African health ministers will hold crisis talks on Ebola as Nigeria becomes the fourth country to confirm a case. The patient is now in isolation, while her contacts, including her spouse, a Swiss national, are being monitored.
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DR CONGO: Africa CDC Probes Missing Millions Meant For Ebola Response
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is demanding accountability for more than $700 million in funding intended to fight Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after a verification exercise failed to trace the money to the structures carrying out the response on the ground.
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AFRICA: WHO Declares Mpox Outbreak A Global Emergency
The World Health Organization has declared mpox a global public health emergency of international concern.
Read More »NIGERIA: First Case Of Anthrax Recorded
Nigeria has recorded index cases of anthrax, a bacterial disease that affects domestic and wild animals and can infect human beings.
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COVIDIOT: Florida’s Anti-Vax Surgeon General Accused Of Personally Altering COVID Vaccine Study
Nigeria-born Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo has been accused of personally altering a COVID-19 vaccines study so it’d align closer to the dangerous anti-vax messages that brought him to his current position.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Masks Mandate Returns Following Spread Of New Covid-19 Variant
South Africa Health Department has brought back compulsory mask wearing in public places just before the remaining restrictions were due to be lifted.
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Unvaccinated Heart Transplant Dad-Of-Two Taken Off List
A father-of-two who is in line for a heart transplant, has been removed from the transplant list for a new heart because he refuses to have the Covid vaccine.
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US Issue Travel Ban To Japan 2months To Olympics
The US State Department has issued a “Level 4: Do Not Travel” advisory warning against travel to Japan, where Covid-19 infection rates are rising two months before Tokyo hosts the Summer Olympic Games.
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