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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent reached 720,622 on Monday morning, up nearly 20,000 from Sunday’s 701,573, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The number of deaths related to the pandemic rose to 15,082, Africa CDC said …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent reached 371,548 as of Sunday morning, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC in its latest situation update issued on Sunday morning said that the number of confirmed COVID-19 …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Friday said Africa must be careful and prepare for a rise in the number of cases after easing of lockdowns. The urgent call was made by John Nkengasong, Director of Africa CDC, as he …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP | Africa needs to triple its coronavirus testing in the coming months “to move ahead of the curve” as more countries ease lockdown measures, the director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. The continent has so far conducted 3.4 million tests, a figure that director …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Public health expert Prof. Freddie Ssengooba has cautioned government to carefully consider what is feasible for the country in the fight against coronavirus disease COVID-19 at a time when the world is awash of many untested options to control further transmission of the disease. …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday sought to ease concerns by Tanzania that the country’s coronavirus test kits were faulty. President John Magufuli on Monday suspended top officials at the country’s national laboratory, after saying he had secretly had animals and fruits …