Follow AllAfrica News: Coronavirus, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-coronavirus Sat, 21 May 2022 08:35:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtnCtBTfZ4OEW7fhEn5oRuR [SAnews.gov.za] Despite efforts to implement recovery plans, researchers have found that there has been a loss of one year of learning in as far as reading is concerned, Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, said on Wednesday.]]> Fri, 20 May 2022 15:08:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtnCtBTfZ4OEW7fhEn5oRuR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtccFiMJDpAzFe5jCclomp- [SAnews.gov.za] South Africa on Thursday recorded 7 238 new COVID-19, says the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).]]> Fri, 20 May 2022 15:08:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtccFiMJDpAzFe5jCclomp- https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtccFiMJDpAzEoy9CZgXDJO [Govt of SA] Sentencing proceedings of couple convicted for R10 million UIF Covid-19 TERS fraud postponed to July 2022]]> Fri, 20 May 2022 15:07:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtccFiMJDpAzEoy9CZgXDJO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvBhqZRR2SrAZu9CxXrVx4c [WHO] Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for CONVIDECIA(TM), a vaccine manufactured by CanSino Biologics, China, adding to a growing portfolio of vaccines validated by WHO for the prevention of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2.]]> Fri, 20 May 2022 14:19:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvBhqZRR2SrAZu9CxXrVx4c https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvUZulc0-wuISxhxzpi7FpJ [Shabait] Six patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Testing Station in Asmara, Central Region.]]> Fri, 20 May 2022 13:24:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvUZulc0-wuISxhxzpi7FpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtYr3UQDmn3YgC0qH-r7xlT [Nyasa Times] The Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19--constituted to oversee the national response against the pandemic--has described as "fulfilling and satisfying" the Covid projects being implemented in the education sector, with the guidance of the education cluster under the taskforce]]> Fri, 20 May 2022 12:08:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtYr3UQDmn3YgC0qH-r7xlT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsMXu62cJzx-lw3HFUzDTIP [allAfrica] As of May 20, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,662,928 while over  298,026,398 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.]]> Fri, 20 May 2022 09:41:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsMXu62cJzx-lw3HFUzDTIP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmstcmfLjfvuFarkJyTkC_2b [Namibian] Namibia's new coronavirus infections shot up with 551 yesterday.]]> Fri, 20 May 2022 09:26:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmstcmfLjfvuFarkJyTkC_2b https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvH9CYxfjOkYhKeetMRuZbW [This Day] For one week, aviation experts from Africa and Indian Ocean (AFI) region met in Abuja to brainstorm on how to revive air transport system in Africa, which has been devastated by huge losses incurred due to coronavirus pandemic and its attendant lockdown.]]> Fri, 20 May 2022 08:27:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvH9CYxfjOkYhKeetMRuZbW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtJtb3ImTZE85JTpfXVttXD [ISS] The pandemic has been less deadly than elsewhere, but African economies have suffered a double blow due to graft.]]> Fri, 20 May 2022 06:37:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtJtb3ImTZE85JTpfXVttXD https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmutm8Acswrf8pu9CxXrVx4c [AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday reported 20 new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease.]]> Thu, 19 May 2022 17:34:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmutm8Acswrf8pu9CxXrVx4c https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtD2TgtOqrN2e4sICfMfkNm [Namibian] THE Katutura Expo this year will be held at the Sam Nujoma Stadium from 31 August to 3 September.]]> Thu, 19 May 2022 17:03:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtD2TgtOqrN2e4sICfMfkNm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtD2TgtOqrN2TRQaTQYXBS9 [Namibia Economist] Trust related issues continue to drive COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Namibia, as many voice concerns about the safety and possible side effects of the vaccine, a recent survey released this week said.]]> Thu, 19 May 2022 16:51:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtD2TgtOqrN2TRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtD2TgtOqrN2YMOI2eu70Rg [The Conversation Africa] South Africa's school dropout rate was high even before the COVID pandemic. Research shows that around 60% of young people effectively drop out of school, with no school-leaving qualifications to their names.]]> Thu, 19 May 2022 16:50:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtD2TgtOqrN2YMOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvpgLVsJiDD1Qp41t9tiERU [The Conversation Africa] Confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 have been increasing in South Africa in recent weeks. This has been largely driven by two offspring - known as the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-lineages - of the Omicron variant first identified in South Africa late last year.]]> Thu, 19 May 2022 15:10:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvpgLVsJiDD1Qp41t9tiERU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtSV2RGFSONxovmyuk5fxzE [Ghanaian Times] The meeting of Trade and Investment Promotion organisations across the world aimed at providing solutions to help build resilience and manage risk in the era of COVID-19 pandemic ended in Accra yesterday.]]> Thu, 19 May 2022 14:23:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtSV2RGFSONxovmyuk5fxzE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvxq1FLKoLzFd5ZnUTwRGH7 [allAfrica] As of May 19, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,654,807 while over  298,002,829 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.]]> Thu, 19 May 2022 13:11:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvxq1FLKoLzFd5ZnUTwRGH7 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmv3B4Mrl88rupJTpfXVttXD [SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has recorded 8 179 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 908 020.]]> Thu, 19 May 2022 12:19:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmv3B4Mrl88rupJTpfXVttXD https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsWgwwPS3divmhamfNIiY2W [New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Midwives and Nurses Association UK (ZIMNA-UK) will on May 28 hold a memorial service for health workers who lost their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic.]]> Thu, 19 May 2022 11:04:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsWgwwPS3divmhamfNIiY2W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvQlbfM_ujYNzHgrmwRGUK6 [Govt of SA] The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the Special Tribunal order that declared the R4.8 million Covid-19 tender awarded by O.R. Tambo District Municipality IN THE Eastern Cape to Phathilizwi Training Institute, to conduct Covid-19 awareness, invalid and unlawful.]]> Thu, 19 May 2022 10:18:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvQlbfM_ujYNzHgrmwRGUK6