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Polio personnel crucial for preparedness and initial response to COVID-19 in Northeast Nigeria

Bauchi, 08 April 2020 - “We are empowered and ready to engage in COVID-19 surveillance and contact tracing,” says Abubakar Suleiman, one of 205 disease surveill

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 08 April 2020

08 April 2020 — Five (5) new CoVID_19 cases were identified today, out of 772 samples tested in the last 24 hours.

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Benin goes on digital offensive against COVID-19

Benin goes on digital offensive against COVID-19

Cotonou – After the first case of COVID-19 was announced in Benin on the 16 March, within four days, the West African nation had set up a range of digital platf

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Botswana Parliamentarians quarantined

Gaborone, Botswana - 9 April 2020: Botswana’s parliamentarians were shocked this morning when the Minister of Health and Wellness announced to them that they wi

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 07 April 2020

07 April 2020 — No new CoVID_19 case was identified today, out of 806 samples tested.

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COVID-19 cases top 10 000 in Africa

COVID-19 cases top 10 000 in Africa

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has risen to more than 10 000 and caused more than 500 deaths. While the virus was slow to reach the continent compared to other parts of the world, infection has grown exponentially in recent weeks and continues to spread.
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Dr Amara Allison

Life in quarantine after detecting Nigeria’s first COVID-19 case

Abuja, 7 April 2020 – He turned up with flu-like symptoms at a medical centre in Ogun state in the southwest of Nigeria.

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Delivery in an Ebola treatment centre

Delivery in an Ebola treatment centre

In Beni General Hospital in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the neonatal ward is full beyond capacity. A row of young women sits on benches outside, proudly holding their newborns. For nurse Espérance Kavira Kavota, this is a welcome return to normal.
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