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Researchers this week began validation trials on a Covid-19 diagnostic test that can be done at home and produce results in as little as 10 minutes - all for $1.The plan is to dually manufacture the tests in Senegal...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered schools and universities to close until April 5 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, state media reported on Thursday, after the country’s first registered death from the disease.Algeria has confirmed 24 cases...

Algeria has registered its first death from the coronavirus and Africa's second after death of a tourist in Egypt, the health ministry announced on Thursday.No further details on the death were provided in the ministry statement, cited by the...

Rapid test kits that scientists say will diagnose coronavirus within 10 minutes are being developed in a laboratory in Senegal's capital, Dakar, and are expected to be available from June.The project at the custom-built DiaTropix facility is a collaboration...

Still puzzled by relatively low cases of coronavirus some international experts and observers have speculated that it might simply be the result of poor reporting and low testing rates.Citing the Nigeria instance where out of more than 200 people...

The Nigerian health officials has confirmed another case of coronavirus in Ogun state, the case is a Nigerian who had been in contact with the Italian who tested positive for coronavirus two weeks ago.Health officials in South Africa on...

A Nigerian has tested positive to Covid-19 (coronavirus) in Washington, US, the Mayor of Washington DC, Muriel Bowser, said on Saturday according to a report on Premium Times.Today News Africa reported that Ms Bowser said the Nigerian man spent...

Senegal's president Macky Sall ordered his cabinet ministers not to leave the country in a measure to control risks from coronavirus, the presidency said on Thursday.Senegal has registered four cases of COVID-19 since the virus first emerged in China...

A group of Italian tourists tried to escape coronavirus confinement in Mauritania but were caught and sent back to their home country, the West African country said on Wednesday.The 15 tourists arrived in the capital Nouakchott on Saturday planning...

Africa's largest carrier Ethiopian Airlines has once again refused to cancel flights to China despite rising pressure following the coronavirus outbreak.By contrast, South African Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Air Tanzania, Air Mauritius, EgyptAir, RwandAir and Kenya Airways have all...