Over 100 tonnes of emergency and medical aid were recently airlifted to Chad and Iran
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, detailed today a series of measures it is taking in its field operations to help respond to the COVID-19 public health e…
Coronavirus - Africa: Stronger partnerships crucial for successful implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in light of COVID-19
Africa’s Finance Ministers have called for an initial support package of US$ 100 billion in 2…
Nearly $370 million has been approved or dispersed by the World Bank to fight COVID-19 in in 10 African countries, with more to come in the next weeks and months
Using lessons from the Ebola outbreak in 2014, African countries prepare t…
India is reportedly "considering" a request by Donald Trump to release stocks of a drug the US president has called a "game-changer" in the fight against Covid-19.
Mr Trump called India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, a day af…
Prominent Nigerian actress Funke Akindele has been arrested in the country's commercial capital, Lagos, for violating the government’s measures intended to slow the spread of coronavirus.
The police in Lagos confirmed that the 42-year-o…
Malawi's president and all government ministers are taking a 10% wage cut for three months to raise money to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
President Peter Mutharika made the announcement as he set out a stimulus package to help cushi…
The government in Somalia has condemned the abduction and rape of two girls aged just three and four.
The doctor in charge of the hospital where they are being treated says they need major surgery.
An official said several arrests ha…
The US government has announced a grant of £2.3m ($2.9m) to India to help its efforts against Covid-19.
Kenneth Juster, the US Ambassador to India, said that USAID, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as other agencie…
A recent study conducted in Kenya has found that a majority of people in the country want a total lockdown enforced to stop the spread of coronavirus.
The study, as reported by local media, suggests that 68% of Kenyans polled said a tot…
The Minority in Parliament has questioned government's motive to replace the Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNET) and West Blue Consulting Limited with Ghana Link Network Services Limited and Customs UNIPAS International Agenc…
Mr John Boadu, the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said that the Party had initiated an urgent move to distribute Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth five million cedis to health facilities nationwide.
The …
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, Saturday night suspended sittings indefinitely in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, against expectations of the Minority when the House was due to rise.
Speaker Oquaye said: "H…
12 million children supported by WFP school meal programmes are affected by school closures
It is vital at this time of global crisis that WFP maintain its food and cash-based assistance programmes which offer a lifeline to 87 million v…
Video News Release: Coronavirus - Africa: Naomi Campbell is joining the #SafeHandsChallenge with the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa
The video below is copyright free and can be used at will, without asking fo…
At least 22 confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to its Ministry of Health
Eritrean-American Ciham Ali Ahmed turns 23 today – and once again she is spending her birthday behind bars. This year she faces the additional and potentially …
We went to 650 tonight. Unfortunately, it will still climb these days with the massive testing campaign that we launched. So, we all MUST, cover our noses and mouths when we leave our house. Please, protect our lives and the lives of oth…
About 24 million people watched the Queen's address to the British public, overnight viewing figures show.
That was more than three times the viewership of her most recent Christmas address, which drew about 7.1 million.
She thanked …
Total number positive cases in #Africa 9,198.
51 countries
414 deaths
813 recovery cases by Region
#AfricaPrepares #FactsNotFear
African Union Member States (51) reporting COVID-19 cases (9,198), deaths (414), and recoveries…
International Islamic Trade Finance Cooperation provides US$850 million for COVID-19 Emergency Interventions for Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member Countries in Most Need
Interim funds to be scaled up through close collabo…
As the COVID-19 virus pandemic impacts peoples' lives worldwide, society shuts down in an effort to contain it. People find themselves isolated at home, seemingly powerless. Unity is needed during these difficult times. Although people wor…
Coronavirus - South Sudan: COVID-19 confirmed in South Sudan; International Rescue Committee (IRC) calls for rapid scale up of support to stop the spread of the disease
Less than half of South Sudan’s health care facilities are function…
Nigeria has received medical kits donated by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma and the Chinese governmentImage caption: Nigeria has received medical kits donated by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma and the Chinese government
Nigeria’s Centre for D…
The situation in Italy and Spain, where infections and deaths have fallen in recent days, is "giving hope" on what the United States' "future could be", says Deborah Birx, one of President Trump's coronavirus advisers.
On Sunday, New Yo…
The number of deaths in Italy reported on Sunday were the lowest in two weeks, and authorities there are confident that the peak of new cases has passed. So far, 15,887 people have died – the highest national death toll worldwide
Spa…
Health Minister Lia Tadesse said the two victims had been in the intensive care unitImage caption: Health Minister Lia Tadesse said the two victims had been in the intensive care unit
Ethiopia's ministry of health on Sunday announced th…
A four-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The tiger, named Nadia, is believed to be the first known case of an animal infected with Covid-19 in the US.
The Bronx Zoo, in New York C…
Residents in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, have destroyed a coronavirus testing centre over fears it would pose a contagion risk for the people living nearby.
Videos show the building, which was still under conduction, being demolished by peopl…
Libya’s former interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jebril has died from the coronavirus, according to his political party.
The 67-year-old contracted the virus in Egypt in late March and died at a hospital in Cairo, according to his aide.
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Nigeria’s doctors' association has criticised a government plan to bring 18 Chinese doctors into the country to help fight the coronavirus.
The Nigerian Medical Association said it would be better to make use of the many unemployed or u…
The Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has been providing an update on the health of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was taken to a London hospital on Sunday evening 10 days after he tested positive for coronavirus.
Speaking on BBC Radi…
Singapore has told 20,000 foreign workers to stay in their dormitories for 14 days as coronavirus cases increase in the city state.
Two dormitories have been isolated: one with 13,000 workers and 63 cases, and one with 6,800 workers and…
A group of Kenyan pastors have asked the government to include churches in the list of "essential services" to allow them to remain open as the country battles the Covid-19 outbreak.
The preachers representing churches in Makueni countr…
Medical charity Alima planned to open an emergency operating theatre this week in Burkina Faso, but the project has stalled because the country closed its borders before a surgeon and anesthetist could fly in, its director told Reuters.
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African countries are experiencing a rise in the number of new coronavirus cases, and many governments are now enforcing strict social distancing measures.
As they prepare for a surge in cases, misleading information has been spreading …
Mr. Samson Asaki Awingobit, a Flagbearer Aspirant of the Peoples National Convention (PNC) on Thursday appealed to government to capture the informal sector in the planned stimulus package for the business community in the wake of the COVI…
Volunteers in hazmat suits have been spraying Wuhan with disinfectant to help the Chinese city where the coronavirus first took hold get back to work as the number of new cases in China drops.
Wuhan, where 11 million people live, had be…
People arriving in Burundi from the Democratic Republic of Congo last month were made to wash their hands
The authorities in Burundi have blocked humanitarian aid to people in Covid-19 quarantine sites across the country, according to H…
Mr Michael Yaw Gyato, Member of Parliament (MP) for Krachi East Constituency in the Oti Region has donated 20.000 alcohol-based hand sanitizers to his constituents.
The sanitizers, worth GH¢ 50, 000.00 were to help stop the spread of CO…
The Minority in Parliament has challenged Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to demonstrate how the Government intends to raise the remaining US$65 million of the US$100 million allocated to fight COVID-19.
Parliament on Wednesday approved…
The Leader and Founder of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Kofi Akpaloo, on Saturday commended COVID-19 frontline health workers for their patriotism and sacrifices in combating the deadly disease in the country.
He also lauded the COV…
Six political parties have pledged their support to the government’s efforts at dealing decisively with the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
They have also commended the government for the moves taken so far to check the spread of th…
The Electoral Commission (EC) last Tuesday re-laid the Public Elections (Registration of Voters) Amendment Regulation, 2020 from Parliament after the instrument was found to be fraught with errors and withdrawn.
It was re-laid after t…
Tanzania’s immigration department has extended visas for foreign nationals who can't leave the country because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Foreign visitors, who applied online, were given visa extensions of three months.
The extensi…
The White House is expected to advise Americans in coronavirus hotspots to wear cloth masks or scarves in public to help stop the virus spread.
President Donald Trump said such an advisory would not be mandatory.
Residents of New Yor…
The Asante Mampong Municipal Emergency Health Response Team has put in place a number of measures to contain any possible outbreak of the COVID-19 in the Municipality.
As part of the measures, the Team has secured rooms at the St. Monic…
Two French doctors have been accused of racism after calling for coronavirus vaccines to be trialled in Africa.
Jean-Paul Mira, head of intensive care at Cochin hospital in Paris, and Camille Locht, head of research at the Inserm health…
Parliament has approved 35 million dollars Financing Agreement between the Government and the International Development Association (IDA) to finance the Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project.
The facility forms par…
“Yesterday we conducted the highest number of #COVID-19 tests & recorded the highest number of positive cases in #Nigeria.
We have also deployed 15 rapid response teams to support 15 states.
This is the largest deployment of …
The Humanitarian Response Plan will play a key role in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and protecting those most vulnerable in communities in Zimbabwe
The 2020 Humanitarian Response Plan for Zimbabwe was launched today, t…
How countries are using edtech (including online learning, radio, television, texting) to support access to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
In support of this work, the World Bank is cataloguing emerging approaches, by coun…