Zambia’s Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has tested positive for coronavirus, making him the second cabinet minister to have Covid-19. Information Minister Dora Siliya went public about her test results last weekend in order to fight the stigma associated with the virus, she told the BBC. The health minister’s test results …
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The Hon Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa together with the Vice Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Prof John Owusu Gyapong, Head of the COVID-19 Testing Centre, Ho, Dr. Deudu; and a Representative of the Volta and Oti Caucuses in Parliament, the Hon. Member of …
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The coronavirus “may never go away”, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr. Mike Ryan warned against trying to predict when the virus would disappear. He added that even if a vaccine is found, controlling the virus will require a …
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged people not to put their faith in local untested remedies for coronavirus. The advice comes at a time when at least three African heads of state have said they are importing large quantities of a herbal tonic which the president of Madagascar claims …
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The US’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised emergency use of the Ebola drug remdesivir for treating the coronavirus. The authorisation means the anti-viral drug can now be used on people who are hospitalised with severe Covid-19. A recent clinical trial showed the drug helped shorten the recovery time …
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against complacency in the fight against the coronavirus, saying the disease “will be with us for a long time”. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also warned of upward trends in COVID-19 cases in Africa, Eastern Europe, Central America, and South America. …
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In the world of Ayurveda, neem is a popular medicinal herb that’s been part of traditional remedies that date back almost 5000 years. Also known as Azadirachta Indica in English or ‘Neemba’ in Sanskrit, the neem tree is a really good example of how nature holds both the problem and …
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Ivory Coast’s Defense Minister Hamed Bakayoko has tested positive for coronavirus and gone into quarantine. Mr Bakayoko tweeted that he had shown no symptoms before the test and urged citizens to be vigilant. Ivory Coast has so far confirmed 323 cases of coronavirus and three deaths. The government has imposed …
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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a decree early Sunday that will put millions of people across northern Italy under lockdown due to the novel coronavirus. The sweeping move puts the entire Lombardy region, as well as 14 other provinces, under travel restrictions, and is one of the toughest responses …
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The first case of coronavirus in Senegal has been confirmed by the country’s health minister, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr. The patient is a French man who lives in Senegal and flew back from France on 26 February, Mr Sarr told a press conference in the capital, Dakar. The patient reported to …
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