Health

Africa: deaths from Covid-19 exceed 41,000

[ad_1] As of October 25, confirmed Covid-19 cases in 55 African countries have reached 1,709,387. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 41,144 and recoveries to 1,397,522. South Africa has the highest number of reported cases: 714,246, with 18,843 deaths. Other countries most affected are Morocco (194,461), Egypt (106,397), Ethiopia (92,858), …

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South Africa records 1,622 new COVID-19 cases, 24 deaths

[ad_1] A medical worker checks the temperature of a local resident during a regional health screening program in Rustenburg, South Africa, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. South Africa is halfway through a three-week national lockdown and has sealed its borders in An attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus, which …

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Activists welcome UN treaty banning nuclear weapons

[ad_1] History was made on Saturday when a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons was finally ratified at the United Nations. The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was opened for signature three years ago. The treaty required 50 countries to ratify it before it could enter into force. …

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