Health

Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) on Monday, July 27 announced that the country’s number of daily Covid-19 tests will double by August this year, from the current average of 5,000 to...

In a joint effort to enhance research and development of traditional medicines as potential COVID-19 therapy in Africa, the World Health Organization and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday night, confirmed 555 new COVID-19 cases. It brings the current tally in the country to 40,532. NCDC’s tweet read: “555 new...

TANTA, Egypt - At his Roboto Academy in Tanta city in northern Egypt, 26-year-old mechatronic engineer Mahmoud el-Komy was testing Cira 02, a robot invented for the diagnosis of COVID-19...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh cases were recorded in 17 states of the federation and Abuja. It added...

Concerns have been raised about the long time it is now taking to release coronavirus test results, considering the increasing risk of spreading the virus. The lack of testing kits,...

More than 8,000 health workers have been infected with the novel coronavirus in Africa, according to the World Health Organization's regional office for Africa. "This is why infection prevention and...

Consortium formed to help complete clinical tests for promising candidates The project, called the Consortium for COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial, is aimed at helping the early completion of more than...

There is an urgent need for inclusive health policy in Africa – one that can detect and interpret warning signs and rapidly mobilize to isolate threats, absorb and adapt to...

South Africa's confirmed Covid-19 cases now sits at 187 977, confirmed the Ministry of Health. A further 74 Covid-19 related deaths - 31 from Eastern Cape, and 43 from Western Cape. This...