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Zimbabwe VP named health minister after Coronavirus scandal

Zimbabwe's Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has been appointed as health minister, about a month after the ministry was rocked by a scandal surrounding the procurement...

Namibia government shortens isolation, quarantine periods

In a bid to decongest hospitals and quarantine facilities, the government last week announced the isolation period for patients with confirmed Coronavirus infections has been reduced...

Coronavirus: South Africa virus cases pass half million mark

More than half a million coronavirus have been confirmed in South Africa, according to the country's health minister. Zwelini Mkhize announced 10,107 new cases on...

Coronavirus: South Africa virus cases pass half million mark

More than half million Coronavirus have been confirmed in South Africa, according to the country's health minister. Zwelini Mkhize announced 10,107 new cases on Saturday, bringing the...

National team players to undergo coronavirus test

Caf Medical Committee member Prince Pambo wants Ghana to ensure all national team players are tested for coronavirus ahead of the commencement of camp...

Zimbabwe enters coronavirus danger zone – Government

The panicky Zimbabwean government says the country has entered a Coronavirus danger-zone in which daily updates are now made in terms of deaths rather than confirmed...

Southern Africa hunger warning: 45 million at risk

Nearly 45 million people in the southern Africa risk going hungry as a result of drought, floods and coronavirus, a regional bloc representing 16...

‘My Tanzanian family is split over coronavirus’ – BBC reporter

BBC Tanzania reporter Sammy Awami writes that President John Magufuli's faith-based approach to coronavirus has caused tension in his family. Since the first case of...

Coronavirus: How it turned the tables on Ghana’s diaspora

In our series of letters from African writers, journalist and former Ghana government minister Elizabeth Ohene writes about how the prospect of living abroad...

Madagascar ‘appeals for Covid-19 support’

Madagascar's health ministry has sent out an urgent request for help to partner agencies and health institutions as Covid-19 cases increase. "The Ministry of Health...

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