DRC: CoronaVirus Meter

The DRC needs an Ebola survivor program to truly quell its outbreak

7h | STAT

As we are beginning to see with Covid-19, survivors often face chronic health issues ... and specialized eye care that were ...

The DRC has already faced Ebola twice. How can we cope with coronavirus?

6d Opinion | The Independent

While the death toll appears to be low, cemeteries are running out of space. Never have I seen such a number of funerals ...

Angola: Covid-19 - Eight Suspected Cases Detected in Lunda Norte's Cuango Municipality

2h | AllAfrica.com

Lunda Norte province borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Angola's current covid-19 statistics show 1.280 ...

DRC to suspend VAT exemption on mining company imports as seeks to bolster revenue

2h | Miningmx

The DRC’s economy is under significant strain from the Covid-19 pandemic, with foreign currency reserves shrinking and mining companies taking longer to repatriate the 60% of mineral sales, said ...

Children show their strength as the DRC adapts to Covid-19

6d | ReliefWeb

English News and Press Release on Democratic Republic of the Congo about Health and Epidemic; published on 28 Jul 2020 by ...

DRC president signals end of Covid-19 health emergency, urges continued caution

13d | RFI

People in the Democratic Republic of Congo are slowly resuming normal activities in the wake of Covid-19 health ...

23 Ohio Death Row Inmates Test Positive For Coronavirus

3d | CBS Boston / WBZ

Ohio's prisons agency says more than 20 death row inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak flaring up in just ...

Ebola Patients Paved The Way For An Effective COVID-19 Drug. But Africans Probably Won't Get It

13d | WBUR

While our global struggle against COVID-19 is shared, access to treatment is not, write Dr. Cameron Nutt, Dr. Robert A.

Ohio’s prisons director tests positive for coronavirus

7d | Cleveland.com

Smith, who as Ohio's prisons director has grappled with coronavirus sweeping through several Ohio prisons, has tested ...

DRC’s Tshisekedi lifts state of emergency as coronavirus death rate falls

13d | Ghanaweb.com

President Félix Tshisekedi has lifted the state of emergency in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a phased reopening of the ...

ICRC response to COVID-19 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

5d | ReliefWeb

which continue to claim thousands of lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the country now has to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic. This latest crisis, whose socio-economic and ...

Measles vaccination disruptions due to coronavirus put 80 million children at risk

6d | The Guardian on MSN.com

The onset of Covid-19 has devastated immunisation programmes, leaving huge numbers of infants unprotected from deadly diseases ...

Ohio’s prisons director tests positive for coronavirus

7d | Cleveland.com

Smith, who as Ohio's prisons director has grappled with coronavirus sweeping through several Ohio prisons, has tested ...

Coronavirus – African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (968,020) deaths (20,612), and recoveries (629,726)

9h | CNBC Africa

Central (49,220 cases; 944 deaths; 35,463 recoveries): Burundi (395; 1; 304), Cameroon (17,255; 387; 15,320), CAR (4,614; 59; 1,635), Chad (936; 75; 814), Congo (3,546; 58; 1,589), DRC (9,133; 215; ...

Ebola Patients Paved The Way For An Effective COVID-19 Drug. But Africans Probably Won't Get It

13d | WBUR

While our global struggle against COVID-19 is shared, access to treatment is not, write Dr. Cameron Nutt, Dr. Robert A.

Corrupt networks in DRC push Tshisekedi to order investigations

3d | Daily Nation

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been fighting Ebola and Covid-19 crises and Mr Tshisekedi says he is now dealing with “disappearing public funds”. Some economists have cited the Covid-19 pandemic ...

How smuggled DRC gold passes through Entebbe

11d | Daily Monitor

Investigations indicate that gold from DRC is rebranded in Uganda and exported mostly to the United Arab Emirates ...

Multisector needs assessment: COVID-19 situation in Uganda (May 2020)

13d | ReliefWeb

English Assessment on Uganda and 4 other countries about Agriculture, Camp Coordination and Camp Management, Epidemic and ...

SFU-led global COVID-19 gender study to expand with $2M grant

7d | Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University research associate Julia Smith and her team will expand their work to identify and document the ...

Measles vaccination disruptions due to Covid-19 put 80 million children at risk

6d | The Guardian on MSN.com

The onset of Covid-19 has devastated immunisation programmes, leaving huge numbers of infants unprotected from deadly diseases ...

Kenya: Millions of Kenyans Face Hunger as Coronavirus Ravages the Nation

6d | AllAfrica.com

The DRC currently leads with 15.9 people in desperate ... This situation is expected to get worse in 2020 as the Covid-19 ...

COVID-19 escalating in ICE detention centers as states hit highest daily records - and ICE deportation flights into Northern Triangle continue

1d | International Rescue Committee

As Coronavirus cases continue to surge across the United States, the International Rescue Committee raises the alarm on the public health risk posed by ongoing ICE detention of tens of thousands of ...

KKOG Has Passed Successful Clinical Trials as a COVID-19 Preventative

3d | Big News Network.com

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the globe, KKOG AFRICA is at the forefront with various initiatives to combat this viral infection. While the company maintains its daily business ...

South Sudan: COVID-19 Update, June 2020

13d | ReliefWeb

English Situation Report on South Sudan about Contributions, Coordination, Epidemic and more; published on 21 Jul 2020 by ...

These Two Companies Look Favorable Ahead Of Earnings

23h | Forbes

Metal miners have also been reporting strong profits as prices for both industrial and precious metals were up during the quarter.

COVID-19 gender study gets funding boost

8d | lse.ac.uk

Read about the project looking at the real-time impact of COVID-19 on women, which has received a funding boost from the ...

Number of separated children rising fast as Ebola spreads in Equateur Province of DRC

11d | ReliefWeb

English News and Press Release on Democratic Republic of the Congo about Health, Protection and Human Rights and Epidemic; ...

Southern Africa Food Security Outlook Update, July 2020 to January 2021

3d | ReliefWeb

English Situation Report on Democratic Republic of the Congo and 5 other countries about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Drought, Epidemic and more; published on 01 Aug 2020 by FEWS NET ...

Millions of Kenyans face hunger as coronavirus ravages the nation

5d | Daily Monitor

NATION MEDIA GROUP At least 3.6 million people in Kenya are at risk of hunger at a time the country is fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. The vulnerable Kenyans are in a global pool of more than one ...