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Jun
24
2022
By ALEXANDER WINNING and ANAIT MIRIDZHANIAN
South Africa repeals COVID rules as fifth wave fades

South Africa repeals COVID rules as fifth wave fades

COVID-19
ALEXANDER WINNING and ANAIT MIRIDZHANIAN SOUTH AFRICA has repealed COVID-19 rules that made masks mandatory in indoor public spaces, limited the size of gatherings and imposed entry requirements at its borders, the health minister said on Thursday. South Africa has recorded the most coronavirus cases and deaths on the African continent, with over 3.9 million confirmed infections and more than 101,000 deaths. Minister Joe Phaahla said authorities had noted a decline in cases, hospitalisations and reported deaths and concluded that a limited fifth wave was dissipating. "The COVID-19 virus is not yet gone, ... we are just stronger than before…
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Apr
30
2022
By The African Mirror
South Africa says it may be entering fifth COVID wave

South Africa says it may be entering fifth COVID wave

COVID-19
ALEXANDER WINNING and WENDELL ROELF SOUTH AFRICA may be entering a fifth COVID wave earlier than expected after a sustained rise in infections over the past 14 days that seems to be driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub-variants, health officials and scientists said on Friday. The country that has recorded the most coronavirus cases and deaths on the African continent only exited a fourth wave around January and had predicted a fifth wave could start in May or June, early in the southern hemisphere winter. Health Minister Joe Phaahla told a briefing that although hospitalisations were picking up…
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Jul
15
2021
By The African Mirror
Senegal sees ‘unprecedented’ surge in coronavirus cases

Senegal sees ‘unprecedented’ surge in coronavirus cases

COVID-19
SENEGAL is experiencing an "unprecedented" surge in COVID-19 infections, the health ministry has revealed, after reporting a new daily record of 733 cases. The previous record was 529 cases recorded on Sunday. Senegal has seen relatively few coronavirus-related cases and deaths so far. But like many African countries, it does not have enough doses to vaccinate widely, leaving it vulnerable to fresh surges. "The situation is unprecedented. We have never seen such an increase in cases," said health ministry spokesman Mamadou Ndiaye. "Measures must be taken urgently to reverse the trend... We hope that more energetic measures will be taken…
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Jul
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia’s health care system collapsing

Tunisia’s health care system collapsing

COVID-19
TUNISIA’S health care system is collapsing due to the coronavirus, with intensive care departments full and doctors overburdened by a rapid outbreak of cases and deaths, the health ministry said has revealed. Tunisia recorded near 10,000 new coronavirus cases and 134 deaths on Wednesday, a daily record since the start of the pandemic, as concerns grow that the country will not be able to control the pandemic. "We are in a catastrophic situation ... the health system collapsed, we can only find a bed in hospitals with great difficulty," ministry spokesperson Nisaf Ben Alaya said. "We are struggling to provide…
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Jan
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia reports daily record of 4,170 cases

Tunisia reports daily record of 4,170 cases

COVID-19
TUNISIA has recorded 4,170 new confirmed coronavirus cases, a record since the start of the pandemic. The country on Thursday imposed a four-day national lockdown and closed schools until Jan. 24 to combat a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases. Other measures included rotating staffing in state jobs to reduce people in offices and transport, longer curfew hours and the removal of all chairs from cafes. Coronavirus cases have been rising fast in Tunisia, which had managed to contain the virus last year. They have now reached 175,065 cases and 5,528 deaths. With intensive care units in most public hospitals full…
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Jan
08
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia reports daily coronavirus record of 2,820 cases

Tunisia reports daily coronavirus record of 2,820 cases

COVID-19
TUNISIA recorded 2,820 new confirmed coronavirus cases, a record since the start of the pandemic last year, the health ministry has announced. Seventy more deaths were reported, taking the death toll to more than 5,000, the ministry added. The total number of cases has jumped to around 150,000. Tunisia banned travel between the country's regions, and extended a curfew in October, as it tried to contain a rapid surge of COVID-19 cases with hospitals nearly full.
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Dec
11
2020
By The African Mirror
South African pharma regulator to fast track vaccine applications

South African pharma regulator to fast track vaccine applications

COVID-19
SOUTH Africa intends to fast track regulatory approval for COVID-19 vaccines and expects the first applications within a fortnight, pharmaceutical regulator SAHPRA told Reuters, as the country faces a second wave of infections. South Africa is the continent's hardest-hit country with more than 828,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and over 22,000 deaths. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Wednesday that four of the country's nine provinces were driving a resurgence in cases. The government hopes to receive its first vaccines from the COVAX global vaccine distribution scheme in the second quarter of next year. "SAHPRA will prioritise all COVID-19 applications and…
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Dec
06
2020
By The African Mirror
S.Korea diplomat says hard to believe N.Korea has no COVID-19 cases

S.Korea diplomat says hard to believe N.Korea has no COVID-19 cases

WORLD
GHAIDA GHANTOUS SOUTH Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-Wha cast doubt on Saturday over North Korea's claim that it has no coronavirus cases while offering the South's help in combating the pandemic. In an unusually clear official statement, Kang told the annual IISS Manama Dialogue security conference that Pyongyang has not been very responsive to Seoul's offer to help. "They still say they don't have any cases, which is hard to believe," Kang said. "All signs are that the regime is very intensely focused on controlling the disease that they say they don't have, so it's a bit of an odd…
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Nov
19
2020
By The African Mirror
Coronavirus cases in Africa surpass the 2 million mark

Coronavirus cases in Africa surpass the 2 million mark

COVID-19
SHAINA AHLUWALIA  TOTAL coronavirus cases in Africa have surpassed the 2 million mark despite the slow addition of reported infections compared to other regions around the world. With over 2,012,000 cases, Africa represents under 4% of the world's reported cases, which many experts believe to be an undercount. They believe that many COVID-19 infections and related deaths in Africa are likely being missed as testing rates in the continent of about 1.3 billion people are among the lowest in the world, and many deaths of all types go unrecorded. The region's COVID-19 fatality rate at nearly 2.4% is the third…
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