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The fight against the deadly coronavirus pandemic globally has seen a decline in the death rate as at July 1 2020. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, worldwide is hit with 519,083 death though 6,032,985 have fully recovered from a total of 10,810,307 confirmed cases leaving the globe to still battle with 4,258,239 …

Farm Radio International, a very reputable Canadian based non profitable non-governmental organization, focused on using radio to help African farming communities help themselves, has supported a media establishment in the eastern region of Ghana, Radio 1, 100.7fm with a little over one thousand two hundred Canadian Dollars to provide the …

As part of KIA Green Light project, Saamang Greenlight Health Center in the fanteakwa South district in the eastern region has today benefitted from the with essentials necessary to fight the deadly coronavirus pandemic even as the district has not recorded any confirmed case. Th reputable non- governmental organization, World …

Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos is at the center of the country’s coronavirus combat. Lagos has the highest number of confirmed cases (as at April 4) and the state government has continued to roll out multiple measures to deal with the disease. Lagos has in the past weeks suspended schools …

At least 40,000 people could die with coronavirus in South Africa by the end of the year, scientists have warned. The projections were made by a group of academics and health experts advising the government. They assume tough lockdown restrictions will be eased from June, as President Cyril Ramaphosa has …

The World Health Organisation on Tuesday reported that COVID-19 cases in Africa increased to about 86,000 on Tuesday. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the update on its official Twitter account, @WHOAFRO. WHO also said Lesotho, Comoros, and Seychelles were countries currently with the lowest confirmed cases …

The High Commission of Ghana in South Africa has warned Ghanaian nationals in South Africa to ignore some supposed reports that there is a repatriation flight to transport Ghanaian citizens from South Africa to Ghana amidst coronavirus pandemic. According to the mission, there are audio messages circulating on WhatsApp and …

Coronavirus could kill up to 190,000 people in Africa in the first year if control measures fail to work, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The numbers would overwhelm the available medical capacity in much of of the continent, the organisation warns citing a new study. WHO Africa Director …

Africa is the only continent in the world where deforestation is accelerating, according to key findings of a five-year report released Thursday by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In South America, where some countries have been blamed for rampant forest exploitation, the rate of forest loss was …

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is looking to test two million Nigerians over the space of three months. This was revealed by the Director-General of the health agency, Chikwe Ihekweazu who revealed that NCDC was planning to ramp up testing. Ihekweazu who stated the NCDC was not only trying to …