As the world races to find a vaccine or a cure for the coronavirus, antimalarial drugs, HIV medications, flu vaccines and arthritis treatments are all being tested. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the latest medical efforts to combat the pandemic. Teams of scientists across the world are working around the clock to either develop […]
The central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, reported no new infections for the first time, while imported cases surged by a record, led by new infections in the capital of Beijing. The new imported infections also accounted for all of the new confirmed cases in mainland China, placing more […]
Cameroon on Tuesday evening issued strict preventive measures against COVID-19, including the suspension of inbound passenger transport. Effective Wednesday until further notice, Cameroon’s land, air, and sea borders will be closed, consequently, all passenger flights from abroad will be suspended, with the exception of cargo flights and vessels, Cameroon’s Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute said. […]
86 year old mega star Manu Dibango the author of “Soul Makossa” has tested positive for the Coronavirus. However, according to his manager, the artist is recovering and is not in any danger. In France, where the Cameroonian superstar lives, the Coronavirus epidemic has already caused the death of 175 people. French public health officials […]
At least 110 people have died from the new coronavirus in the United States, and the total number of known infections has surged past 6,400 as the contagions spreads to all 50 states. The greatest number of deaths is in Washington state in the West Coast, where there were 50 deaths, followed by New York state […]
With 139 of the 167 MPs currently sitting in the National Assembly, the ruling CPDM crime syndicate saw its candidates for the two most important posts in the National Assembly’s bureau reelected unopposed. The ailing Cavaye Yeguie Djibril who by some strange happenstance was the only candidate for the post of President, was re-elected for […]
On March 18 last year, the United States assistant secretary of state for African affairs, Tibor Nagy, met Cameroonian President Paul Biya in Yaoundé, the country’s capital. The meeting took place after nearly three years of mounting concerns about the violent descent into chaos in Cameroon’s northwest and southwest regions. The central government and separatists […]
An Air France flight that landed on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 in Douala, Cameroon’s economic capital, was at the center of heated debates at the Douala International Airport because of its contaminated human contents. The flight has raised fear in the Central African country by many notches, as Cameroonians fear that their fellow Cameroonians and […]
The head of the World Health Organization has urged countries around the world to test every suspected coronavirus case as the number of confirmed infections passed 182,000. “You cannot fight a fire while blindfolded,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists. “Test, test, test. Test every suspected case.” The virus is spreading rapidly, forcing governments to impose restrictions rarely […]
Pubs were shuttered and pints left unpoured on St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin Tuesday, as the Irish capital swapped its annual riot of celebration for “social distancing” designed to stem the spread of coronavirus. The cobbled streets of Temple Bar — usually the epicentre of celebrations — were deserted. “This place would be just swarming […]
