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Jan

2024

Mother and son survive Zambia’s deadly cholera outbreak

SANDRA Nyendwa used to drink unfiltered water in Zambia's capital Lusaka without concern, until she and her seven-year-old son got cholera in an outbreak sweeping the country. Both fell badly ill last week, joining more than 10,000 people infected by the disease that has killed at least 432 since October, according to government figures. Nyendwa's son complained of stomach pain, turned pale and started vomiting. When Nyendwa succumbed, her grandmother had to come in to look after the rest of the children. The whole family feared for their lives as medics cared for them in a clinic. But they both…

Apr

2022

By The African Mirror

Over two-thirds of Africans infected by COVID virus since pandemic began

COVID-19

MORE than two-thirds of Africans have been infected by COVID-19 since the pandemic started, 97 times more than reported confirmed cases, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) study published on Thursday. The study found that by September 2021, 800 million Africans had been exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, compared with 8.2 million cases reported at that time. The WHO said that under-counting was happening everywhere, but to a lesser degree than in Africa. It said that on average globally, true infections were 16 times higher than confirmed cases. The agency's regional director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso…

Oct

2020

By The African Mirror

One in 10 may have caught COVID, as world heads into “difficult period” – WHO

COVID-19

STEPHANIE NEBEHAY and EMMA FARGE ROUGHLY one in 10 people may have been infected with the coronavirus, leaving the vast majority of the world's population vulnerable to the COVID-19 disease it causes, the World Health Organization has said. Mike Ryan, the WHO's top emergency expert, was addressing the agency's Executive Board, where the United States made a thinly veiled swipe at China for what it called a "failure" to provide accurate and timely information on the outbreak. But Zhang Yang of China's National Health Commission, said: "China has always been transparent and responsible to fulfil our international obligations." China maintained…