Coronavirus: AI calls for protection of health workers by govts in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

13 july 2020 - 16:09:16 MTA

Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) has said that governments must be held accountable for the deaths of people working in the health sector [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Togo has 720 confirmed cases

13 july 2020 - 15:44:19 MTA

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo had 720 confirmed cases of coronavirus on Sunday after the detection of two new cases, PANA reported. The two newly-infected patients [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: China to help Congo fly in medical equipment

13 july 2020 - 15:41:12 MTA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - China's ambassador to Congo, Ma Fulin, confirmed on Sunday in Brazzaville that Congo has indeed placed a "large order" of medical [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Only one case discovered Monday in Mali

13 july 2020 - 15:28:20 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Out of 31 samples tested, only a single case of coronavirus was discovered on Monday in Mali, registering 36 patients cured [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: 79 new infections recorded in Libya

13 july 2020 - 15:24:25 MTA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 79 cases of the coronavirus infections have been detected in Libya, the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: 2 deaths, 63 new cases and 69 new recoveries recorded Monday in Senegal

13 july 2020 - 15:08:23 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal on Monday recorded two coronavirus-related deaths, 63 new cases, and 69 new recoveries, the Ministry of Health and Social Action [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: 194 new cases, 26 cured recorded Sunday in Congo

13 july 2020 - 15:05:16 MTA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government announced in Brazzaville that Congo registered 194 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 26 cured, according to the [...] Full text...

Mauritius facing a demographic shift

13 july 2020 - 14:12:51 NA

Port-Louis Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Monday said that Mauritius is facing a demographic shift with a declining fertility rate [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Kenya records highest single-day fatality as 12 succumb to virus

13 july 2020 - 12:58:28 DJ

Nairobi,Kenya (PANA) - Kenya recorded its highest single-day coronavirus-related deaths on Monday following the death of 12 patients. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, at a daily [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Mali records 5 new cases

13 july 2020 - 10:39:08 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  Mali recorded 5 new cases of coronavirus, 11 recoveries and no death on Sunday, according to health services. New cases were reported [...] Full text...

COVID-1(: No pandemic-related death recorded Sunday in Mauritania

13 july 2020 - 10:35:47 BBA

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - No coronavirus-related death was recorded  in Mauritania on Sunday, but officials announced 82 new cases out of 750 tests and 203 [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Rwanda's cases reach 1,337 with four deaths

13 july 2020 - 09:27:12 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's health officials on Sunday reported that the country so far had accumulated 1,337 cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) since the [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Ghana's confirmed cases now 24,518

13 july 2020 - 09:10:52 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's confirmed COVID-19 cases stand at 24,518 with 270 new cases, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said on Sunday. In its update [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Zambian cabinet minister tests positive

13 july 2020 - 08:17:32 MM

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s Minister of Transport and Communications, Mutotwe Kafwaya, has tested positive for COVID-19, the state-run Zambia Daily Mail reported on Monday. Kafwaya [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Libya records 44 new infections

12 july 2020 - 18:35:46 MSA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded 44 new infections of coronavirus (COVID-19), the national center of fight against diseases said here Sunday. In a statement, [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Kenya reports 379 new pandemic cases

12 july 2020 - 16:52:54 DJ

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya reported 379 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) Sunday from 7,050 samples analysed, official sources said here. On Saturday, the caseload [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Italian company set to help Congo on management of medical equipment

12 july 2020 - 16:31:34 MSA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The managing director of Italian group, Althea, Alessandro Dogliani, said Saturday his company would help Congo in the management and maintenance [...] Full text...

Guinea hit by measles epidemic

12 july 2020 - 16:11:06 MSA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Seventeen persons have died recently from a measles epidemic that hit Guinea for several months, reliable sources said here Sunday. The health [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Benin selects 89 sites for screening

12 july 2020 - 14:08:57 MTA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has selected 89 sites solely for screening for the coronavirus (COVID-19), the ministry of Health announced here Sunday. Each of the [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Burundi records 58 new contaminations

12 july 2020 - 13:57:39 MTA

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded 58 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) after testing 2,676 samples in a "systematic, voluntary and free" screening campaign [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Benin records more than 1000 tests per day

12 july 2020 - 13:33:14 MTA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin conducts a minimum of 1,000 screening tests per day for coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, the ministry of Health said here Sunday. The [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Tunisia registers 16 new imported cases

12 july 2020 - 12:52:11 MTA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia registered 18 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), all imported cases, the ministry of Health announced here Sunday in its daily [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Contamination cases increase to 718 in Togo

12 july 2020 - 12:40:17 MTA

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The number of cases of infection in Togo has risen to 718 following the registration on Saturday of eight new people [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Guinea breaks through the 6,000 positive mark

12 july 2020 - 12:32:17 MTA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea Saturday recorded 75 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) after testing 864 samples, breaking the 6,000 mark on the patient [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Benin registered 179 new cases Saturday

12 july 2020 - 11:03:27 MTA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin recorded 179 new cases of COVID-19 infection here Saturday, according to a statement issued by the ministry of Health. "Benin has [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Fatalities in Rwanda reach 4

12 july 2020 - 10:44:05 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda Saturday recorded one death from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total deaths to four since the outbreak of the [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Nigeria receives $8m from ECOWAS health organisation for pandemic fight

12 july 2020 - 09:52:57 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The federal government Saturday took delivery of $8million medical equipment from the Economic Community of West African States/West African Health Organisation [...] Full text...

Nigeria: Nigeria records 664 new cases of COVID-19, bringing total to 31,987

12 july 2020 - 08:57:56 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria Saturday recorded 664 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 31,987. The Nigeria Centre for Disease [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Kenya's fatality rate drops to 1.89 percent

11 july 2020 - 18:57:49 DJ

Kwale, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's coronavirus death rate dropped to 1.89 percent as the number of fatalities reached 184 during the last 24 hours. According health [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Libya records 47 new infections

11 july 2020 - 18:18:09 KND

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya recorded 47 new cases of emerging coronavirus infections out of 629 samples analyzed on Friday, the Libyan National Center for [...] Full text...

COVID-19: IOM water facilities help resettled communities fight pandemic in Sierra Leone

11 july 2020 - 15:43:11 AR

Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, handwashing remains among the most difficult preventive measures for millions of Sierra Leoneans to follow. In fact, access to clean [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Burundi puts subsidized soap on market to check pandemic

11 july 2020 - 12:57:00 MTA

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA )- Ten million pieces of soap will be put on the Burundian market monthly, at a price half subsidized by the state, [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Niger extends state of health emergency for three months

11 july 2020 - 11:49:58 MTA

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The state of health emergency, in force in Niger since March 27, has been extended by the government "because of the [...] Full text...

COVID-19: No pandemic-related death recorded Saturday in Senegal

11 july 2020 - 11:35:14 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - For the first time in several weeks, no coronavirus-related death has been recorded in Senegal on Saturday, the Ministry of Health [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Libya records total of 1,342 infections

11 july 2020 - 11:29:07 MTA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded a total of 1,342 cases of coronavirus, 307 recoveries, a cure rate of 22.8 pc, and 38 deaths, [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Police patrols to enforce preventive measures against pandemic in Benin

11 july 2020 - 11:10:49 MTA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Beninese police will immediately begin patrolling public places to enforce measures adopted against the spread of COVID-19, following the outbreak of [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Cases worldwide hit 12 million

11 july 2020 - 09:26:21 AR

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 cases globally have more than doubled in the past six weeks, reaching 12 million on Friday, the World Health Organization [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Ghana sees 371 new cases, 6 more deaths

11 july 2020 - 09:24:13 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's case count of COVID-19 has gone up by 371 to reach 23,834, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Effects on economic activities to cause drop in economic growth by 3.2 points

10 july 2020 - 23:56:08 MSA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on economic activities will cause a reduction in economic growth by 3.2 points, a [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Mali records 34 new cases, 1 death on Friday

10 july 2020 - 20:37:11 MSA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali Friday recorded 34 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), 29 recoveries and one death, the ministry of Health said here. The new [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Congo records 207 new confirmed cases, 64 recoveries on Friday

10 july 2020 - 18:44:48 MSA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese government on Friday in Brazzaville announced that the country recorded 207 new positive cases of coronavirus and 64 recoveries, [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Togolese students to fully return to classrooms

10 july 2020 - 18:39:12 MTA

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - After online courses, introduced in May to enable higher education students to catch up with lectures in the current school year, [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: AfDB grants Libya US$0.5 million emergency relief assistance for PPE protection

10 july 2020 - 18:03:38 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) have approved a grant of US$480,000 to Libya under the [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Gambian lawyers fault Barrow’s emergency extension

10 july 2020 - 16:50:01 MLJ

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Lawyers, under the banner of Gambia Bar Association (GBA), on Friday criticized President Adama Barrow’s emergency extension orders because of the [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: UNICEF donates medical equipment to Mali

10 july 2020 - 16:02:08 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday handed over a large consignment of equipment, materials and health kits, worth more [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Kenya loses first doctor as pandemic cases hit 9,448

10 july 2020 - 15:49:57 DJ

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A medical doctor has succumbed to coronavirus, bringing into sharp focus the safety of healthcare workers in the country. Health Cabinet Secretary [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Togo's confirmed cases hit 700

10 july 2020 - 14:50:36 MTA

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease on Thursday reached 700 with 9 new infections reported by officials in charge of [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: 74 new cases detected in Libya

10 july 2020 - 14:10:47 MTA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded 74 new cases of coronavirus disease, two deaths, and one new recovery, the Libyan National Centre for Disease [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: 145 dead as COVID-19 spreads with alarming rate in Senegal

10 july 2020 - 14:07:16 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The coronavirus disease is spreading with an alarming rate in Senegal with 145 deaths since the onset of the pandemic in [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Nigeria record 499 new infections, warns patients with underlying medical condition

10 july 2020 - 12:39:22 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As Nigeria recorded 30,748 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) with 499 new infections on Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control [...] Full text...