Health and medicine

Soumaïla Cissé died on Friday, December 25, in Paris, where he was treated under contract with Covid-19. More than any other neighborhood in Bamako, Badalabougou is in mourning. The former leader of the opposition against Mali had established his family home there. It is also the headquarters of his party, the Union for Republic and Democracy (URD), that pays tribute to his memory. In Niafunké, the…

Nearly two months after the start of the offensive in Tigray, Sudan received nearly 55,000 refugees fleeing fighting in the neighboring area. Humanitarian organizations ring alarm bells when the situation is urgent. The UN World Food Program needs $ 24.6 million to meet the immediate needs of Ethiopian refugees in Sudan. The…

In one month, Burkina Faso registered 2,000 new cases of Covid-19 contamination. A situation that worries the response committee, especially when the celebration of the end of the year comes. Ouagadougou, the capital, has only 1,000 positive cases and about 20 people are already in hospital. Health officials demand that barrier measures be followed to avoid saturation of health centers.…

After the UK, South Africa in flip broadcasts {that a} new variant of coronavirus has been found in its territory. This transformation was introduced this weekend by the South African Minister of Well being, which is predicated on analysis from nationwide researchers. This new variant of Covid-19 appears to be spreading sooner.…

The Democratic Republic of Congo launched its first curfew on the evening of Friday 18 December. Against a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases, the authorities have decided to ban all activities from 21:00 to 05:00, except with exceptional permission. In the streets of Kinshasa, Congolese have been forced to adapt to this new situation and are currently unlimited.…

"State of emergency" for ten days, "well being warning" for six months. A Council of Ministers was held on Friday, December 18, in Mali to debate the scenario thought of worrying in regards to the Covid-19 epidemic. Comparatively spared, with 6,049 formally registered circumstances and 211 deaths because the starting of the disaster, the nation is experiencing an upswing in contamination. With greater…

While the Democratic Republic of Congo is hit by a second wave of Covid-19, the country will experience its first national curfew this Friday, December 18 in the evening. It starts at 21 and lasts until kl. Traffic under the curfew will be subject to a special permit from the provincial authority, with the exception of persons in emergencies. This decision will affect many Congolese and many are…

Third day of consciousness marketing campaign towards coronavirus pandemic within the public transport sector. The Ministry of Transport, which manages the operation, has invited drivers to require customers to put on masks earlier than boarding their autos. as reported from Nouakchott, Salem Mejbour SalemThe directions from…

Is Rwanda experiencing a second wave of Covid-19? In current days, the nation has registered a peak in contamination, with a few hundred circumstances detected per day. Figures have hardly ever been reached for the reason that pandemic started in Rwanda, which has to this point been comparatively sparse. The federal government, which in current weeks has reopened sure sectors of the economic system,…

In Madagascar, a nine-month scientific research by the Institut Pasteur and the Ministry of Well being means that 40% of the inhabitants would have been in touch with the Covid-19 virus. A vital determine for the nation. It was a thunderstorm for the Huge Island. The so-called "seroprevalence amongst Malagasy blood donors"…