COVID-19

ADF STAFF The original COVID-19 strain took two days to two weeks to produce symptoms in infected people, but omicron moves much faster. It incubates in three to five days, according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates. That…

ADF STAFF Tunisian youths are being recognized for their efforts to educate the public about COVID-19. In January 2022, Aziz Zaguia, who works with the United Nations Volunteers program, won the U.N.’s Tunisia Volunteer Award for his…

ADF STAFF There’s hopeful news in the fight against COVID-19, as scientists around the world race against time and the virus’s evolution. An international team of scientists recently identified antibodies that can neutralize COVID-19…

ADF STAFF As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, the next 12 months could be a time of hope but also of uncertainty as African nations continue to wrestle with the demands posed by the disease. Here are some of the things…

ADF STAFF South Africa’s wave of infections from the COVID-19 omicron strain passed quicker than previous waves, without a dramatic rise in deaths, the government announced in late December. Scientists say that could be welcome news…

ADF STAFF Six new studies shows that the COVID-19 omicron variant does not attack the lungs as aggressively as previous strains did. Of six studies reviewed by British newspaper The Guardian, four were published since December 24.…

ADF STAFF When the omicron variant appeared in researcher Sikhulile Moyo’s Botswana laboratory, it become the latest contribution African scientists have made to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. A study in the British Medical Journal…

ADF STAFF Could a new take-at-home pill nearly put an end to COVID-19 deaths? The final analysis of a clinical study by American pharmaceutical company Pfizer showed that its new antiviral therapeutic drug, Paxlovid, prevented almost…

ADF STAFF When South Africa experienced a COVID-19 outbreak at a hospital in Durban in early 2020, researchers at the nearby KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) swung into action. Teams there examined…

ADF STAFF Since South Africa first detected the omicron variant, the eyes of the world have been on the nation to see what the next development may be in the global pandemic. Data coming out of the country is critically important for…