Coronavirus: Mauritius to resume full-time classroom-based learning on 2 February

24 january 2022 - 06:57:20 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – All schools in Mauritius would reopen on 2 February, the Minister of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, Mrs Leela Devi [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Tunisia records 10 new deaths

23 january 2022 - 16:06:17 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 10 new deaths linked to the COVID-19 and 10,031 new confirmed infections, the Tunisian Ministry of Health announced [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Libya records 14 deaths, 2,281 infections

23 january 2022 - 13:58:59 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fourteen new deaths linked COVID-19 have been recorded in Libya bringing the death toll to 5,921. The National Centre for Disease Control announced [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Nigeria’s new cases plunge to 29

23 january 2022 - 13:30:58 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Saturday recorded 29 infections of coronavirus and zero death, the lowest since the fourth wave began late last year. This [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Tunisia records 10 new deaths

22 january 2022 - 18:17:46 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 10 new deaths linked to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Tun Ministry of Health announced Saturday in its daily [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Over 1.9 million people vaccinated in Libya

22 january 2022 - 14:30:45 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,986,577 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Libya since the national vaccination campaign was launched [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Togo receives 756,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine

22 january 2022 - 13:51:49 BBA

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo received on Friday 756,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, part of a batch of 4 million doses ordered by [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Tunisia records 14 new deaths

21 january 2022 - 16:32:24 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded in 24 hours 13 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and 9,787 new confirmed infections, the Tunisian [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Senegal records four new deaths

21 january 2022 - 12:32:27 BBA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded four new deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 1,921, the Ministry of Health and [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Libya records 18 cdeaths

21 january 2022 - 11:39:24 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Eighteen new patients have died of coronavirus infection in Libya, bringing the death toll to 5,907, the National Centre for Disease [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Cases drop for first time as Africa’s fourth wave ebbs: WHO

21 january 2022 - 05:37:45 MA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - For the first time in Africa since the peak of the Omicron wave, weekly COVID-19 cases dropped significantly and deaths dipped, [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Tunisia records 14 new deaths

20 january 2022 - 13:05:03 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 14 new deaths linked to COVID-19 and 12,698 new confirmed infections, the Health Ministry announced on Thursday. The number [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Senegal records four new deaths

20 january 2022 - 12:55:22 BBA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded four new deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 1,917, the Ministry of Health and [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Libya records 15 deaths, 1,331 new cases

20 january 2022 - 11:51:58 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fifteen new deaths linked to COVID-19 have been recorded in Libya, bringing the death toll to 5,889, the National Centre for Disease [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 88 new positive cases

20 january 2022 - 06:22:36 NA

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Thursday that 88 new positive cases of COVID-19 were registered in the last 24 hours. It [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Togo records 63 new cases

19 january 2022 - 13:06:45 BBA

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo on Tuesday reported 63 new cases of COVID-19, a press release from the Ministry of Health published on Wednesday in [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Senegal records one new death

19 january 2022 - 12:39:56 BBA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded one new death linked to the coronavirus, which brings the death toll to 1,913, the Ministry of Health [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Libya records 11 new deaths

19 january 2022 - 12:27:15 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Eleven new patients have died from COVID-19 infection in Libya bringing the death toll to 5,874, the National Centre for Disease [...] Full text...

South African-born billionaire launches major vaccine plant

19 january 2022 - 12:06:23 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African-born pharmaceutical billionaire on Wednesday launched a plant that will produce one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses in [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: U.S. delivers 3.2 million Pfizer vaccines to Nigeria

19 january 2022 - 06:52:09 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States has delivered 3.2 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria, the U.S. Mission in Nigeria announced in a statement [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: WHO expresses hope worst of Omicron wave is over

19 january 2022 - 05:24:33 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Omicron continues to sweep the world, but cases seem to have peaked in some countries, which gives the head of the [...] Full text...

Benin trains managers for its public hospitals

18 january 2022 - 21:09:33 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Twenty-two doctors are currently undergoing training in public hospital management at the Regional Institute of Public Health (IRSP), Alfred Qunum in [...] Full text...

Burundi faces resurgence of diseases with epidemic potential

18 january 2022 - 14:37:07 BBA

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Since 2021, Burundi has been hit by a resurgence of diseases with epidemic potential, mainly due to malaria, coronavirus (COVID-19) and [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Senegal records three new deaths

18 january 2022 - 13:04:46 BBA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) -Senegal has recorded three new deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 1,912, the Ministry of Health and Social [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Tunisia records two new deaths

18 january 2022 - 12:43:07 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded two new deaths linked to COVID-19 and 3,905 new confirmed infections in the past 24 hours, the Tunisian [...] Full text...

Ousted Guinean president Alpha Condé leaves for medical check-up in UAE

18 january 2022 - 12:37:37 BBA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Ousted Guinean president Alpha Condé left Conakry on Monday for Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to undergo a medical check-up. The head of [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Libya records 10 deaths, 885 new cases

18 january 2022 - 12:25:32 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ten new deaths linked to COVID-19 have been recorded in Libya bringing the death toll to 5,863. There were also 885 new infections [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Gambia registers three new deaths

18 january 2022 - 10:19:59 MSS

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that  three new deaths related to COVID-19 have been recorded bringing the death toll [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Tunisia records 8 new deaths

17 january 2022 - 14:44:04 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded eight new deaths linked to the coronavirus and 7,266 new confirmed infections, the Tunisian Health ministry announced on [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Senegal records one new death, 274 new cases

17 january 2022 - 12:19:00 BBA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - One death linked to COVID-19 has been recorded in Senegal, bringing the death toll to 1,909, the Ministry of Health and [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Libya records 12 deaths

17 january 2022 - 11:59:33 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Twelve new patients have died of coronavirus infection in Libya, bringing the death toll to 5,853, the National Centre for Disease [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: UN-backed COVAX mechanism delivers one billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose

17 january 2022 - 06:00:40 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With a 1.1 million jab delivery in Rwanda this weekend, the World Health Organization’s multilateral initiative to provide equal access to [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Tunisia records 6 new deaths

16 january 2022 - 19:31:39 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded six new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and 9,568 new confirmed infections, the Tunisian ministry of Health [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Libya records 13 deaths 870 new cases

16 january 2022 - 18:24:33 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirteen new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection and 867 new cases were Sunday recorded out of 5,737 samples tested [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Benin receives 500,000 doses of vaccine from China

16 january 2022 - 18:15:37 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has received from China 500,000 doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine from the firm Snovac, sources close to the ministry of [...] Full text...

Benin authorities close down 17 private health care facilities in north east

15 january 2022 - 17:15:09 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's health authorities have closed down 17 private health care facilities in two districts in the N'Dali Commune in the north-east [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Tunisia records 8,460 new infections in 14 hours

15 january 2022 - 17:06:54 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia on Friday recorded 8,460 new infections of COVID-19 in 14 hours, establishing a new record of contaminations. There were also five [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Some 2.89 million people vaccinated in Libya

15 january 2022 - 13:23:36 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - About 2.89 million people in Libya have been vaccinatd against COVID-19 since the launch of the national vaccination campaign last April. The [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 12 deaths in six days

15 january 2022 - 06:11:22 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius reported  on Saturday that 12 people died from COVID-19 infection from 7-12 January. In a communiqué, the Health [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Senegal records one new death

14 january 2022 - 12:53:20 BBA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded a new death linked to coronavirus, which brings the death toll to 1,904, the Ministry of Health and [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Tunisia records 8 new deaths

14 january 2022 - 12:36:14 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 8 new deaths linked to the coronavirus and 6,562 new confirmed infections, the Tunisian Ministry of Health has [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Libya records 6 deaths

14 january 2022 - 12:28:48 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Six new patients have died of coronavirus infection in Libya in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 5,828, [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Mauritius extends restrictive measures to contain spread of virus

14 january 2022 - 07:18:50 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Jagutpal announced on Friday that restrictive measures introduced in November 2021 to contain the spread [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Africa’s fourth wave flattens out after six-week surge

14 january 2022 - 05:52:37 MA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave, which has been mainly driven by the Omicron variant, is flattening, the World [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19  

14 january 2022 - 05:41:07 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO)  on Thursday recommended two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for patients with critical diseaseand one for non-severe cases. The first drug, baricitinib, [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Senegal records 2 new deaths

13 january 2022 - 13:16:32 BBA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded two new deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 1,893. The Ministry of Health and Social [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Libya records 9 deaths, 618 infections

13 january 2022 - 13:07:08 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libya National Centre for Disease Control on Thursday announced nine new deaths linked to coronavirus infection, bringing the death toll [...] Full text...

Coronavirus : Mauritius reports 61 new cases

13 january 2022 - 05:40:25 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities on Thursday reported that they have recorded 61 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. They [...] Full text...

Sudan records 15 attacks on health facilities and workers in two months

13 january 2022 - 05:35:26 MA

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - With the crisis escalating in Sudan, there have been 15 reports of attacks on healthcare workers and health facilities since last November, the World Health Organization [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Tunisia imposes new lockdown due to spread of the Omicron variant

12 january 2022 - 22:00:43 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Due to the resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic, the Tunisian government on Wednesday re-imposed a night curfew and canceled or postponed [...] Full text...