DR Congo’s former health official held over Covid funds fraud
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- Former DR Congo health minister Eteni Longondo was detained on Friday over the alleged misappropriation…
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Africa
Virus jabs available on board S.Africa’s vaccine train
SPRINGS, South Africa (AFP) -- A rundown South African railway station has been converted into an unlikely vaccination site where…
3 years ago
Ivory Coast says first Ebola patient since 1994 has recovered
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) -- A young Guinean woman who tested positive for the Ebola virus in Ivory Coast after…
3 years ago
Guinea monitoring 172 contact cases of Marburg virus victim
DAKAR, Senegal (AFP) -- Guinean health officials are monitoring 172 contact cases of a man who died of Marburg virus,…
3 years ago
I.Coast detects first bird flu cases since 2015
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) -- Ivory Coast has detected its first cases since 2015 of the H5N1 bird flu in…
3 years ago
Suspected second case of Ebola in Ivory Coast
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The UN health agency said Tuesday that a second suspected case of infection by the deadly…
3 years ago
Ivory Coast starts Ebola jabs after first case in decades
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) -- Ivory Coast began a roll-out of vaccinations against Ebola on Monday, after the country recorded…
3 years ago
Ivory Coast records first case of Ebola: health minister
Ivory Coast has recorded a first case of Ebola, the health minister announced late Saturday, the first occurence of the…
3 years ago
Haiti authorities confirm ‘deaths’ after deadly 7.2-magnitude quake
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said, prompting a tsunami alert and damaging…
3 years ago
Factfile: The Marburg virus, Ebola’s deadly cousin
CONAKRY, Guinea (AFP) -- Guinea has recorded the first known case of Marburg virus, a lethal cousin to Ebola,…
3 years ago
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