Latest CoronaVirus News & Updates from Congo
Congo to start delayed COVID-19 vaccination with AstraZeneca shots
2d | ReutersKINSHASA (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo will start its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on April 19 with 1.7 ...
Read moreUPDATE 1-Congo central bank cuts interest rate to 10.5%
1h | Reuters on MSN.comDemocratic Republic of Congo's central bank slashed its benchmark interest rate on Friday to 10.5% from 15.5%, an advisor to the bank's governor said, in a second successive large rate cut.
Read moreDR Congo relaxes COVID-19 restrictions
2d | TimeturkThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late Tuesday lifted the curfew in provinces with low numbers of COVID-19 ...
Read moreWHO says global COVID-19 cases nearly doubled in last two months, making vaccine drive more urgent than ever
1h | MarketWatch on MSN.comThe World Health Organization warned Friday that the global tally of confirmed cases of the coronavirus-borne illness ...
Read moreConflict and COVID-19 Drive Hunger to Record Levels in Congo
10d | U.S. News & World ReportA record 27.3 million people in Democratic Republic of Congo, or about one-third of its population, are suffering from acute ...
Read moreIn COVID-19 vaccine race, rollouts are sometimes an afterthought
1d | DevexShipping COVID-19 vaccines globally is not enough, health experts say. Funding and planning for in-country rollouts have, in ...
Read moreHow does Remdesivir work; functioning of COVID-19 drug explained
55m | IBTimes IndiaRemdesivir, a broad-spectrum antiviral drug, from Gilead Sciences, is witnessing a resurgence in demand in India following ...
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Q&A from Congo: Facing Ebola and COVID-19
9d | ReliefWebEnglish News and Press Release on Democratic Republic of the Congo about Health, Water Sanitation Hygiene and Epidemic; published on 07 Apr 2021 by Medair ...
Read moreCongo to start delayed coronavirus vaccination with AstraZeneca shots
2d | TODAYThe Democratic Republic of Congo will start its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on April 19 with 1.7 million AstraZeneca doses ...
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COVID-19 victim Kolelas won Congo vote, opposition party claims
12d | Daily SabahThe elections of the Republic of Congo have resulted in the Congolese opposition presidential candidate Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas winning – who died of COVID-19 on election day last month – according ...
Read moreDR Congo relaxes COVID-19 restrictions
2d | TimeturkThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late Tuesday lifted the curfew in provinces with low numbers of COVID-19 ...
Read moreAngola: President Lourenço At Swearing-in of Congo's Nguesso
6h | AllAfrica.comThe Angolan Head of State João Lourenço is travelling Friday to Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, to witness the swearing-in of local President Denis Sassou Nguesso.
Read moreIn COVID-19 vaccine race, rollouts are sometimes an afterthought
1d | DevexShipping COVID-19 vaccines globally is not enough, health experts say. Funding and planning for in-country rollouts have, in ...
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Congo Candidate Who Died On Polling Day Won Vote, Party Says
12d | International Business TimesThe party of Congo opposition presidential candidate Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas -- who died of Covid-19 on election day last month -- said Saturday that its own results showed he in fact won the vote.
Read moreCOVID-19 myths, online scheduling hinder vaccine rollout for Akron immigrants and refugees
23h | spectrumnews1Some Akron-area immigrants and refugees are slow to get the COVID-19 vaccination, but it’s not for lack of trying. Clunky ...
Read moreRecord levels of hunger in Congo, warns UN
10d | Yahoo NewsThe Covid-19 pandemic and an economic downturn have also contributed ... More than 100 armed groups roam eastern Democratic ...
Read moreGambia: 'Africell Makes Biggest Expansion in Over 10 Years Despite Covid-19'
7h | AllAfrica.comAfricell claims it has made its biggest network footprint expansion in The Gambia in 15 years despite the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Sam Williams, Group Communications Director ...
Read moreCovid-19: Infections Among U.S. Prisoners Have Been Triple Those of Other Americans
5d | New York TimesPrisoners have contracted the coronavirus at rates three times as high as others in the U.S. India, once a virus success ...
Read moreAs World Wages War on COVID-19, U.N. Troops Fight on the Front Lines
10d In Depth | Newsweek on MSN.com"We equipped ourselves to react to the system, we organized ourselves to react," U.N. Under Secretary-General Jean-Pierre ...
Read moreUN: 27.3 million people suffering from acute hunger in Democratic Republic of the Congo
9d | YAHOO!NewsSome 27.3 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are affected by high acute food insecurity, two United ...
Read moreUK suspends funding for Oxfam after DR Congo sex claims
8d | YAHOO!NewsThe British government said Thursday it had suspended funding for Oxfam after the aid charity suspended two staff members in ...
Read moreAs World Wages War on COVID-19, U.N. Troops Fight on the Front Lines
10d In Depth | Newsweek on MSN.com"We equipped ourselves to react to the system, we organized ourselves to react," U.N. Under Secretary-General Jean-Pierre ...
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COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Drop of Maternal Health Care in Africa, Raising Fears of Increased Mortality
4d | ReliefWebEnglish News and Press Release on World and 3 other countries about Health and Epidemic; published on 12 Apr 2021 by HOPE ...
Read moreJohnson & Johnson Coronavirus Vaccine Deliveries Are About to Take Big Dip in the U.S.
7d | New York TimesCan you really get infected from surfaces? Not very likely, the C.D.C. now acknowledges. A boom market for fake vaccine cards ...
Read moreLessons from the past: Protecting women and girls from violence during COVID-19
10d | Phys.orgCOVID-19 has impacted women and girls around the globe in adverse ways. However, little attention has been paid to women and ...
Read moreSwoop Delivers Vaccines By Drone In DR Congo
6d | Aviation WeekAustralian startup Swoop Aero has completed three months of medical drone deliveries in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo, delivering more than 20,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses on long-range flights.
Read moreDemocratic Republic of Congo Faces Worst Hunger Crisis in the World: UN
7d | Global CitizenThe hunger crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo reflects growing hunger rates around the world. The United Nations ...
Read moreSputnik V Covid-19 vaccine gets approval in India: Price, efficacy, how it works | Details here
3d | India Today on MSN.comThe vaccine is the only one other than that of Pfizer and Moderna to demonstrate efficacy of more than 91.6 per cent against ...
Read moreSputnik V Covid-19 vaccine gets approval in India: Price, efficacy, how it works | Details here
3d | India Today on MSN.comThe vaccine is the only one other than that of Pfizer and Moderna to demonstrate efficacy of more than 91.6 per cent against ...
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