that up to 190,000 people in Africa could die of coronavirus in the first year of the pandemic if containment measures fail. The health agency cited a new study by its regional office…

Ghana has confirmed 271 new cases of Coronavirus a week after lifting lockdown in Accra and Kumasi, the country's two largest cities. According to Ghana Web, there is now a total of 1,550 cases in the country including the 271 cases…

ECOWAS leaders have appointed President Muhammadu Buhari as the head of the COVID-19 response, in the region. Presidents of West African countries under the aegis of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government announced the…

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health in Uganda has disclosed that people living in institutional quarantine in the country have started having sex with each other. In a recent interview on Radio One talk show, Permanent…

Eleven Electricity Distribution Companies, (DISCOs) under the aegis of Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), have affirmed that they will support the move to supply free electricity to all consumers within their…

Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola The federal government has declared Friday, April 10 and Monday April 13, as public holidays to mark the 2020 Easter Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on…

Chinese billionaire and co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma Chinese billionaire and co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma has sent additional donations, including 500 ventilators to 54 African countries to help fight the coronavirus. Ma…

L-R: Camille Locht, head of research at at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), and Jean-Paul Mira, head of intensive care at the Cochin hospital in Paris Two French medical experts have been slammed by …

Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has directed all its missions abroad to compile lists of willing nationals who want to come back home, it emerged on…

Kenya is decongesting its prisons to prevent overcrowding as a way to curtail the spread of coronavirus in the country, CNN reports. According to Anne Amadi, the chief registrar of the judiciary, Kenya has in the past month, released…