Africa UN Knowledge Hub for COVID-19

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) holds its first summit this month, highlighting a difficult period for the bloc during which trade dropped by 11 percent blamed on the Covid-19 pandemic and supply challenges.

SADC calls for the waiver on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) to support manufacturing of vaccines for COVID-19 to allow for a more efficient response.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa's leaders are convinced stronger cooperation in boosting investment in green growth will help Africa meet SDGs.

The ministry has stopped retesting of all incoming travelers from the east African region provided they arrive with test results from their point of departure.

The absence of restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic and signs of improving customer demand helped Ugandan firms to secure greater new order volumes and expand their business activity in March.

Thousands of people living in 40 vulnerable communities near Maputo Special Reserve in Mozambique, and around two remote parks in South Africa who lost their jobs as a result of COVID-19 will be temporarily employed in the parks in the two countries, thanks to relief grants recently handed over to the communities.

Over the past 4 years, the world has endured the economic fallout from the China-US trade war, the COVID-19 pandemic itself plus supply chain disruptions accompanied by inequitable vaccine access, the Russia-Ukraine War and, now, subsequent inflation crisis. Such events have left many countries across the world in a constrained financial position which is likely to continue well into 2023.

The SADC WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Boxes will help reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other communicable diseases such as cholera among thousands of commuters who cross the border posts every day.

Pour la première fois depuis le début de la pandémie, l’Afrique sort de la saison des voyages du nouvel an sans une recrudescence significative des cas de Covid-19, a souligné jeudi l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS).

Covid will continue to require vigilance for people with comprised immune systems, and more broadly when cases surge.