Zimbabwe is seeking to tighten the rules on how a certificate which its doctors need in order to get work abroad is issued as medical professionals flee the country’s collapsing economy. New Zimbabwe reports that the the Zimbabwe Senior Hospital...Africa
Two radical modifications in the training of medical doctors in Zimbabwe have caused a ruckus in the medical fraternity where they have met with fierce disapproval, reports University World News.
Starting in August, the University of Zimbabwe has...Africa
Seven babies were stillborn, out of eight Caesareans performed at Harare Central Hospital in Zimbabwe on Monday night after urgent treatment was delayed because of staffing issues, reports the BBC.
In a statement, Zimbabwe's Society of...Africa
Public hospitals in Madagascar said they’ve reached full capacity and will only accept patients with the most severe forms of COVID-19 as cases surge in the Indian Ocean island nation, reports Bloomberg. President Andry Rajoelina earlier this...Africa
Egypt is arresting medics who speak out about the country's coronavirus crisis, Business Insider says according to multiple reports. The arrests come after the country's prime minister suggested it was "negligence and mismanagement" from the medical...Africa
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sacked Health Minister Obadiah Moyo for “conduct inappropriate for a government minister”. The dismissal was confirmed by presidential spokesperson Misheck Sibanda who said Moyo had been dismissed...Africa
Zimbabwe has raised salaries for all government workers by 50%, hours after nurses stopped work at a major government hospital in the capital Harare, demanding to be paid in US dollars because of soaring inflation. Daily Maverick reports that...Africa
Tanzania's President John Magufuli has declared the country "coronavirus-free" thanks to prayers by citizens, reports BBC News. "The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God," Magufuli told worshippers in a church in the capital,...Africa
Police across swathes of Africa have failed to find more than a fraction of hundreds of people who have escaped from often unsanitary and uncomfortable COVID-19 quarantine centres in recent weeks, reports The Guardian. In Malawi, more than 400...Africa
The Zimbabwe Health Ministry has announced that all local and foreign investors promoting the production of cannabis will be offered 100% ownership of their farms and licences to improve competitiveness. The government approved the production of...Africa
Tanzania’s infection rate and death toll from COVID-19 are far higher than the government is acknowledging, Daily Maverick reports opposition activists claim. They insist that at least 412 people have died in the country’s commercial capital Dar...Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has predicted that South Africa will experience the third highest toll in Africa from the coronavirus pandemic, with just under 24,000 deaths, reports Sunday Times.
A report by the WHO regional office for...Africa
Burundi has ordered the expulsion of the World Health Organisation expert team co-ordinating the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic, while the president of Tanzania has called for attendance at places of worship because “prayers can...Africa
Eighty-three thousand to 190 000 people in Africa could die of COVID-19 and 29 million to 44 million could get infected in the first year of the pandemic if containment measures fail, a new study by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional...Africa
Lesotho, despite not yet recording any COVID-19 cases, has joined Rwanda in extending their lockdowns, while Ghana has become the first African country to lift it.
Rwanda has extended its COVID-19 lockdown for another 11 days to 30 April. As...Africa
As the daily number of new COVID-19 infections appears to be falling in parts of the world, some fear the epicentre of the virus could move to the African continent. BBC News reports that despite efforts to lock down cities and countries, despite...
