Forgotten but not gone: Covid keeps killing, five years on
Paris — Five years since Covid-19 started upending the world, the virus is still infecting and killing people across... Read more
8 Jan
WATCH | SA monitors respiratory virus outbreak in China amid public concerns
Cape Town – The South African government is closely monitoring a respiratory virus outbreak in China that has raised... Read more
6 Jan
S Leone launches nationwide Ebola vaccination a decade after outbreak
Freetown – Sierra Leone on Thursday started injecting the first of thousands of frontline workers with a preventive Ebola... Read more
6 Dec, 2024
Mpox spread slows slightly in Africa
Kinshasa – The spread of mpox has slowed down slightly across Africa but the epidemic is not over, the... Read more
8 Nov, 2024
Two UK mpox cases first local transmission in Europe: WHO
London — Two new cases of the mpox variant clade 1b detected in the UK are the first locally... Read more
6 Nov, 2024
Mpox is not under control, warns Africa CDC
Nairobi – The African Union’s health watchdog on Thursday warned that mpox outbreak was still not under control and... Read more
1 Nov, 2024
Gold rush and nightlife fuel mpox outbreak in DRC’s Kamituga
Kamituga – Come nightfall, gold-diggers, hawkers and prostitutes alike barrel into the bars of Kamituga in the eastern DR... Read more
30 Sep, 2024
Mpox vaccine rollout faces challenges in east DRC
Kamituga – Mpox epicentre DRC is less than a week away from the start of a vaccination campaign, but... Read more
26 Sep, 2024
First mpox vaccines due in DRC on Thursday
Kinshasa – The first delivery of almost 100,000 doses of mpox vaccines will arrive in the Democratic Republic of... Read more
5 Sep, 2024
Africa battles Mpox: Health agency reports 18 700 cases since January
Nairobi – A total of 18,737 suspected or confirmed cases of mpox were reported in Africa since the beginning... Read more
18 Aug, 2024
