Mandates for mask use in public during the recent COVID-19 pandemic, worsened by global shortage of commercial supplies,…
The corona virus disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic has reawakened the long-standing debate about the extent to which common respiratory…
We report on COVID-19 risk among HCWs exposed to a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 on day 13 of…
An April 2, 2020, expert consultation from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to the White…
African Union (AU) Member States responded quickly to COVID-19 with public health and social measures (PHSMs)—the most effective…
In the township people are not worried at all,” says Lesedi Kgasago, a student from Soweto, Johannesburg. Among…
The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly expanding in Africa. To help countries respond, Africa CDC is recommending that African…
In Africa, the number of COVID-19 cases and impacted countrieshas been increasing steadily. As of 12 March 2020,…
In addition to our weekly brief on the spread of COVID-19 and the actions that Africa CDC is…
In January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of…
The economy is in the tank, and anywhere from thousands to more than a million American lives are…
South Africa is no stranger to the rampant spread of infectious diseases. Long before the country’s first covid-19…
When covid-19 became a global health emergency, there wasa visible contrast between the responses of citizens in east…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is concerned about inaccurate information being distributed through…
The novel coronavirus poses significant clinical and operational challenges for hospital leaders. As projections about the severity and…
Severe acute respiratory infection remains one of the leading causes of mortality around the world. The recent pandemic…
Africa CDC has been asked by Member States for the best approach to managing people returning from area…
The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak has spread rapidly on a global scale. While the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via human…