A learner is screened as schools begin to reopen after COVID-19 lockdown in Langa in Cape TOWN

Africa's coronavirus 'hotspots' in S. Africa, Algeria, Cameroon - WHO

Health Jun 12
Africa will have a “steady increase” in COVID-19 cases until a vaccine is developed and strong public health measures are needed in current “hotspots” in South Africa, Algeria and Cameroon, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
The president wants Uganda to be prepared for a rise in infections
Uganda preparing 40,000-bed field hospital
Politics Jun 10
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has said the country is preparing a 40,000-bed field hospital at Namboole Stadium in the capital, Kampala, for coronavirus patients.
The country is increasingly popular with tourists
Liberia to reopen airport and hotels in a fortnight
Business Jun 08
Liberian President George Weah says the country has made enough progress against the coronavirus to allow the reopening of the international airport and hotels in two weeks' time.
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AU aims for 10 million coronavirus tests
Health Jun 05
The African Union (AU) has started an ambitious initiative to increase testing for Coronavirus across the continent.
South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa
South Africa partly lifts lockdown to fix battered economy
Politics Jun 01
South Africa partly lifted a two-month-old Coronavirus lockdown on Monday, letting people outside for work, worship, exercise or shopping, and allowing mines and factories to run at full capacity to try to revive the economy.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Reverse decision to reopen schools for final year students - Lecturer to Akufo-Addo
Health Jun 01
The decision by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to allow final-year students at all levels to resume has been described as terrible and a recipe for disaster.
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South Africa has backlog of over 96,000 coronavirus tests
Health May 30
South Africa has a backlog of more than 96,000 unprocessed specimens awaiting coronavirus tests, the health ministry said on Friday, reflecting what it called a global shortage of test kits.