Buhari embarks on 8th medical trip to London on Friday
MON Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari will Friday proceed to London, the United Kingdom, for a scheduled medical follow-up, his 8th trip since his [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya records 2 new virus-related deaths and 184 new cases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two patients have died of coronavirus infection and 184 new cases have been recorded out of 2,960 samples tested in the [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Tunisia breaks own daily record of infections
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has during the last 24 hours recorded 95 deaths linked to the coronavirus (Covid-19) and 3,638 new confirmed infections, the [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Senegal discharges 36 cured cases, records 87 new patients
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal on Thursday discharged 36 persons from its health facilities after they tested negative to confirm their recovery from coronavirus infection.
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Coronavirus: Burundi records 60 new infections
BBA Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi recorded 60 new cases of coronavirus, 53 of which are locally transmitted and seven imported, over the last 24 hours, [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: UNHCR urges states to remove vaccine barriers for refugees
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Four months since the first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility, the global initiative to ensure the vaccines’ equitable [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Senegal records 118 new virus cases
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 118 new cases of coronavirus, confirmed by tests on 1,845 samples and consisting of 55 contact cases being [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya's total case count now 191,476
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's total confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is now 191,476 after 223 new cases were detected out of 3,052 samples [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects eight new cases
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian health authorities said on Wednesday that eight new positive cases of COVID-19 were detected out of 2,416 PCR tests [...] Full text...
UN agencies launch measures to improve well-being of school-aged children, adolescents
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With school closures triggered by COVID-19 disrupting both education and access to nutritious meals, two UN agencies on Tuesday launched new [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Millions of stateless people could miss out on COVID-19 jabs: UNHCR
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of stateless people around the world could miss out on COVID-19 vaccinations because they lack identity papers and are essentially [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Nigeria records 86 new infections, one death on Monday
MON Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said that Nigeria reported 86 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records 3 new deaths, 215 new cases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Three new deaths from coronavirus infection and 215 new cases have been recorded in Libya from 3,342 samples tested in the [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Senegal records one new virus-related death
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - After a lull of several days, Senegal on Monday recorded one death linked to the coronavirus, bringing to 1,159 the total [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Tunisia records 80 new deaths
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 80 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (Covid-19) and 2,478 new infections, the Health ministry announced on Monday.
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African Union backs local production of vaccines in Africa (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
AO Benin City, Nigeria (PANA) – The African Union has voiced support for efforts to establish a continent-wide vaccine research and manufacturing hub in Nigeria, driven [...] Full text...
Senegalese football star Sadio Mane donates 500,000 pounds to help build hospital in his hometown
VAO Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal and Liverpool superstar, Sadio Mane, has donated 500,000 pounds (about US$694,000) to help in building a hospital at his hometown [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: World Bank, AU to support rapid vaccination for up to 400 million people in Africa
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Finance Ministers and the World Bank Group met on Monday to fast track vaccine acquisition on the continent and [...] Full text...
WHO supporting S. African consortium to establish first COVID mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub
WA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium to establish its first COVID mRNA [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Tunisia records 78 new deaths
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 78 new deaths linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the country's toll to 14,038 deaths since the beginning [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Nigerian scientists predict catastrophic new coronavirus strain (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
AO Benin City, Nigeria (PANA) – The African population is at risk of a more lethal strain of the coronavirus disease outbreak unless efforts to create [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Senegal records 33 new cases
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 33 new cases of coronavirus from tests on 1,429 samples, comprising 19 contact cases being treated and 14 [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records 4 Covid-19-related deaths
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -Four new patients have died of coronavirus infection in Libya, bringing the country's toll since the outbreak of the pandemic to 3,178, [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 12 new cases
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Monday that 12 new cases of COVID-19 were detected on Sunday bringing the number of people [...] Full text...
Nigeria hosts meeting to map out plan for vaccine manufacturing in Africa
AO Benin City, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s private sector is ready to join manufacturers of pharmaceutical products working in association with research universities of Africa to [...] Full text...
Ebola outbreak in Guinea declared over
AR Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – The Ebola outbreak that emerged in Guinea in mid-February was declared over on Saturday, the first time the disease resurfaced in [...] Full text...
Coronavirus Nigeria records 13 new infections
MON Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria did not record any death from COVID-19 in the last 14 consecutive days ending Friday, maintaining the toll at 2,117.
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Beninese urged to donate blood to save lives
BBA Cotonou Benin (PANA) - Benin's Minister of Health, Professor Benjamin Hounkpatin, has appealed to his compatriots to donate blood at this time of shortage in [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Senegal records 74 new cases
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 74 new cases of coronavirus from tests carried out on 1,806 samples and 29 contact cases being treated [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Tunisia records 82 new deaths linked to COVID-19
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 82 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (Covid-19) and 1,291 new confirmed infections, the Health Ministry announced on [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Over 360,000 people vaccinated in Libya
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 360,791 people have so far received jabs against COVID-19 since the launch of the national vaccination campaign in Libya early [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Vaccines donated next year, ‘too late for those who are dying today’: WHO chief
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions more COVID vaccines need to be donated now to save lives and help the UN health agency reach the key [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: 53 new patients registered in Senegal
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 53 new cases of coronavirus infection after tests on 1,416 samples, the Ministry of Health and Social Action [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records 3 virus-related deaths
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Three patients have died of coronavirus infection in Libya, bringing the national toll caused by the pandemic to 3,173, the National [...] Full text...
World No Tobacco Day: WHO awards Ethiopian official for her role in tobacco control
AR Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopian Heran Gerba, Director General of her country’s Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) on Friday received the '2021 World No [...] Full text...
One in every 100 dies by their own hand, each suicide ‘a tragedy’ – WHO
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New research published by the UN health agency on Thursday revealed that suicide remains one of the leading causes of death [...] Full text...
COVID-19; Cases surge in Africa, near first wave peak - WHO warns
WA Brazzaville, Cong0 (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said here Thursday coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa are surging by over 20 per cent week-on-week.
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Coronavirus: US Centre for Disease Control issues Level One (1) travel health notice for Gambia
MSS Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- United States Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a Level One (1) Travel Health Notice for The Gambia in its recent [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Two new deaths recorded in Senegal
MTA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded two new deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing to 1,158 the country's toll since the pandemic started in [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records 4 deaths and 258 new cases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Four new patients have died of coronavirus infection and 258 new cases have been detected out of 3,368 samples tested in [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 16 new cases
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Thursday that 16 new cases of Covid-19 were detected on Wednesday in the island bringing to [...] Full text...
5.2 million children, 270,000 pregnant women expected at Burundi's Mother and Child Health Week
BBA Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi on Wednesday launched the 2021 edition of the Week dedicated to maternal and child health, for the benefit of 5.2 [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Nigeria records 17 new infections, zero death on Tuesday
MON Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Nigeria reported 17 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections on Tuesday.
The NCDC said via its [...] Full text...
'Digital dumpsites’ study highlights growing threat to children: WHO
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The health of children, adolescents and expectant mothers worldwide is at risk from the illegal processing of old electrical or electronic [...] Full text...
World Bank to partner with African Union in securing more coronavirus vaccines
AO Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - World Bank President David Malpass and senior managers, including Axel van Trotsenburg and Makhtar Diop, met with the African Union’s [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Reported new cases decline for 7 weeks in a row -WHO
WA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Globally, the number of new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) has declined for seven weeks [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: DR Congo's positive cases cross 35,000-mark
BBA Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Positive cases of COVID-19 in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday crossed the 35,000-mark with 280 new cases out [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Tunisia records 79 new deaths
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)- The Tunisian Ministry of Health announced in a statement issued on Sunday that 79 new deaths linked to the coronavirus and 1,861 [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 77 new cases
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius announced on Monday that they detected 77 new positive cases of COVID-19 over the weekend.
According to the [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: UN welcomes landmark 870 million G7 vaccine doses pledge
MA New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN official on Sunday welcomed the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized nations’ commitment to immediately share at [...] Full text...