Citing progress made in Namibia - which saw a recent spike in Covid-19 cases - the World Health Organisation has said that contact tracing is looked upon as the bridge between lockdown and the Covid-19 vaccine. Without an effective system, health researchers have warned that public places, such as recreation zones, are not able to safely reopen and continue general practice.
In the past week, over 3.3 million new cases have been reported globally. As of 1 November, nearly 46 million cases and 1.2 million deaths have been ... see more »
In Benin, the World Health Organisation (WHO) welcomed the nation's expansion of laboratory facilities for testing Covid-19, allowing it to perform 10,000 tests per day. Similarly, ... Read more »
According to the World Health Organisation, although the Africa region saw a slow but continuous decline in newly-reported cases since mid-July, there were 11% more cases reported ... Read more »
According to the World Health Organisation, the Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator, or the Global Collaboration to Accelerate the Development, Production and Equitable Access to ... Read more »
One key to combating Covid-19 is "rapidly scaling up testing, isolating cases and meticulously tracking contacts” - Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa.“
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