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, 29 Sep 2022 07:31:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmv6BVVB2jTgdYeLGixeGJZp [The Point] Since late 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading globally. The pandemic has affected all aspects of global society and has caused specific challenges for both the government and private sectors in most countries.]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:59:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmv6BVVB2jTgdYeLGixeGJZp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmun-99Q9PZE2oeLGixeGJZp [spotlight] Dr Craig Parker's oxygen device - the OxERA - saved hundreds of lives during COVID-19, particularly around the rural Eastern Cape. Now, the device has earned a global nod as it was listed in the World Health Organization's 2022 Compendium under "innovative health technologies for low resource settings".]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2022 15:42:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmun-99Q9PZE2oeLGixeGJZp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuL_yrWuwVh4SRFMxTa8z4W [Observer] Education institutions must develop post-Covid Open Distance e-Learning (ODeL) strategies because e-learning is the future of education, the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has said.]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2022 11:37:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuL_yrWuwVh4SRFMxTa8z4W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFms_5fuK899ZM4fjc6hd5eWF [Concord] About 10.5 million children are estimated to have lost their parents and caregivers during the COVID19 pandemic, JAMA Pediatrics reveals earlier this month.]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:12:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFms_5fuK899ZM4fjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmt3ooeu27RrOwO5yOwvVe_2 [WHO] Warning comes from Norway and South Africa on behalf of the ACT-Accelerator Facilitation Council, as rollout of medical countermeasures and other tools stagnate Emphasizing the global pandemic is not over, they say coordinated action, funding and political commitments are key to saving lives and preventing economic, health and societal damage from COVID-19 New report from Council's Diagnostics and Therapeutics Working Group sets out key recommendations for improving access to COVID-19 tests and treatments]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:23:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmt3ooeu27RrOwO5yOwvVe_2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtC4GfBGOtY4QBC78OgjhDM [Afrobarometer] Majority say they believe prayer is more effective than vaccines in preventing COVID-19 infection]]> Sat, 24 Sep 2022 15:52:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtC4GfBGOtY4QBC78OgjhDM https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtz2UNp5h1tFC1Ly282xAAw [UN News] Senior UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, took part in a High-Level event at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, noting the encouraging progress that has been made towards ending the COVID-19 pandemic, while acknowledging that work still needs to be done to ensure the most vulnerable are protected.]]> Sat, 24 Sep 2022 12:03:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtz2UNp5h1tFC1Ly282xAAw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmu0OToNeozHyHtuT6pSmY81 [Namibian] THE South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has increased the benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points to 6,25%, back to pre-Covid-19 levels - a move Namibia is expected to emulate next month.]]> Sat, 24 Sep 2022 11:40:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmu0OToNeozHyHtuT6pSmY81 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtq-NlAhNeY61hGNgNo2_0q [The Conversation Africa] Throughout the pandemic, one of the biggest COVID risks has been sharing a house with someone who is infectious.]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:34:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtq-NlAhNeY61hGNgNo2_0q https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtq-NlAhNeY6-QEmsPXZ5C9 [The Conversation Africa] "I just can't do what I used to anymore."]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:31:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtq-NlAhNeY6-QEmsPXZ5C9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuQqjIeIfOO5sqq6eZJzUh9 [UN News] The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine war and rising costs are 'severely and disproportionately affecting' Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the President of the UN General Assembly told their annual ministerial meeting on Thursday.]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2022 07:39:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuQqjIeIfOO5sqq6eZJzUh9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtWOMuykLA0cPnNuMIJyU22 [The Conversation Africa] At this point in the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly everyone has experienced the panic and uncertainty that come with having mild COVID-like symptoms - such as a cough and sore throat - only to test negative day after day. With cold and flu season just around the corner, that state of frustrating uncertainty is likely to strike most of us again.]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2022 06:41:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtWOMuykLA0cPnNuMIJyU22 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvjhZAB-2wDp67VFky8BpXO [GhanaToday] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the global economic turmoil which has seen inflation hit a 40-year-high in the US and UK had also seen inflation surge three to four times higher in African countries than they were two years ago.]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:20:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvjhZAB-2wDp67VFky8BpXO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmv4qh866UPaEuifqJurszLU [SAnews.gov.za] While the Covid-19 pandemic and East European war have severe global consequences, Minister Naledi Pandor says the world should not neglect the needs of the marginalised.]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:57:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmv4qh866UPaEuifqJurszLU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvSAhL6DqsFlVe5jCclomp- [The Point] Over 200 inmates and prison officers have been vaccinated against covid-19, according to the director general of the Gambia Prison Service (GPS).]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2022 10:50:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvSAhL6DqsFlVe5jCclomp- https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtin-GQr92wlioxzwoq1nFt [Shabait] Two patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Testing Station in the Central Region.]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2022 10:28:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtin-GQr92wlioxzwoq1nFt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvxyGcnJwUvH3HnycKeoCpf [New Times] Rwanda has started administering the Covid-19 vaccine to children aged between five and 11 years and it is expected that over two million children will benefit from the drive countrywide.]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2022 08:53:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvxyGcnJwUvH3HnycKeoCpf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmugpCzpToEkqixhxzpi7FpJ [The Conversation Africa] The COVID pandemic exposed the fault lines in health systems and national routine immunisation programmes around the world.]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2022 06:45:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmugpCzpToEkqixhxzpi7FpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuItCOfC08TrWFk24e89-qg [The Conversation Africa] Have you ever been mocked or abused for your views on COVID? If so, you're not alone. Anyone wishing to engage in an open dialogue surrounding the pandemic can often encounter a hostile climate, especially online.]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2022 09:05:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuItCOfC08TrWFk24e89-qg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsW_Z3sybcSTWW0GqTRQSgk [Oxfam] Responding to The Lancet COVID-19 Commission's report on lessons for future pandemics, Anna Marriott, Health Policy Manager at Oxfam and Policy Co-Lead for the People's Vaccine Alliance, said:]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:02:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsW_Z3sybcSTWW0GqTRQSgk