The African Union's Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said today it was concerned about the spread of the cholera outbreak in Malawi to other neighboring countries, notably Mozambique. "We are working closely with the Malawi authorities to contain the outbreak of cholera, which is a preventable disease...
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Africa CDC announces negotiations with Pfizer to bring drug to continent
The director of the African Union Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has revealed that he is in negotiations with pharmaceutical company Pfizer to make the covid-19 drug Paxlovid accessible on the continent. "We are in close negotiations with Pfizer to see what can be done to make their drug available in the...
New cases in Africa rise 2% in one week and now total 10.1 million
The number of covid-19 cases in Africa has increased 2% in the last week, reaching 10.1 million, of which 233,000 people have died. The director of the African Union Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), said today, that eight countries, including Guinea-Bissau, are already experiencing the fifth wave of the pandemic...
The African continent has now exceeded ten million cases of covid-19
The African continent has recorded in total more than 10 million cases of coronavirus, according to data from the continent's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) of the African Union (AU). According to AFP quoted by Lusa, the data published by the African centers for disease control show that until Saturday, 10,028,508...