Coronavirus: Infections up slightly in Libya
16 may 2022 - 12:00:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The rate of COVID-19 infection in Libya last week averaged six cases per day, seen as [...] Full text...
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Mauritius gradually recovering from COVID-19 pandemic, but inflation 'substantially' up, says IMF
10 may 2022 - 09:38:43Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Mauritius is gradually recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic but while most sectors have returned to pre-pandemic [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor
05 may 2022 - 06:04:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While reported COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline, Omicron sub-variants are driving an increase in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Centre calls for continued preventive measures against pandemic in Libya despite decline in infections
03 may 2022 - 17:03:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's National Centre for Disease Control has recommended extending the implementation of prevention measures against the [...] Full text...
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Festive Eid El Fitr atmosphere prevails in Libya despite price hike
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Coronavirus: Africa experiencing longest-running decline in infections: WHO
15 april 2022 - 06:05:15Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - COVID-19 cases in Africa have fallen for the past 16 weeks, and deaths have dropped during [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants, not more severe or transmissible, so far: WHO
14 april 2022 - 05:40:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the coronavirus which causes COVID-19 continues to evolve, we cannot afford to ‘lose sight’ of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New wave a reminder pandemic is ‘far from over’: Guterres
09 april 2022 - 05:22:10New York, US (PAA) - Governments and pharmaceutical companies need to work together in a better way, to deliver vaccines [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 2.2m people vaccinated against pandemicin Libya
26 march 2022 - 12:23:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 2,201,314 people have been vaccinated against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Libya since the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO calls for caution as African governments open up their countries
25 march 2022 - 06:13:09Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is cautioning African countries as they curtail COVID-19 surveillance and quarantine [...] Full text...
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Africa Investment Forum Virtual boardrooms attract $32.8 billion in investment interest
21 march 2022 - 04:45:34Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Africa Investment Forum boardrooms have drawn $32.8 billion in investment interest in bankable projects, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: More than 2.1 million people vaccinated in Libya
19 march 2022 - 14:03:27Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 2,190,556 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Libya since the launch of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 'The pandemic is not over', warns WHO chief as uptick of cases emerge
17 march 2022 - 04:40:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A combination of factors, including misinformation that the pandemic is over, the lifting of mask mandates, [...] Full text...
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WHO updates its treatment guidelines to include molnupiravir
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Coronavirus: Fourth wave of pandemic declines in Libya
25 february 2022 - 20:45:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Libya, dominated by the "Omicron" variant, is said [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Omicron sublineage BA.2 remains a variant of concern: WHO
23 february 2022 - 05:57:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The BA.2 virus, a sublineage of the Omicron COVID-19 mutation, should continue to be considered a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: COVID-19 Immunization campaign targets mobile communities along Gambia-Senegal border
18 february 2022 - 21:05:38Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - COVID-19 Immunization campaign, targeting mobile communities along Gambia-Senegal border, has vaccinated over 1,500 persons, according to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 15 new deaths
15 february 2022 - 16:25:23Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Health has announced 15 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO lauds ‘historic initiative’ on vaccine equity underway in South Africa
15 february 2022 - 05:02:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - During a COVID-19 global action meeting on Monday, the UN health chief lauded the progress underway [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over two million people vaccinated against pandemic in Libya
12 february 2022 - 11:16:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 2,090,065 people have been vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID-19) in Libya since the start [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa needs to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination rate six-fold
04 february 2022 - 05:29:57Brazzaville, CONGO (PANA) - The COVID-19 vaccination rate in Africa needs to increase six-fold for the continent to meet the [...] Full text...
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Libya to impose health pass for access to public places from mid-February
31 january 2022 - 19:04:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government of national unity announced here Monday the introduction of a health pass proving [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya records 14 new deaths, 5,694 new cases
30 january 2022 - 15:09:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fourteen new deaths linked to COVID-19 infection and 5,694 new cases were recorded in Libya out [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libyan officials hold follow-up meeting on worsening epidemiological situation
29 january 2022 - 19:36:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba on Saturday followed up on the epidemiological situation of the coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over three million people vaccinated with at least one dose in Libya
29 january 2022 - 11:48:46Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 3,026,421 people have had at least dose of vaccine against COVID-19 in Libya [...] Full text...
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Kenya, Emirates agree to end flights standoff
27 january 2022 - 23:38:28Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya and the United Arab Emirates have both lifted the ban on passenger flights between the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: It's here ‘for the foreseeable future’, warns WHO chief Tedros
25 january 2022 - 05:43:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world must accept that COVID-19 is with us “for the foreseeable future”, even if it [...] Full text...
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Guterres says ‘Global learning crisis’ continues
24 january 2022 - 17:51:34New York, US (PANA) - Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, school closures continue to disrupt the lives of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 10 new deaths
22 january 2022 - 18:17:46Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 10 new deaths linked to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Tun Ministry of Health [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 1.9 million people vaccinated in Libya
22 january 2022 - 14:30:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,986,577 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Libya since the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Cases drop for first time as Africa’s fourth wave ebbs: WHO
21 january 2022 - 05:37:45Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - For the first time in Africa since the peak of the Omicron wave, weekly COVID-19 cases [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO expresses hope worst of Omicron wave is over
19 january 2022 - 05:24:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Omicron continues to sweep the world, but cases seem to have peaked in some countries, which [...] Full text...
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Labour market recovery still ‘slow and uncertain’: ILO
17 january 2022 - 12:51:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic grinds on and global labour markets continue to struggle, the latest International [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 pandemic stalls global economic recovery: UN report
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Coronavirus: Africa’s fourth wave flattens out after six-week surge
14 january 2022 - 05:52:37Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave, which has been mainly driven by the Omicron [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19  
14 january 2022 - 05:41:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday recommended two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia imposes new lockdown due to spread of the Omicron variant
12 january 2022 - 22:00:43Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Due to the resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic, the Tunisian government on Wednesday re-imposed a night [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 variants, rising debt, threaten global economic growth: World Bank
12 january 2022 - 06:03:48Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Global growth will slow down over the next two years in the face of “fresh [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Current vaccines may need to be updated, experts warn
12 january 2022 - 05:54:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Current COVID-19 vaccines may need to be updated to ensure their continued effectiveness against Omicron and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Fully vaccinated passengers arriving in Gambia do not need PCR test, Health ministry
10 january 2022 - 11:30:11Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's health authorities say passengers coming into the country who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Some 2.77 million people vaccinated in Libya
08 january 2022 - 12:29:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya says more than 2.77 million people have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New Year brings renewed WHO appeal for vaccine equity
07 january 2022 - 04:54:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The highest number of COVID-19 cases so far in the pandemic were reported last week across [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Guinea to launch child vaccination campaign
06 january 2022 - 13:24:21Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government announced on Wednesday the start in the communes of Conakry, the capital, and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Guinea records 7 deaths, 384 new cases
05 january 2022 - 12:28:52Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Seven deaths linked to the coronavirus, two in hospital and five in the community, were recorded [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 70 per cent vaccination target must be met to ward off Omicron, says WHO
05 january 2022 - 06:00:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to surge across the world, the UN health agency [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records one new death
04 january 2022 - 13:14:18Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded one new death linked to the Coronavirus and 542 confirmed infections, the Tunisian [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccination pass required to access public, private services in Guinea
04 january 2022 - 12:55:27Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government on Monday announced that the presentation of a vaccination pass against the coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Japan donates medical equipment to Mali to combat spread of coronavirus
03 january 2022 - 19:40:48Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Japan, through its embassy in Mali, has donated medical equipment to the Malian Ministry of Health, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 6 new deaths
03 january 2022 - 19:27:33Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded six new deaths linked to the Coronavirus and 417 new confirmed infections, the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Emirates extends South African travel ban
03 january 2022 - 13:35:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Emirates Airlines on Monday announced it was extending its South African travel ban until [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic continues to spread in Ghana
02 january 2022 - 11:13:56Accra, Ghana (PANA) - COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly in Ghana with figures posted on Sunday by the Ghana Health [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records two new deaths
01 january 2022 - 13:18:39Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded two new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the death toll to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 2.7 million doses of vaccines administered in Libya
01 january 2022 - 12:00:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's National Centre for Disease Control has announced that over 2.710 million doses of COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Ghanaians welcome New Year
01 january 2022 - 04:53:03Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaians on Saturday welcomed the New Year with church services and festivities, as government and health [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa' lifts curfew on pandemic
31 december 2021 - 09:28:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government has announced sweeping changes to the coronavirus (COVID-19) regulations with [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Amnesty slams wealthy states, pharma companies for vaccines inequality
31 december 2021 - 07:23:26London, UN (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, on Friday slammed wealthy states and pharmaceutical companies for coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 3 new deaths
30 december 2021 - 19:42:38Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Health on Thursday announced three new deaths linked to the coronavirus (Covid-19), [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Three cases of Omicron mutant infection detected in Libyans who have not travelled abroad, says NCDC
30 december 2021 - 19:02:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Haider Al-Sayeh, has confirmed the registration [...] Full text...
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14 cases of Omicron variant detected in Guinea
30 december 2021 - 12:14:04Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Fourteen cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in Guinea, the National Health Security Agency [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief hopes 2022 can mark end of acute stage of pandemic
30 december 2021 - 07:02:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency chief expressed optimism during a press briefing on Wednesday that 2022 may be the year the world ends the acute stage of [...] Full text...
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Omicron: First cases of the "Omicron" variant detected in Libya
29 december 2021 - 19:49:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Cases of the new Omicron variant were detected this Wednesday, via laboratory analysis in Libya, the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 3 new deaths
29 december 2021 - 19:44:34Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded three new deaths linked to the Coronavirus and 670 new confirmed infections, according [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana sees sharp rise in cases
29 december 2021 - 07:46:07Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana is seeing a sharp increase in infections of coronavirus (COVID-19) as fears grow this could [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 2021 Year in Review: ‘We underestimate this virus at our peril’-WHO
28 december 2021 - 08:22:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite the almost miraculous development of effective vaccines in 2020, the coronavirus (COVID-19) continued to spread [...] Full text...
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Infectious diseases present ‘clear and present danger’ everywhere: Guterres
27 december 2021 - 14:23:01New York, US (PANA) - COVID-19 continues to demonstrate how quickly “an infectious disease can sweep across the world”, pushing [...] Full text...
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President Barrow calls on Gambians to build on strengths, work on shortfalls
25 december 2021 - 18:57:45Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Gambian President elect-Adama Barrow has urged Gambians to build on their strengths, work on their shortfalls and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria: Nigeria registers 1,356 COVID-19 infections on Friday
25 december 2021 - 17:34:24Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) Nigeria recorded 1,356 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in 11 of its 36 States and the Federal Capital [...] Full text...
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Ghanaians celebrate Christmas with calls for strict observance of COVID-19 protocols
25 december 2021 - 08:03:25Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Christians in Ghana are on Saturday celebrating Christmas to mark the birth of Jesus Christ with [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Authorities close all beaches in Greater Accra region
24 december 2021 - 17:19:32Accra, Ghana (PANA) - All beaches in the Greater Accra region in Ghana are to be closed down during the [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON: CAF, Cameroon hold 'constructive' meeting on tournament
24 december 2021 - 16:42:05Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) says its President, Dr. Patrice Motsepe, has held "a very [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Greece announces new measures to curb spread
23 december 2021 - 18:33:46Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greece on Thursday introduced a new set of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19's new [...] Full text...
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Omicron explodes in Nigeria, Lagos State records 3,393 cases on Wednesday
23 december 2021 - 15:07:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre of Disease Control (NCDC) has announced an unprecedented explosion of the Omicron variant [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO warns against blanket boosters, as vaccine inequity persists
23 december 2021 - 07:22:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes could prolong the pandemic and increase inequity, the Director-General of the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ignoring COVID-19 will just perpetuate it, WHO warns
23 december 2021 - 07:04:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As many friends and families consider whether to celebrate Christmas together, the UN health agency issued [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Omicron 'outpacing' Delta, says WHO chief
21 december 2021 - 07:22:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There is now “consistent evidence” that the Omicron variant is outpacing Delta, as COVID-19 continues to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 14 new positive cases
21 december 2021 - 07:08:20Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities recorded here Tuesday 14 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the number of positive cases [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 55 deaths
18 december 2021 - 09:10:26Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius Friday reported 507 active cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) out of whom 17 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: School closures must be ‘avoided whenever possible’, despite Omicron
17 december 2021 - 17:11:30New York, US (PANA) - COVID-19 cases are spiking all over the world, but the Executive Director of the UN Children’s [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's land borders to remain closed to reduce importation of virus
16 december 2021 - 04:58:21Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's lands borders, which were closed in March last year following the outbreak of COVID-19, are [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Don’t underestimate Omicron, WHO chief warns
15 december 2021 - 05:38:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Omicron variant is “probably” now present in most of the world’s countries and it would [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa clocks fastest surge in cases this year, but deaths remain low: WHO
14 december 2021 - 12:43:18Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - An 83 per cent surge in new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases during the past week in Africa, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana bans unvaccinated foreign travellers from entering the country
14 december 2021 - 05:52:43Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's ban on travellers who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus from entering the country [...] Full text...
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West African facing a network of terrorists, criminals, says Buhari
13 december 2021 - 09:05:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the need for West African leaders to work in concert to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 3 new deaths
12 december 2021 - 17:06:41Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded three new deaths linked to the coronavirus (Covid-19) and 187 new confirmed infections, [...] Full text...
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Severe illness in S.Africa's Omicron outbreak lower than in past waves-initial data - Report
11 december 2021 - 10:27:23Johannesburg, S. Africa (PANA) - Early hospital data from South Africa shows less than a third of patients admitted for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 95 deaths this week
11 december 2021 - 09:22:34Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, announced here Friday that 95 patients passed [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccine hoarding will prolong pandemic, warns WHO
10 december 2021 - 05:37:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Early laboratory data on the effectiveness of existing vaccines against the Omicron COVID-19 variant is useful, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Omicron could have ‘major impact’, but no definitive answers yet - WHO
09 december 2021 - 05:42:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Features of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, including the extent to which it will spread, and the sheer number of [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: Ramaphosa addresses latest COVID-19 storm
08 december 2021 - 15:36:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, was Wednesday locked in talks with government officials and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Uganda health ministry calls for calm after confirmed Omicron variant cases
08 december 2021 - 12:52:52Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan health authorities called for calm on Tuesday after a health surveillance team at its airport [...] Full text...
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Coronavirrus: Africa focused governance thinktank points out roadmap to pandemic recovery
08 december 2021 - 12:47:31Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A chronic shortfall in reliable health data is affecting better health policymaking in Africa with only [...] Full text...
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South African president Ramaphosa calls on African countries to "invest heavily" in health systems
07 december 2021 - 13:43:49Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Monday called on African countries to invest heavily to strengthen their [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Shots are finally arriving, but Africa can't get them all into arms
06 december 2021 - 10:15:46Sekenani, Kenya (PANA) - When a group arrived at the Sekenani health clinic in rural Kenya for their COVID-19 vaccines [...] Full text...
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Africa being left behind amid 'extreme vaccine discrimination': report
06 december 2021 - 09:51:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Africa has little chance of recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic in the coming year due to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 1.7 million people vaccinated against pandemic in Libya
04 december 2021 - 12:20:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,732,259 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Libya since the [...] Full text...
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Omicron-stricken South Africa may be glimpse into the future
04 december 2021 - 10:24:34Johannesburg, S. Africa (PANA) - Dr. Sikhulile Moyo was analyzing COVID-19 samples in his lab in Botswana last week when he [...] Full text...
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WHO's top scientist says Omicron could displace Delta
04 december 2021 - 10:03:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization's chief Soumya Swaminathan said here Friday the Omicron variant could become dominant [...] Full text...
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Don't panic because of Omicron but prepare for likely spread, says WHO
04 december 2021 - 06:30:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As scientists continue to investigate the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana detects omicron variant
02 december 2021 - 06:39:00Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has detected the omicron variant of COVID-19, according to the Director General of the Ghana [...] Full text...
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Landmark decision to negotiate new accord on pandemics ‘cause for hope’
02 december 2021 - 05:50:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Agreement by countries to launch a process to develop a new global accord on pandemic prevention and response is cause for hope, [...] Full text...
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Presidents Buhari, Ramaphosa end talks in Abuja, sign new MoUs, review existing ones
01 december 2021 - 21:41:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari and his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, ended their meeting at the Presidential [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South African President Ramaphosa addresses concerns
01 december 2021 - 15:08:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken a swipe at African countries which have implemented travel [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: South African President, Ramaphosa, arrives in Nigeria, meets Buhari
01 december 2021 - 11:27:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday received the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, at the Presidential Villa here. The South [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief Tedros criticises ‘blunt’ Omicron measures
01 december 2021 - 05:55:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency has criticised “blunt” and “blanket” measures taken by countries in [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: Mauritius records 348 deaths in November 2021
30 november 2021 - 13:28:00Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, quoting official statistics on Tuesday, said that the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa will not close its doors to South Africa because of Omicron variant- Senegalese president
30 november 2021 - 13:03:15Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - African countries will not close their doors to South Africa and other southern African countries, despite [...] Full text...
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Africa Investment Forum postponed due to Omicron variant
30 november 2021 - 12:55:28Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The 2021 edition of the Africa Investment Forum (AIF), scheduled to take place from 1 to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief 'deeply concerned' about isolation of southern Africa after detection of Omicron variant
30 november 2021 - 11:20:38New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is deeply concerned about the isolation of southern African [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic could cost global tourism $2 trillion this year
30 november 2021 - 05:15:50New York, US (PANA) - The coronavirus pandemic will likely cost the global tourism sector $2 trillion in lost revenue [...] Full text...
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WHO warns Omicron variant poses ‘very high’ global risk
29 november 2021 - 23:22:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization warned here Monday the heavily-mutated Omicron coronavirus variant was likely to spread [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa's president slams travel restrictions after detection of new variant
29 november 2021 - 11:44:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday night slammed travel restrictions imposed on Southern [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 122 deaths in one week
29 november 2021 - 06:19:28Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - COVID-19 killed 122 people in Mauritius in one week up to last Friday, compared to 85 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Still ‘not clear’ whether Omicron variant is more transmissible or more severe than Delta - WHO
29 november 2021 - 05:16:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) published on Sunday an update on the science regarding the new [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: US praises South Africa's scientists for quick identification of new variant, Omicron
28 november 2021 - 08:58:53Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, has praised South Africa’s scientists for the quick identification [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 1.6 million people vaccinated against pandemic in Libya
27 november 2021 - 14:07:50Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,669,064 people have received a vaccine against coronavirus (Covid-19) in Libya since the [...] Full text...
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U.S. to curb travel from eight southern African countries over new COVID-19 variant
26 november 2021 - 21:55:38Washington-US (PANA) - United States President Joe Biden said here Friday the US would bar entry to most travellers from [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO labels new strain ‘Omicron’, designates it a ‘variant of concern’
26 november 2021 - 20:06:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The latest COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa has been given the Greek name 'Omicron' and [...] Full text...
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Greece encourages Khalifa Haftar to participate in Berlin conference
17 january 2020 - 13:26:09Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said Friday that his country encouraged Commander of the Libyan National [...] Full text...
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