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This isn't the first global pandemic, and it won't be the last. Here's what we've learned from 4 others throughout history
Wikimedia/Pierart dou Tielt David Griffin, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and Justin Denholm, Melbourne Health The course…
WHO clears air on Coronavirus vaccine in Nigeria
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday insisted that there was no approved vaccine in Nigeria or any part of…
Coronavirus deaths in US hit over 41,000
Monday, 20 April 2020 20:57 Written by PM NEWS The total number of Coronavirus-related deaths in the United States has now surpassed 41,000. According to Johns Hopkins University, US…
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FLASHBACK: In 1964, June Almeida discovered first human coronavirus
As of the time when the novel coronavirus first broke out in China in December 2019, global leaders and health…
Saudi Arabia, UAE deport over 2000 Ethiopians over coronavirus
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have deported thousands of Ethiopians back to Addis Ababa suspected of contracting the deadly coronavirus. A…
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South Africa needs a post-lockdown strategy that emulates South Korea
South Africans practise social distancing while they queue outside a supermarket in Hillbrow, Johannesburg during the country’s lockdown. Photo by…
Governments need to do more for refugees affected by coronavirus: here's how
It’s difficult to enforce social distancing in refugee camp settings. Philippe Desmazes/AFP via Getty Images Cristiano D'Orsi, University of Johannesburg…
Africa's health systems should use AI technology in their fight against COVID-19
A doctor measures a worker’s temperature in Kitui, Kenya. With technology, AI and human resources, Africa’s health systems can take…
Simisola Ajibola; the Nigerian pilot who saved 133 passengers in a crash-landing
Captain Simisola Ajibola was born into a family of aviators. She and her siblings Ademola and Adeoye took after their father, a…
China Must Pay Reparations To Africa For Its Coronavirus Failures, By Oby Ezekwesili
The economic shock caused by the coronavirus has badly reduced the opportunity Africa would otherwise have had to lift hundreds…
