Coronavirus patients without symptoms aren’t driving the spread of the virus, World Health Organization officials said Monday, casting doubt on concerns by some researchers that the disease could be difficult to contain due to asymptomatic infections.
Nigeria's health minister Osagie Ehanire has said that up to 60% of nearly 1,000 unexplained deaths in the northern state of Kano were probably due to Covid-19.
There are reports in South Africa that last week's lifting of an alcohol ban - which had been imposed to stop the spread of coronavirus - has led to a sharp rise in trauma cases at hospitals some of which are already under strain due to the pandemic.
Large crowds are expected to protest in Washington DC against racism and police brutality, amid rising anger in the US sparked by the death of George Floyd.
There has been a spike in child abuse in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, apparently caused by the restrictions introduced in mid-March to slow the spread of coronavirus.
