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 Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:45:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFms4B6EmUMt6uqgzzHWHxDTV [The Conversation Africa] As we enter the fourth year of living with COVID, we are all asking the predictable question: when will the pandemic be over?]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2023 07:08:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFms4B6EmUMt6uqgzzHWHxDTV https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmstVCVMWCLJaLkdRKkm2PJP [The Herald] World governments, including Zimbabwe lost considerable ground on the progress made in the fight against HIV/AIDS when they were caught off-guard by the Covid-19 pandemic and global health leaders now need to be proactive, pick up the pieces and forge ahead with the HIV/AIDS fight, Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said.]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2023 06:46:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmstVCVMWCLJaLkdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmv0UdyvAxZ3rO4sICfMfkNm [The Conversation Africa] Most people who contract COVID recover within a few weeks. But for some people, symptoms can develop later, or persist for a long time after the initial infection. A recent review of the evidence on long COVID suggests the condition affects at least 65 million people around the world, occurring after at least 10% of COVID infections, and affecting all age groups.]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2023 07:49:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmv0UdyvAxZ3rO4sICfMfkNm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuhaZ5PBjn8etKEpFgimKzx [Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia logged 4 COVID-19 deaths and 78 further infections from January 23 to 29, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 16:50:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuhaZ5PBjn8etKEpFgimKzx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvNm70NzSCtBYfjc6hd5eWF [UN News] A series of interconnected crises are expected to have a huge impact on children in 2023. A report from the UN children's agency (UNICEF), released on Tuesday, details the trends that will shape their lives over the next 12 months.]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 16:10:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvNm70NzSCtBYfjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmueotyNeHVn7y1Ly282xAAw [allAfrica] Cape Town -- Eskom Set to Initiate Stage 5, Stage 6 Load Shedding]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:02:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmueotyNeHVn7y1Ly282xAAw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuBLCX06zP3Y84HQhe4ZUzd [Africa Check] IN SHORT: The Covid-19 pandemic saw not only disease spread worldwide, but misinformation too. Much of this has been around how vaccines do or don't work. A recent claim that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wants to "'force-jab' the unvaccinated" through vaccinated livestock is in this vein - pure fabrication.]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:37:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuBLCX06zP3Y84HQhe4ZUzd https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuBLCX06zP3Y0Gb1Jh49AJn [Seychelles News Agency] The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Seychelles for children aged between 5 to 11 years started on Monday and the Health Care Agency (HCA) said it is satisfied with the response on the first day.]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:20:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuBLCX06zP3Y0Gb1Jh49AJn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtFwm_cBNc9cAm0QkxGtqLL [Vanguard] A new progress report, entitled "Global report on neglected tropical diseases 2023" to mark this year's World Neglected Tropical Disease, NTD, by the World Health Organization, WHO, has shown the number of people requiring NTD interventions fell by 80 million between 2020 and 2021, and eight countries were certified or validated as having eliminated one NTD in 2022 alone.]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:13:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtFwm_cBNc9cAm0QkxGtqLL https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtFwm_cBNc9cHMq2h3ehXEp [New Zimbabwe] Fearless Chisipochinye, a primary school headmaster, whose centre recently recorded an 89% pass-rate last year, 48% above the national average, gives credit to a new platform they recently installed courtesy of UNICEF and Microsoft.]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:09:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtFwm_cBNc9cHMq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuEAwaTWRf2Q7kdRKkm2PJP [The Conversation Africa] Children's learning progress has slowed substantially during the pandemic, roughly equating to a loss of around 35% of the typical learning in a school year, according to a new study.]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 06:59:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuEAwaTWRf2Q7kdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmugvLJazSCgvGsGk81fO-bN [Brookings] On Monday, January 30, the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative (AGI) will launch its annual flagship report, Foresight Africa.]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2023 10:18:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmugvLJazSCgvGsGk81fO-bN https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvo1KaOfD8SYlT72x6uxjiK [Vanguard] The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has urged governments of the ECOWAS countries to give policy priority to programmes that will promote pro-growth economic policies and enhance institutions to enable economic growth.]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2023 11:27:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvo1KaOfD8SYlT72x6uxjiK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvl2MMsvdRw5abel3Iu4GjH [Concord] COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership,(CoVDP) has handed over vehicles, motorbikes and computers worth of US$ 2.8M to support Sierra Leone Vaccination efforts.]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2023 10:49:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvl2MMsvdRw5abel3Iu4GjH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtVCicZyzryvUFW8UNEQjUn [The Conversation Africa] COVID vaccines call our immune systems to action, generating antibodies which fight against any contact we have with the virus. Antibodies help to reduce the effects of an infection or even prevent it altogether. Scientists have estimated that vaccination has averted millions of COVID deaths worldwide.]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2023 07:28:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtVCicZyzryvUFW8UNEQjUn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvRSvcyeoKMWwC0qH-r7xlT [spotlight] According to the World Health Organization, of the roughly 10 million people who fall ill with TB annually, over 80% survive, in most cases due to a six-month treatment course. Unfortunately, as with long COVID, being cured is not always the last hurdle and many people go on to struggle with post-TB lung disease.]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:48:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvRSvcyeoKMWwC0qH-r7xlT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmu2skQNDnTgUa8qfTAM-Smm [WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- Africa is emerging from the New Year travel season without a significant upsurge in COVID-19 for the first time since the start of the pandemic.]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:30:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmu2skQNDnTgUa8qfTAM-Smm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsJcDKLhWGkmGW0GqTRQSgk [allAfrica] Harare -- Do you remember the Pandora Papers? The secret deals and hidden assets of some of the world's richest and most powerful people were revealed in the biggest trove of leaked offshore data in history.]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:27:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsJcDKLhWGkmGW0GqTRQSgk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtzhyeF4R9S-jRQaTQYXBS9 [The Conversation Africa] In recent weeks, China has reported a spike in new cases of COVID and related deaths. Some countries have imposed travel restrictions as a result. But most - including South Africa - have not.]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:02:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtzhyeF4R9S-jRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsGK19ozJj4biuZukmJ4mr4 [Premium Times] Adaptation is the key characteristic of China's policy against COVID-19.]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2023 14:18:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsGK19ozJj4biuZukmJ4mr4