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Monkeypox Cases Top 70,000 – WHO

Ganiyu Amodu

The World Health Organization said that case numbers last week were on the rise in several countries in the Americas as it stressed that a slowdown worldwide in fresh cases could be the “most dangerous” time in the outbreak. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than 70,000 cases have now been reported to the UN health agency this year, with 26 deaths. “Globally, cases are continuing to decline, but 21 countries in the past week reported an increase in cases, mostly in the Americas, which accounted for almost 90…

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COVID-19: Number of Health workers infected in Africa surges pass 10,000 – WHO

Damilola Olonade

  Over 10, 000 health workers in 40 countries across Africa have contracted COVID-19. The World Health Organization (WHO), which announced this warned of the threat posed by COVID-19 to health workers across Africa. Some 10,000 health workers in the 40 countries have been infected with COVID-19 so far, a sign of the challenges medical staff on the frontlines of the outbreak face, the organisation said. Platforms Africa reports that COVID-19 cases in Africa appear to be gathering pace. There are now more than 750 000 cases of COVID-19, with over 15…

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