CAF, FIFA, WHO and SGSA hold joint Safety & Security COVID-19 review meeting for Africa

03 july 2020 - 15:32:14
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - In the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), in partnership with [...] Full text...

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Coronavius: Ghana's Deputy Trade and Industry minister resigns for breaching protocols

03 july 2020 - 10:56:24
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Deputy Trade and Industry minister Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah has resigned after admitting that he broke COVID-19 [...] Full text...

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Kuwait finances construction of 4 hospitals in Tunisia, says Tunisian Health ministry

02 july 2020 - 23:24:37
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia and Kuwait Thursday reviewed projects and programmes executed through their joint cooperation in the fight [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Doctor warns Ghana is 'going in a worse direction'

02 july 2020 - 18:26:36
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) on Thursday warned that data on [...] Full text...

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Youth activist speaks up for environmental protection at Human Rights Council

02 july 2020 - 06:09:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Environmental harm severely affects “the youngest children, indigenous children and those from low-income and marginalized communities,” [...] Full text...

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World Bank provides US$150 million to Niger for a water resources programme

30 june 2020 - 15:22:10
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The World Bank  has approved additional funding of $150 million from the International Development Association (IDA) [...] Full text...

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“One” WASH program improves well-being of Ethiopia's vulnerable communities - Officials

29 june 2020 - 18:28:35
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia’s ‘One’ model, under which the government runs its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ( WASH [...] Full text...

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Young Rwandan man calls for financial support for kidney transplant

28 june 2020 - 11:12:47
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A young Rwandan man, Jean Claude Muhire, requiring kidney transplant, has called for financial support from [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Curfew extended by 10 days in Libya in prevention of pandemic

26 june 2020 - 22:01:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Friday announced the extension by [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves 100.5-million-euro budget support for COVID-19 fight in Gabon

26 june 2020 - 18:43:02
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a 100.5-million-euro loan to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Morocco records 431 new cases, 32 recoveries

26 june 2020 - 10:21:00
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco's Ministry of Health on Thursday announced 431 new cases of coronavirus and 32 recoveries. Hind Ezzine, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South Africa’s president Ramaphosa calls for virus vaccine roadmap

25 june 2020 - 14:35:24
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the African Union to work with countries, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: IOC joins forces with WHO and UN to fight pandemic

24 june 2020 - 10:13:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On Olympic Day, 23 June 2020, the International Olympic Committee and UN World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...

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Senior UN official warns South Sudan peace process 'faltering'

24 june 2020 - 05:09:21
New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN official has warned that the peace process in South Sudan is “faltering” [...] Full text...

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No new case of coronavirus reported in Tunisia

23 june 2020 - 23:30:19
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia Tuesday recorded no new confirmed case of coronavirus (Covid-19) after laboratory tests on 222 persons, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burkina Faso records four new confirmed cases

22 june 2020 - 21:35:24
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso Monday recorded four new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), taking to 907 the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO reports largest single day increase in cases

22 june 2020 - 19:24:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases over the course [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Hundreds of Mauritanians repatriated from Morocco and Senegal

22 june 2020 - 17:34:30
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The repatriation of several hundred Mauritanian nationals, stranded in Morocco and Senegal, following the coronavirus pandemic [...] Full text...

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Typhoid fever cases rise in southern Tunisia

22 june 2020 - 15:58:11
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The number of people with typhoid fever in Ghannouch area of the southern Tunisia region of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libya records 24 new infections, 15 recoveries

21 june 2020 - 12:57:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya has recorded 24 new infections of coronavirus bringing the total number of positive cases to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mali records 10 new cases

20 june 2020 - 19:15:19
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Ten new cases of coronavirus infections were discovered this Saturday in Mali, bringing to 1,933 the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ten cases of Covid-19 registered in Tunisia

20 june 2020 - 19:09:47
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has registered ten new confirmed cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19), following laboratory tests carried out [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia registers 14 new cases of Covid-19

19 june 2020 - 15:48:09
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has registered 14 new cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19) following laboratory analysis on samples of [...] Full text...

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Germany gives Benin more than 6 billion CFAF for local collectivities

18 june 2020 - 23:19:51
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The German cooperation agency Thursday pledged to release 10 million Euros or 6.5 billion CFAF to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records four new confirmed cases

18 june 2020 - 20:45:33
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia recorded four new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) after laboratory tests on 709 persons, including [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO hails early results on use of dexamethasone in most sick patients but warns it’s ‘no cure-all’

18 june 2020 - 05:31:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday hailed news from the United Kingdom that a [...] Full text...

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Congo controls its deforestation rate - official

18 june 2020 - 00:15:20
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese minister of Tourism and Environment, Arlette Soudan-Nonault, said here Tuesday Congo was controlling its [...] Full text...

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Morocco records 66 new confirmed cases of Covid-19

17 june 2020 - 23:56:38
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan ministry of Health on Wednesday announced 66 new infections of coronavirus (Covid-19) and 56 [...] Full text...

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Moroccan medical aid handed to Cameroonian authorities

17 june 2020 - 22:54:05
Yaoundé Cameroun (PANA) - Morocco Wednesday handed over medical aid to Cameroun at the international Yaoundé-Nsimalen airport, reliable sources told [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Opposition party withdraws from management of COVID-19 pandemic

17 june 2020 - 20:55:23
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The opposition party announced here Wednesday its withdrawal from the coordination of parties represented in Parliament [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves US$4 million grant to bolster South Sudan pandemic response

17 june 2020 - 16:57:08
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday approved a UA 3 [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Mauritius spends Rs 25 billion in three months to fight the pandemic

17 june 2020 - 12:52:21
  Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said on Tuesday that the government has, over the last [...] Full text...

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Tunisian health minister warns of new wave of corovnavirus

16 june 2020 - 15:51:28
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The threat of a new spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) after the border reopens is imminent  [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 14 new confirmed cases

15 june 2020 - 20:45:34
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia recorded 14 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) after laboratory tests carried out Sunday on [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Tunisia’s IPS provides humanitarian response to coronavirus pandemic

15 june 2020 - 13:36:04
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – An advisory project jointly supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( EBRD) and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records two new cases

14 june 2020 - 16:29:01
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisia has recorded two new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) after laboratory tests carried out [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burkina Faso recorded no deaths in the past 4 weeks

12 june 2020 - 17:26:23
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso has not recorded any case of death linked to the coronavirus disease during [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guinea decides to launch 'Stop Covid-19 in 60 Days' campaign

12 june 2020 - 14:44:43
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government on Thursday instituted several measures and defined the means to be put in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: No new confirmed case of Covid-19 in Tunisia

11 june 2020 - 22:35:04
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has since Wednesday not recorded any new confirmed case of coronavirus (COVID-19), the ministry of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB’s intervention helps to curb COVID-19 in vulnerable communities

11 june 2020 - 17:03:36
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - With 2.6 million internally-displaced persons in Somalia, the outbreak of COVID-19 poses an additional challenge [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: More than 5,670 screenings carried out in Congo

11 june 2020 - 15:56:12
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese health and population Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo announced on Wednesday in Brazzaville that 5,678 screenings for [...] Full text...

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China again donates medical equipment to Tunisia

10 june 2020 - 23:10:48
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Chinese military jet arrived here Wednesday with medical supplies provided by the Chinese ministry of [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to develop five-year strategic plan for the health sector

10 june 2020 - 08:11:57
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Tuesday said that a five-year strategic [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Japan gives Tunisia 500 million yen

09 june 2020 - 22:31:56
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Japan Tuesday gave Tunisia 500 million Yen for the acquisition of medical equipment to fight against [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: At 29 percent, Kenya's recovery falls below global rate

09 june 2020 - 16:43:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Coronavirus recovery rate stands at 49 against the global rate of 29 percent, Health Chief [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus crisis demands 'fundamental rethink' of relationship with natural ecosystems

06 june 2020 - 05:43:55
Paris, France (PANA) - The COVID-19 health crisis should be seen as a clarion call to “fundamentally rethink our relationship” [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritanian citizens stranded abroad due to COVID-19 pandemic to be repatriated

05 june 2020 - 23:00:07
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government will repatriate hundreds of citizens stranded abroad because of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) [...] Full text...

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60 pct of deaths in Tunisia due to way of living, says Health minister

05 june 2020 - 21:09:03
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of Health, Abdellatif Mekki, said here Friday that 60 percent of deaths in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: No new contamination in Tunisia

05 june 2020 - 17:19:40
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Health announced on Friday that for the second consecutive day, no new [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Nigerien President calls for accelerated production of vaccines

05 june 2020 - 14:34:40
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou on Thursday stressed the need for a global union for mobilization of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ‘Global solidarity’ needed to find affordable, accessible virus vaccine, says Guterres

05 june 2020 - 05:51:57
New York, US (PANA) - In the race to end the coronavirus pandemic, the UN chief reminded a virtual medical [...] Full text...

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $1.6 billion to Vaccine Alliance

05 june 2020 - 05:17:22
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a five-year, US$1.6 billion commitment to Gavi, the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: No new confirmed cases in Tunisia

04 june 2020 - 16:34:26
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has not registered any new confirmed cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19) following laboratory tests carried [...] Full text...

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WHO sends team to DRC on Ebola outbreak

04 june 2020 - 06:51:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 50 staff from the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners arrived in Mbandaka in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records new case, says Health minister

03 june 2020 - 21:51:55
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia Wednesday recorded a new case of coronavirus (COVID-19) from among Tunisians repatriated and placed in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 241 new cases to bring total to 10,818

03 june 2020 - 10:26:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 241 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) taking the total number of infections [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Infections reach 182 in Libya

02 june 2020 - 23:52:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan national center of fight against diseases said here Tuesday it recorded 14 new infections [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus-Burkina Faso elaborates new response plan to coronavirus over six months

02 june 2020 - 21:54:22
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government Tuesday announced a new response plan to the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease over [...] Full text...

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Milk producers in West and Central Africa call on their leaders to save the sector

02 june 2020 - 10:56:00
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Fifty-five local milk producers from six West and Central African countries on Monday appealed to their [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Curfew lifted in Burkina Faso

01 june 2020 - 23:51:46
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Monday evening announced the lifting from Wednesday of [...] Full text...

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WHO says countries are revealing disturbing rates of antimicrobial resistance

01 june 2020 - 19:44:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record number of countries are now monitoring and reporting on antibiotic resistance - marking a [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 disrupting services to treat non-communicable diseases - WHO

01 june 2020 - 19:20:02
Geneva‎, Switzerland (PANA) - The fight against COVID-19 has severely disrupted services to prevent and treat cancer, diabetes, hypertension and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Seven new confirmed cases in Tunisia

01 june 2020 - 18:02:39
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has registered seven new confirmed cases with the coronavirus (Covid-19), after laboratory tests carried out [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO says pandemic significantly impacts health services for NCDs in sub-Saharan Africa

01 june 2020 - 13:15:05
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Prevention and treatment services for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have been severely disrupted since the COVID-19 pandemic [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia registers five new cases of Covid-19

30 may 2020 - 17:02:06
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has registered five new infections of the coronavirus (Covid-19), all from returnees who are placed [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus infections accelerate to 130,275 across Africa

29 may 2020 - 22:30:51
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African countries are reporting an acceleration of new coronavirus infections with at least 130,275 cases [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Number of cases climbs to 118 in Libya

29 may 2020 - 22:08:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya Friday recorded 13 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the city of Sebha, taking [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Tunisia records three coronavirus cases

29 may 2020 - 14:57:39
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded three new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) infection from returnees and placed them in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari calls for cancellation of debts for “needy countries” in Africa

28 may 2020 - 22:29:51
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday Thursday called on developed countries and international financial institutions to cancel the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records sudden increase in the number of contaminations

28 may 2020 - 17:24:43
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Some 17 cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in a single day in Tunisia, considered [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: United States pledges commitment to strengthen The Gambia’s COVID-19 response

28 may 2020 - 15:25:02
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The United States  has pledged its  commitment to support The Gambia’s efforts to combat COVID-19 and keep [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria records highest daily increase; total now 8,733

28 may 2020 - 08:26:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Wednesday reported 389 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), the highest daily increase since the beginning [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: 8 opposition parties call for urgent solution to populations’ problems

27 may 2020 - 23:58:59
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  A coalition of eight Mauritanian opposition political parties Wednesday called for a quick solution to problems [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Number of infections in Libya hits 99 after discovery of 20 cases

27 may 2020 - 22:23:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Twenty new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) were recorded here Wednesday, taking to 99 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Two new coronavirus infections registered in Libya

27 may 2020 - 17:57:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The total number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Libya has reached 79 with the registration of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: No new confirmed cases in Tunisia

27 may 2020 - 16:42:12
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has registered no new cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19) after tests carried out on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 heightens need for pharmaceutical production in poor countries

27 may 2020 - 13:00:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenyan health officials ‘conflicted’ after WHO stops virus 'drug'

27 may 2020 - 10:28:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Public health officials in Kenya have been puzzled after the World Health Organisation (WHO) suspended the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Four Sub-Sahara Africans desert their quarantine place in Tunisia

26 may 2020 - 19:47:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Four Sub-Sahara Africans, whose nationalities were not revealed, early on Tuesday morning abandoned the hotel where [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Burkina Faso registers four new cases on Tuesday

26 may 2020 - 15:49:01
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso on Tuesday recorded four new cases of Coronavirus disease bringing the total number [...] Full text...

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Cold spell into Botswana from Atlantic Oceans

25 may 2020 - 16:31:51
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Cold front from the Atlantic Ocean is expected to pass over the southern half of Africa, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia registers 3 new cases of Covid-19

25 may 2020 - 15:59:44
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Ministry of Health announced late Sunday 3 new cases of the  coronavirus (Covid-19) people who [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya to station mobile lab at Tanzania border to speed up virus testing

24 may 2020 - 15:39:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two mobile laboratories Kenya received from the East African Community (EAC) will be stationed in Namanga [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Burkina Faso records 17 new cases of coronavirus

23 may 2020 - 16:21:50
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso recorded on Saturday 17 new cases of coronavirus, bringing to 831 the total [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Experts underscore COVID-19 threat to global progress on child immunization

23 may 2020 - 06:45:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global experts in health and child welfare have again highlighted how the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting [...] Full text...

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Libya records new infection of coronavirus, 3 cured

22 may 2020 - 23:52:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The Libyan national center of fight against diseases Friday recorded a new case of the coronavirus [...] Full text...

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80 million children under one at risk of other diseases as COVID-19 disrupts routine vaccination efforts

22 may 2020 - 18:36:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID 19 is disrupting life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions of children – in [...] Full text...

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UNESCO posts six online debates on measures to restore and preserve biodiversity

22 may 2020 - 18:04:06
Paris, France (PANA) - On the occasion of the International Day for Biodiversity, celebrated on 22 May and whose theme [...] Full text...

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IAEA gives Congo 50 million CFA Francs for coronavirus detection equipment

22 may 2020 - 12:51:09
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) -  The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will provide the Congolese government with large-scale, time-limited detection equipment [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records one new case

22 may 2020 - 09:24:30
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's Ministry of Health announced on Thursday evening that it recorded a new COVID-19 contamination out [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Algeria records 186 new confirmed cases of Covid-19

21 may 2020 - 23:44:54
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria Thursday recorded 186 new cases of coronavirus, 94 cured and 7 deaths, the spokesperson for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Eritrean detainees live in crowded, filthy prison cells

21 may 2020 - 20:50:31
Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) – Amnesty International has decried the overcrowding and the filthy conditions in which detainees in Eritrea are [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Cholera outbreak compounds response to coronavirus in Kenya

21 may 2020 - 19:06:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan health authorities have confirmed 80 new cases of the deadly coronavirus outbreak from some 3,102 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Algeria records 165 new confirmed cases

20 may 2020 - 23:52:45
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria Wednesday recorded 165 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), 222 cured and 7 deaths over [...] Full text...

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Morocco registers 110 new cases of Covid-19

20 may 2020 - 22:33:51
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco recorded 110 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection within the past 24 hours, taking the [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Number of confirmed infections climbs to 69 in Libya

20 may 2020 - 22:13:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -  Libya recorded a new case of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection here Wednesday, taking to 69 the total [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Africa must act now to avoid a catastrophe, say rights chiefs

20 may 2020 - 13:38:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  – Human rights chiefs from the United Nations and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 250,000 Libyan children at risk of disease due to lack of vaccines - UNICEF and WHO

19 may 2020 - 17:42:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - "More than a quarter of a million children under the age of one in Libya are [...] Full text...

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Uganda, AstraZeneca sign anti-hypertension partnership deal

18 may 2020 - 18:21:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Biopharmaceutical firm, Astra Zeneca, and Uganda have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will pave [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisian national disease watchdog warns against new wave of cases

17 may 2020 - 15:43:18
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The chairman of the Tunisian national watchdog of new and emerging diseases (ONMNE), Nissaf Ben Allaya, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO and IOC team up to improve health through sports

17 may 2020 - 12:21:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Saturday signed an agreement to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UAVs equipped with thermal cameras soon available in Tunisia

17 may 2020 - 09:13:17
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Special vehicles (UAVs) equipped with thermal imaging cameras currently at an experimental phase will soon be [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 45 Tunisians repatriated from Indonesia and Malaysia

16 may 2020 - 15:41:27
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 45 Tunisians who were stranded in Malaysia and Indonesia left Bali (Indonesia) on [...] Full text...

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Child vaccinations down in DR Congo and COVID-19 is not helping matters - UNICEF

16 may 2020 - 07:29:31
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Fewer children are getting vaccinated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the COVID-19 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic could deepen food insecurity, malnutrition in Africa - WHO

15 may 2020 - 17:43:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern at the potential impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: President Kaboré welcomes army's commitment to the fight against the pandemic

15 may 2020 - 17:39:32
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, on Friday welcomed the commitment of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia goes for fifth straight day with new case

15 may 2020 - 09:39:46
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has not recorded any new coronavirus contamination for the fifth consecutive day, the Ministry of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records fourth consecutive day without new case

14 may 2020 - 10:19:06
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia on Wednesday recorded a fourth consecutive day without a new case of coronavirus (COVID-19), the Tunisian [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius introduces bills in Parliament to deal with future pandemic

14 may 2020 - 06:45:43
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Jugnauth, on Wednesday, introduced the COVID-19 Bill and the Quarantine [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic threatens to undo global health progress, WHO warns

14 may 2020 - 05:41:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While more people are living longer and healthier lives, the rate of progress is too slow [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 27 confirmed cases

13 may 2020 - 22:06:13
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi Wednesday recorded eight new cases of coronavirus infection, taking to 27 the number of people [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Seven new cases recorded in Burkina Faso

13 may 2020 - 21:39:13
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  - Burkina Faso Wednesday recorded seven new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), taking to 773 the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AU salutes nurses killed by global coronavirus pandemic

12 may 2020 - 21:22:21
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has saluted nurses who lost their lives in the line of [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Statistics of cured judged positive in Congo

12 may 2020 - 21:10:12
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)   -   The Congolese minister of health and populations,  Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo, said here Monday the therapeutic plan [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Senegalese head of state revamps health emergency measures

12 may 2020 - 15:47:51
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President  Macky Sall has with effect from Tuesday eased restrictive measures taken to combat the [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 in Africa: Challenges and opportunities (By Paul Ejime (PANA Guest Writer)

12 may 2020 - 10:47:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - That the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the world to the extent of defining how humans [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Morocco confirmed cases up by 153 to 6,063

11 may 2020 - 09:59:24
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco's Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that 153 new cases of coronavirus infection have been [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius gradually opens economy after 14 days without a new case

11 may 2020 - 08:15:53
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The spokesperson of the Mauritian National Communication Committee on COVID-19, Dr Zouberr Joomaye, on Sunday said the government [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic causes some illegal drug prices to surge, as supplies are disrupted worldwide - UNODC

08 may 2020 - 05:38:43
Vienna Austria (PAN) - Measures by governments across the world to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the widespread [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Up to 190,000 people could die of pandemic in Africa if not controlled - WHO

08 may 2020 - 05:29:17
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Between 83,000 and 190,000 people in Africa could die of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and 29 million to 44 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Seven new confirmed cases registered in Burkina Faso

07 may 2020 - 23:53:56
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  Seven new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease were recorded here Thursday, taking to 736 [...] Full text...

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Alleviated curfew extended in Libya to prevent coronavirus spread

07 may 2020 - 21:20:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidential council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Thursday decided to extend the curfew [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO says average of 80,000 new cases were recorded a day in April

07 may 2020 - 05:23:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since the start of April, an average of 80,000 cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) have been reported [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burkinabe government to give schoolchildren masks before resumption of classes

07 may 2020 - 00:02:42
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  - The Burkinabe government Wednesday insisted on the need to make masks available for schoolchildren before [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Control of obligatory wearing of masks to begin next Monday in Burkina Faso

06 may 2020 - 20:25:26
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  - The control of the obligatory wearing of masks to check the spread of the coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Malawi: AfDB-managed water, sanitation project helping to curb COVID-19 wins int'l prize

06 may 2020 - 19:08:37
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - An African Development Bank-financed and supervised water and sanitation project, now helping to curb the spread [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Libya registers new coronavirus case

06 may 2020 - 15:39:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Libya reached 64 on Wednesday after when a new infection [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN teams step up efforts to protect rights in prisons, as revolts intensify worldwide

06 may 2020 - 06:42:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As senior UN officials spread the alarm over the rapid spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) through prisons [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO hails 7.4 billion-Euro pledge for COVID-19 treatments

05 may 2020 - 05:08:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World leaders on Monday pledged 7.4 billion Euros to support research and development for medicines to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Germany offers Tunisia laboratory diagnosis teams

04 may 2020 - 23:20:32
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The German government has presented Tunisia with laboratory diagnosis equipment for carry out tests for the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: New death recorded in Libya

30 april 2020 - 23:25:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan ministry of Health of the government of national accord Thursday announced the death of [...] Full text...

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WB releases more than 156 billion CFAF for West African states

30 april 2020 - 20:37:32
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The World Bank Thursday approved a financing package of 273 million dollars or about 159 billion [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN prepares for potentially devastating virus outbreak in conflict-ravaged northeast Nigeria

30 april 2020 - 14:39:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In northeast Nigeria, where armed conflict has forced millions from their homes, the UN’s migration agency, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 980 infections after discovery of 5 new cases

29 april 2020 - 22:19:13
Tunis, Tunisia(PANA)   - Tunisia Wednesday recorded five new cases of the new coronavirus (Covid-19), bringing the total so far to [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe opens Tobacco Marketing Season with COVID-19 caution

29 april 2020 - 11:57:34
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement minister Perence Shiri has told the tobacco industry to continue [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libya records four consecutive days without new case

29 april 2020 - 05:47:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Over the past four days, Libya has not recorded any new confirmed case of coronavirus, the [...] Full text...

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Drought decreases agricultural crops, livestock activity in Zimbabwe

28 april 2020 - 13:00:47
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The 2019/20 agricultural season in Zimbabwe was marked by delay and false start throughout the country [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe's positive cases inch up by one to 32

28 april 2020 - 06:13:00
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's positive cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) inched up by one to total 32 with five recoveries [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Protect workers during and after lockdowns, urges ILO

28 april 2020 - 05:44:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Marking the World Day for Ssfety and Health at Work on Tuesday, the International Labour Organization [...] Full text...

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Malians repatriated from Tunisia under observation in Bamako return home

27 april 2020 - 22:31:10
Bamako, Mali (PANA)  - The 128 Malians repatriated from Tunisia on 12 April and confined for two weeks in hotels [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Sudan records increase in the average daily COVID-19 cases

27 april 2020 - 19:49:50
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan on Monday said 38 new cases of COVID-19 have been registered, mostly in Khartoum [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Morocco totals 4,065 confirmed cases of coronavirus

27 april 2020 - 17:04:23
Rabat Morocco (PANA) - Morocco has registered 168 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours, bringing to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Moroccan Police arrest 3,793 for violation of health security measures

27 april 2020 - 15:53:40
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan Police on Sunday nabbed 3,793 persons as part of security operations to enforce a state [...] Full text...

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The 2020 rainy season is expected to be generally wet in the Sahelian countries

27 april 2020 - 15:41:33
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The 2020 rainy season is expected to be wet overall, according to a press release issued [...] Full text...

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Africa Vaccination Week 2020 kicks off as COVID-19 threatens immunization gains - WHO

25 april 2020 - 09:44:30
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – This year’s Africa Vaccination Week started on Friday as the COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant disruption to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 4 new confirmed cases

24 april 2020 - 23:55:44
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  - Tunisia Friday recorded four new confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic out of a sample [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US supports Tunisia with extra 25 million dollars

24 april 2020 - 23:24:17
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) -  The US government Friday released an extra 25 million dollarsto Tunisia to support its efforts in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus insecurity: Libyans begin Ramadan with suffering (A News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)

23 april 2020 - 22:34:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - Libyans on Friday begin the Ramadan, month of fasting for Muslims, in exceptionally trying times marked [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Hard-fought gains in immunization coverage at risk without critical health services, warns WHO

23 april 2020 - 19:54:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Shutting down immunization services in the COVID-19 pandemic risks triggering a resurgence of diseases that can [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO urges countries not to let virus eclipse other health issues

23 april 2020 - 16:18:24
Brazzaville, Congo PANA) – Public health systems in Africa are coming under severe strain as the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic persists, the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South-West Tunisia hosts night demonstrations against marginalization of zone

22 april 2020 - 20:33:47
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – People took to the streets Tuesday evening in the zone of Kalaâ, region of Kebili, in [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: ECOWAS offers Burkina Faso 2500 test kits

21 april 2020 - 23:21:56
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through the West African Health Organization (WAHO), [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Burkina Faso armed forces launch large operation of mask production

21 april 2020 - 22:27:21
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  - The Burkina Faso armed forces Tuesday launched an operation to produce masks for schoolboys and [...] Full text...

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HCR takes assistance to flood victims in eastern DRC

21 april 2020 - 22:14:32
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) -  The UN Hight Commission for Refugees (HCR) Tuesday presented assorted emergency items to flood victims [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN agencies pledge scaled-up efforts to protect uprooted children

21 april 2020 - 05:09:41
New York, US (PANA) - Two UN agency chiefs are pledging to accelerate work to expand refugee children’s access to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: COVID-19 compounds malaria infections in Zimbabwe

20 april 2020 - 18:15:26
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has compounded increases in malaria infections by 44.7 percent to 170,303 with [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Big pharmaceutical firms give details of vaccine dev't process

20 april 2020 - 13:28:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An agreement between major pharmaceutical companies, Sanofi and the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to produce a vaccine for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana Private Sector Fund begins construction of 100-bed Isolation, Treatment Centre

19 april 2020 - 13:41:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has begun the construction of a 100-bed Isolation and Treatment Facility in the country funded [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 11 new confirmed cases recorded in Burkina Faso

17 april 2020 - 23:03:41
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  - Eleven new confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease were reported Friday in Burkina Faso, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 46,000 drivers’ licenses seized in Tunisia for ceasefire violation

17 april 2020 - 21:47:47
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  - The spokesperson for the Tunisian ministry of Interior, Khaled Lahyouni, said here Friday 2,978 persons had [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Patients increases by 25% at Tunis psychiatric hospital

17 april 2020 - 13:14:13
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A 25% increase in the number of patients has been recorded in recent weeks at the [...] Full text...

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Four new confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported in Burkina Faso

16 april 2020 - 22:52:06
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso Thursday recorded four new cases of the coronavirus disease, taking to 546 the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: New cargo of medical aid arrives in Tunisia

16 april 2020 - 21:39:48
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  A new cargo of medical equipment for Tunisia arrived early Thursday aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burkinabe president, PM, ministers donate salaries to fight against pandemic

16 april 2020 - 17:53:46
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, will give up six months of [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: WHO concerned about the number of deaths in Burkina Faso

16 april 2020 - 17:00:39
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the death toll linked to the coronavirus [...] Full text...

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UNICEF on all fronts to tackle Covid-19 in Niger

16 april 2020 - 16:14:35
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - As the current coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) continues to spread, UNICEF is supporting the government in care [...] Full text...

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Mauritania in process to provide health coverage for 2,000 disabled persons

16 april 2020 - 13:37:51
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's Ministry of Social Affairs, Family and Children, and the Ministry of Health have signed an [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO reviewing impact of US funding withdrawal amid pandemic

16 april 2020 - 05:51:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday upheld the importance of international solidarity [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Major relief airlift for ‘most vulnerable’ African nations takes off

15 april 2020 - 05:36:20
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The first of the UN’s “Solidarity Flights” carrying urgently needed medical equipment in the war [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 68 medical, para-medical workers hit by pandemic in Tunisia

14 april 2020 - 20:51:44
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  The Tunisian ministry of Health said here Tuesday 68 medical and para-medical senior health workers have [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria to build COVID-19 screening, isolation centres near border entry points

14 april 2020 - 19:29:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Presidential Taskforce Force (PTF) on Coronavirus (COVID-19) says that it plans to build isolation centres [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Three New COVID-19 confirmed cases reported in Khartoum

14 april 2020 - 19:08:33
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Tuesday reported three more corona-virus cases in Khartoum, including one fatality, raising confirmed cases [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief advises on testing, tracing, and when to lift restrictions

14 april 2020 - 06:14:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has outlined his agency’s latest advice to countries [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus isolation threatens life-saving vaccinations for millions of children globally

14 april 2020 - 05:56:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As countries around the world continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 117 million children [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Schools to resume teaching on April 28 in Burkina Faso

13 april 2020 - 15:41:32
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Schools and universities closed because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Burkina Faso will reopen [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Morocco registers 116 new cases in 24 hours

13 april 2020 - 15:24:23
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan Ministry of Health has announced that 116 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia to repatriate 4,000 of its citizens

10 april 2020 - 17:16:47
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Minister of Transport, Anouar Maarouf announced Friday that his ministry hard to repatriate Tunisians stranded [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 83 hospitalized cases, 25 cured and 25 deaths

10 april 2020 - 15:56:13
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 83 people with coronavirus (Covid-19) out of 643 confirmed cases in Tunisia are [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Wearing of masks obligatory in Côte d'Ivoire

09 april 2020 - 23:22:08
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)   - The Ivorian national Security Council (CNS) Thursday decided to make the wearing of mask obligatory [...] Full text...

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Seventh person dies of coronavirus in Kenya as cases jump to 184

09 april 2020 - 19:15:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A patient who died soon after checking into a hospital in the Kenyan port city of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: "We must celebrate leaders on the front line of Coronavirus" - AfDB

09 april 2020 - 19:03:02
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - During World Health Worker Week 2020 (5-11 April), the African Development Bank (AfDB) says it [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia's Sousse hospital gets high-speed oxygen therapy machine

09 april 2020 - 17:26:15
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of health, Abdelatif Mekki, and that of higher education, Slim Choura, presided over [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia offers decent living conditions to foreign students

09 april 2020 - 17:22:24
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - "Tunisia will offer decent living conditions to foreign students in the country," the Tunisian Minister Delegate [...] Full text...

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About 2,000 arrested for violating curfew, confinement in Tunisia

08 april 2020 - 22:52:13
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  A total of 1,973 people were Wednesday arrested and detained for violating  the curfew, and 600 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 30 new cases recorded in Burkina Faso

08 april 2020 - 21:44:22
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)   - Thirty new confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease were recorded here Wednesday, taking to 414 [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: 34 contact cases in Burundi test negative

08 april 2020 - 20:21:09
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)  - Recent results from the virology tests on 34 contact-persons of three patients who tested positive to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Civil society organizations call for release of journalists imprisoned in 10 African countries

08 april 2020 - 07:57:13
Paris, France (PANA) - Eighty-one civil society organizations grouped in a coalition on Tuesday sent a letter to 10 African [...] Full text...

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COVID 19: ICRC urges authorities to protect health of detainees, staff

07 april 2020 - 23:42:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Tuesday called on prison authorities around the world [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nine-month-old baby, seven others test positive in Ethiopia

07 april 2020 - 23:27:41
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A nine-month-old baby boy has become the youngest Ethiopian to test positive for the coronavirus [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Brace for tough times, Kenyans warned as cases hit 172

07 april 2020 - 23:09:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Ministry of Health Tuesday asked Kenyans to brace for tough times after it confirmed 14 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: The situation is serious in Tunisia, says Interior Minister

07 april 2020 - 22:51:35
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  - The situation regarding the management of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in Tunisia is serious, Tunisian [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Five new cases recorded in Burkina Faso

07 april 2020 - 22:12:52
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso on Tuesday recorded 20 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) taking to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisian president welcomes international coalition against the COVID-19

06 april 2020 - 21:43:02
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  The Tunisian president, Kais Saied, Monday welcomed the initiative proposed by Germany aiming to establish an [...] Full text...

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7 April is World Health Day as the world grapples with Coronavirus

06 april 2020 - 18:53:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - 7 April 2020 is the day to celebrate the work of nurses and midwives and remind [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 3 patients cured in Gabés region of Tunisia

06 april 2020 - 15:53:10
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Three patients with the new coronavirus (Covid-19), including one from Algeria, have been cured of the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria mourns death of three citizens in US over COVID-19

06 april 2020 - 14:42:51
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria has been thrown into mourning following the announcement of the death of three Nigerians from [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: King Mohamed VI pardons thousands of prisoners

05 april 2020 - 17:51:33
Dakar Senegal (PANA)   -   King Mohamed VI of Morocco Sunday granted exceptional pardon to thousands of prisoners and ordered the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guinea registers more than 30 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours

05 april 2020 - 14:14:55
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Thirty-eight people tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Saturday in Guinea, the National Agency for [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Niger records 120 cases

04 april 2020 - 18:27:16
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A total of 120 patients have tested positive for covid-19 in Niger, including 115 under treatment [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: 16 new cases registered in Burkina Faso

04 april 2020 - 18:22:19
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso on Saturday recorded 16 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing to 318 the [...] Full text...

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