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ADF STAFF West African scientists are saying the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the challenges they face in detecting and diagnosing infections. They believe structural shortfalls must be addressed before another pandemic hits the continent,…

ADF STAFF South Africa’s Department of Basic Education announced in late June that masks no longer were required in schools to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The announcement was made a day after South African Health Minister Joseph…

ADF STAFF Three months after lifting a nationwide mask mandate, Kenya reinstated the order in late June amid a sixth wave of COVID-19 cases. The directive calls for wearing of masks in confined public spaces, including public service…

ADF STAFF More than 11 million people across Africa have survived a COVID-19 infection since the beginning of the pandemic. But that does not mean they’re safe from the virus forever. Researchers at Stellenbosch University in South Africa…

ADF STAFF The director of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, reported recently that a new wave of COVID-19 infections appears to be building in his country, a pattern that is repeating across much of Africa. According to…

ADF STAFF More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly the entire population of South Africa has some level of immunity to the virus that causes the disease, according to a study by the country’s largest blood bank. Researchers…

ADF STAFF Less than 60 days after it began, South Africa’s fifth wave of COVID-19 infections ended with the lowest peak and fewest deaths of any previous wave in the country. The fifth wave was driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 strains of the…

ADF STAFF Nigeria’s approach to managing the pandemic has offered experts plenty to discuss. The continent’s most populous country is receiving both praise and criticism for its response to COVID-19. Nigeria has recorded 256,148 COVID-19…

ADF STAFF As South Africa’s fifth wave of COVID-19 infections winds down, researchers have learned a key lesson from the experience: New sublineages of a variant can drive infections as much as entirely new variants can. South Africa’s…

ADF STAFF South Africa’s newest wave of COVID-19 infections is proving to be substantially different from previous waves. This is partly because of the high level of immunity in the population, according to experts from the country’s…