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The head of Africa's top public health institute is urging authorities across the continent to step up COVID-19 testing amid a concerning rise in new cases in some countries.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has praised the work of virologist Sikhulile Moyo and bioinformatics scientist Tulio de Oliveira. The COVID-19 researchers are the 2022 recipients of the German Africa Prize.

A South African laboratory study using COVID-19 samples from an immunosuppressed individual over six months showed that the virus evolved to become more pathogenic, indicating...

Director of the African Centre for Statistics at the Economic Commission for Africa, Oliver Chinganya, explains the need to increase vaccine supply chains in Africa and advance equitable access to vaccines across the continent.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has canvassed the need to scale up the domestic production of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Egypt and...

Although virus sequencing is vital to detect and track new variants in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing this information must be stepped

If anyone knows that a radically inclusive health agenda can rout a rampant virus, it's Botswana. That's part of why, in 2020, the 

South Africa does not see the need to implement any new COVID-19 restrictions either at home or for arrivals over an infection surge in China.

The emergence of COVID-19 has reiterated its role as a cost-effective tool for disease monitoring and the early detection of community

Nigeria removed COVID-19 testing requirements for international travelers and it was no longer mandatory to wear masks on flights and inside airport buildings.