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Bats, pangolins not animal reservoir of COVID-19, infections existed outside Wuhan’s market in December 2019 – Chinese expert

Bats and pangolins are certainly not the animal reservoir of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), since the coronaviruses identified in these species are not sufficiently similar...

Michael Simire - February 9, 2021

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DR Congo announces fresh case of Ebola

The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced on Sunday, February 7, 2021 that a new case of...

Michael Simire - February 7, 2021

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COVID-19: WHO has not delisted Nigeria from vaccines beneficiaries, says govt

The Federal Government has debunked media reports making the rounds that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has delisted Nigeria from the list of African...

Michael Simire - February 7, 2021

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COVID-19: Bloomberg, WHO seek global focus on noncommunicable diseases

Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder, Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 joined Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health...

Michael Simire - February 3, 2021

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New COVID-19 variants fuelling Africa’s second wave

COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging in Africa as new, more contagious variants of the virus spread to additional countries. Over 175,000 new COVID-19 cases...

Michael Simire - January 28, 2021

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Africa’s COVID-19 cases surpass 3.3m as death toll hits 82,000 – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are over 3.3 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African...

Michael Simire - January 22, 2021

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