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Download logoTesting Data A total of 152 390 COVID-19 tests have been conducted as per table below: Sector Total tested New tested PRIVATE 92 909 61% 3408 39% PUBLIC 59 481 39% 5 412 61%…

Download logoHis Excellency, President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa, and Chairperson of the African Union (AU), convened a video conference Meeting of the AU Bureau of Heads of State and Government…

Download logoIn Chad, a landlocked country in Central Africa, more than 70 per cent of the population is rural and with limited access to digital information channels. Many of these communities are ‘disconnected’ from radio and cellphone coverage, leaving them…

Download logoTotal Cumulative confirmed positive cases  – 82 Total number of deaths – 3 Active New Cases – 18 Active cases at Isolation Centres – 70 General condition of confirmed cases – Stable Cumulative recoveries – 10 Number…

Download logoFollowing his briefings to UN permanent missions this week, Francesco Rocca, President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), stressed the importance of communities coming together to mitigate the…

African Union Member States (52) reporting COVID-19 cases (27,862) deaths (1,304), and recoveries (7,633) by region: Central (2,312 cases; 85 deaths; 473 recoveries): Burundi (12; 1; 4), Cameroon (1,401; 49; 355), Central African Republic (19;…

Download logoAs a way of intensifying the fight against Coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) at district level, the COVID-19 National Response Team would like to inform the general public that the following people have been appointed as District…

Download logoFirst the Cyclone, now the contagion. Northern Mozambique is reeling from nature’s blows over the past year. On 25 April 2019, the Category-4 tropical Cyclone Kenneth struck the communities of some 280,000 people. The…

Download logoUganda has today received 3,842,000 doses of bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) to support ongoing routine immunization services throughout the country. The bivalent oral polio vaccines procured by UNICEF, with funding from the Government…

Download logoThis year’s Africa Vaccination Week starts today as the COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant disruption to vaccination efforts and to the surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases on the continent.  Prior disease outbreaks and humanitarian emergencies…

New Case(S) – 18 Total Confirmed – 82 Deaths – 2 Recovered – 10 Total In Quarantine – 891 Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Government of Sierra Leone. Media filesDownload logo

The 16 positive cases were picked from communities by our surveillance teams; eleven (11) in Nairobi and five (5) in Mombasa. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health, Kenya. Media filesDownload logo

Download logoIn the wake of the COVID-19 induced state of emergency in Ethiopia, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is mobilizing its network of local community leaders to help with awareness and prevention activities designed…

Conflict-affected communities in north-east Nigeria are increasingly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic as cases begin to be reported in Borno State. An outbreak would have devastating consequences for millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) throughout…

Over 27,000 COVID-19 cases reported on the African continent – with over 7,000 associated recoveries & 1,200 deaths recorded. View country figures & more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard: https://arcg.is/XvuSX Distributed by APO…

Download logoThe Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is concerned about inaccurate information being distributed through traditional and social media regarding prevention and treatment of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Based on a…

Download logo946 samples tested in the past 24 hours  16738 total samples tested  16 new positive cases today  Total confirmed cases stand at 336 Fatalities remain at 14 887 still being monitored Distributed by APO…

Total Confirmed – 6525 Total Recovered –  1968 Total Deaths –  170 Active Cases – 4387 Distributed by APO Group on behalf of West African Health Organization (WAHO). Media filesDownload logo

Download logoFrom building global supply chains and air bridges delivering masks and medical equipment, to communicating life-saving health messages from loudspeakers mounted on cars and bicycles, aid groups large and small are supporting the world’s…

Download logoIn public health emergencies such as the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, one essential lifesaving action is risk communication. This is because people have a right to know how to protect their health and have a…