Skip to main content

Fighting COVID-19 in Africa needs total solidarity – WHO


Fighting COVID-19 in Africa needs total solidarity – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says fighting COVID-19 in Africa needs total solidarity.

The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo said this on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Monday.

“That’s why the polio programme is lending its tools of personal computer, workforce and surveillance network right-pointing magnifying glass to help African countries respond.’’

According the agency, the polio workers have been fighting COVID-19 by educating communities on prevention, coordinating outbreak response, investigating cases, training health workers and tracing contacts.

It said with the effort of the workers, the virus would be defeated in Africa, saying: “”together we will beat COVID-19.’’

In a related development, WHO said it was working with relevant agencies to contain the spread of Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

WHO had on April 10 confirmed a fresh case of Ebola virus in the city of Beni in DRC, after 52 days of not recording a case in the country.

Subsequently, it rose to six confirmed cases in Northeastern DRC as at April 20 despite ongoing insecurity in the area.

“Surveillance teams from WHO and Ministry of Health, DRC travel through Butanuka, Northeastern DRC, tracing the contacts of an Ebola case in the area.

“Tracing and vaccinating contacts quickly are critical to stop the spread of Ebola,’’ it said. (NAN)


Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

JUST IN: If Tinubu Had Told Me, I Wouldn’t Have Agreed To Rivers State Of Emergency Rule – Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has stated that he would not have agreed with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu if he had discussed his move to declare a State of Emergency in Rivers State. Wike noted that he is not in conflict with the suspended Rivers State Governor,      Sim Fubara  He stressed his opposition on the State of Emergency rule, stating that only the President knows the right time to lift it. While speaking to journalists in Abuja on Monday, Wike remarked that Fubara has permitted himself to be manipulated by his adversaries to oppose him. The FCT Minister said: “ I made it clear that this impunity will not stand, so what is happening in PDP is what I call undertakers because I see no reason why you will put yourself under that kind of crisis. “I don’t have any crisis with him (Fubara). I’m not the President who declared a State of Emergency; if Mr President had called me, I wouldn’t have agreed to the State of Emergenc...
Post a Comment
Read more

Breaking: ASUU suspends 2-week warning strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has suspended its two-week warning strike it declared last week across all public universities in the country. The union announced the suspension on Wednesday at a press conference held at its headquarters in Abuja. President of ASUU, Chris Piwuna, who read a prepared speech before newsmen, explained that the development followed intervention by the Senate and some other well-meaning Nigerians. However, he sad the National Executive Council of the Union resolved to give the government a one-month window to address all contending areas.
2 comments
Read more

Woman Burned to Death, Accused of Kidnapping 7yrs Old Boy in Delta

By Tessy ogbemi An angry mob set ablaze a woman accused in a failed child kidnapping attempt in Agbarho community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.  The incident happened on Wednesday, September 24, 2025.  An eyewitness disclosed at the scene of the incident at Ekwvere Road claimed that the woman hid the seven year old boy she allegedly abducted in a sack, adding that she was even carrying a Bible on one hand.  Community sources said some residents in the area accosted the lady when they observed the way she was dragging the sack, to know what she had in it.  "She was unstable when they asked her to disclose what she was carrying in the sack. When the bag was forced open, they found a seven year old child in it. They shouted and it attracted a large crowd,” a source said.  It was gathered that the angry mob immediately brought a used tyre to the scene, which they forced down her neck after beating her to a pulp.  “The lady and the tyre we...
2 comments
Read more