South Africa

ADF STAFF After repeated monthslong waves of COVID-19, public health experts believe the future of the disease is likely to become a series of short waves that peak quickly and produce fewer deaths. “This is what is likely to happen…

ADF STAFF Across Africa, nearly 11 million people have recovered from COVID-19 infections, but new research suggests that less than one-third of those people may have fully recovered, with the rest at risk of the mix of health problems…

ADF STAFF A surge of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has led some experts to declare that the country has entered its fifth wave of the pandemic as May began. The country is experiencing its highest rate of new cases in three…

ADF STAFF Public health experts are tracking the spread of two new sublineages of COVID-19’s omicron variant and are growing concerned that the BA.4 and BA.5 infections might spread despite established immunity. The sublineages are…

Tanzanian Cpl. Ali Khamis Omary was serving in the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, trying to halt the spread of Ebola. He and his colleagues had been sent to a camp in the eastern part of the…

ADF STAFF South Africa is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 infections as the southern hemisphere’s flu season arrives, according to data from tested individuals and samples from municipal wastewater. Wastewater sampling has become a…

ADF STAFF While countries around the globe have struggled to tally their true number of COVID-19 infections, a new study shows the number of confirmed cases in Africa is only a fraction of the actual cases. Published on April 7, the…

ADF STAFF Soldiers in the Tunisian Army were in the village of Kesra in July 2021, taking on duties that once seemed unimaginable. At the village’s health center, Soldiers armed with rifles stood guard outside, while military medics…

ADF STAFF Shortly after South Africa reopened its schools last year, a student at Isolemamba High School in KwaZulu-Natal province contracted COVID-19. Then five teachers also tested positive, prompting the school to close for two days.…

ADF STAFF Public health experts in Africa say COVID-19 is far from finished, but the path of the pandemic remains uncertain. “We should not be deceived that because we’re in a low transmission season in Africa and around the world, we…