“Africans’ over-dependency on foreign countries is dangerous to the health of everyone, especially children,” the virologist said.
DRC is experiencing its 14th Ebola outbreak since 1976, with the current outbreak being the sixth since 2018 alone.
The UN Deputy Secretary-General says the global economy is under severe stress, and the SDGs are in “need of urgent rescue.”
The Sokoto government says it will distribute 3.2 million treated mosquito nets.
USAID says it has contributed $768 million to Nigeria’s fight against malaria from 2011 to date.
Earlier, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had pegged the figure at 111,062 cases, with 3,604 deaths; exceeding the number of cases and deaths registered in 2020.
Restaurants and other entertainment venues have been shut, with at least 3.5 million residents of one district ordered to undergo regular testing.
Commissioner for Health in the state, Ibrahim Tsanyawa, said out of the total cases diagnosed, there were 96 cases of mortality.
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“The pressure COVID-19 has put on our healthcare system is unimaginable. The amount of brain drain in our healthcare system is frightening.”
“We must evacuate these corpses so that the people alive will not be affected by the health hazard these decomposing bodies pose.”
