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ADDIS ABABA – Following eight consecutive weeks of a fast-moving surge, new COVID-19 cases in Africa have slowed down, driven by a sharp drop in South Africa which accounts for the bulk of the continent’s

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COVID-19 deaths in Africa surge more than 40% over previous week

July 15, 2021April 12, 2023

ADDIS ABABA – Africa has recorded a 43% week-on-week rise in COVID-19 deaths, as hospital admissions increase rapidly and countries face shortages in oxygen and intensive care beds, reports the World Health Organisation (WHO) on

A securityman administers sanitiser to a visitor to a state hospital in Lagos, on February 28, 2020. - Residents of Nigeria's economic hub Lagos scrambled for hygiene products after the chaotic megacity of 20 million announced the first confirmed case of new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said in a statement overnight that the infected person was an Italian citizen who flew in from Milan, at the heart of Europe's largest outbreak, earlier this week. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Africa’s Covid-19 Surge Tops Second Wave Peak, says WHO

July 8, 2021April 12, 2023

ADDIS ABABA – Africa marked its worst pandemic week ever, surpassing the second wave peak during the seven days ending on 4 July 2021. Yet, as the COVID-19 cases climb sharply, there are signs of

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Rife Covid-19 Variants Fuel Africa’s Surging Wave

July 1, 2021July 2, 2021

ADDIS ABABA – The UN health agency on Thursday said new and faster spreading variants are fueling the continent’s surging third wave as Covid-19 case numbers in Africa climb faster than all earlier peaks.