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The overall number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa has crossed 700, according to latest data by the World Health Organization (WHO).
As of Saturday, 38 out of 54 African countries had reported cases of Covid-19, with Egypt and South Africa topping the list of infections with 285 and 240…
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The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak-havoc in Italy with the death toll now crossing 4,000.
In the past 24 hours, 627 people succumbed to the illness, bringing the total number of fatalities to 4,032, an increase of 18.4 percent.
This comes just a day after Italy recorded 427 new fatalities…
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The death toll from coronavirus in Italy has climbed to 3,405, overtaking the number of fatalities in China, where the disease originated.
On Thursday, the Italian Civil Protection Agency announced the country had confirmed 5,322 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the total number of infections to 41,035…
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The US State Department is expected to announce a Level 4 travel advisory that instructs all Americans abroad to either return home immediately or risk not being able to return to the US for the foreseeable future amid the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
Three people with knowledge of the matter told…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned Africa to prepare for the worst as far as the coronavirus pandemic is concerned.
Speaking on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there could be many undetected cases in Africa and urged governments and people to prepare for…
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The death toll from coronavirus in Italy climbed to 1,809 on Sunday after more than 300 people died within 24 hours, according to reports.
On Sunday, Italy’s Civil Protection Department Chief Angelo Borrelli announced that 368 people succumbed to the disease in the past 24 hours while 3,590 new…
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France recorded 800 new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) in about 24 hours, the country’s health authorities announced on Saturday.
Speaking during a media briefing, French Health Minister Olivier Veran said the number of infections in the country jumped by 800 between Thursday and Friday.
The…
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Rwanda, Namibia, Sudan, and Mauritania have become the latest African countries to confirm their first cases of coronavirus (Covid-19).
This puts the total number of African countries with confirmed coronavirus cases to 22, nearly half the continent.
Rwandan authorities on Saturday said the patient…
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Uganda has banned travelers originating from the United States and 15 other countries due to coronavirus outbreak.
Uganda’s Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said the restriction of travelers from these countries was as a result of high cases of coronavirus reported there.
They include the US,…
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday night dispatched a flight to China to repatriate citizens trapped there in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.
The plane will evacuate 122 South African nationals who have been stranded in Wuhan city, the epicenter of coronavirus outbreak, since…
