BREAKING: Kenya confirms first case of Novel Coronavirus as WHO declares its outbreak officially...
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Stuck in weak healthcare system and panic, Kenya temporarily ban international conferences as coronavirus...
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Secondary Impacts Of COVID-19 Threatens Children’s Lives Than The Disease Itself, Warns A New...
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Tanzania, Burundi Shun COVID-19 Vaccines
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Kenya’s reported COVID-19 death set to cause panic, learning from Italy’s rise in death...
NAIROBI MARCH 26, 2020 — Kenya, on Thursday confirmed its first Coronavirus (COVID-19) death after a 66-year-old male Kenyan citizen passed on in the afternoon as confirmed cases rise...
Kenya suffers the effects of Coronavirus outbreak even without a single case reported.
Nairobi, March 11 — As the world scare from the coronavirus also known as the COVID-19 intensifies, many businesses across the world continue to register losses due to movement...
Zimbabwe Hit By Sixty COVID-19 Deaths In 24 Hours
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Zimbabwe extends lockdown by two weeks
HARARE — Moved by the rising positive cases of the dreaded coronavirus, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa today extended the national lockdown against coronavirus by 14 days.
The Southern African nation’s...
South Africa records first positive case of Coronavirus
South Africa has just recorded its first positive case of coronavirus today.
In a statement issued by the country’s Health Minister Zweli Mkhizhe, the government confirmed its first positive case...
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