The death toll from the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has risen to 190 since the beginning of the year, public health authorities said on Tuesday. In its latest update, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said the case fatality rate stood at 25.2 percent inContinue Reading
The death toll from a Sudanese drone strike that hit the Chadian border town of Tine on Wednesday has risen to 20, authorities said on Saturday. Ten others sustained injuries in the attack and are being treated at a hospital in the Chadian city of Abeche, the country’s MinistryContinue Reading
At least 109 people have been killed and 61 others injured as a result of incessant rains across Zimbabwe since the start of the rainy season, the country’s Department of Civil Protection (DCP) said Monday. In its latest situation report, the DCP said the deaths were due to drowning,Continue Reading
The death toll of a boat accident in northern Nigeria’s Yobe State has risen to 29 from 25, following the rescue operation on Monday, emergency services said. Briefing media in Damaturu, the state capital, Mohammed Goje, head of the Yobe Emergency Management Agency, said that four additional bodies wereContinue Reading
The number of people died from a Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has risen to 177 since the start of this year, authorities said Thursday. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said in its latest update that 966 confirmed cases were reportedContinue Reading
The death toll from ongoing cholera outbreaks across Africa has surpassed 6,700 so far this year, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Thursday. During an online media briefing, Yap Boum II, deputy incident manager for mpox at the Africa CDC, said the continent hasContinue Reading
Seventeen people have died since the outbreak of Rift Valley fever (RVF) in Senegal, a senior official from the country’s Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene said Thursday. Boly Diop, head of epidemiological surveillance at the ministry, told local media that since Sept. 21, a total of 119 confirmedContinue Reading
