Emergencies
HumAngle’s Emergencies Desk focuses on emergencies such as disease outbreaks, flooding incidents, natural disasters, post-election violence, breaking reports of large-scale abductions/ killings, and so on.
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Two Kano LGAs Among Top 20 COVID-19 Locations In Nigeria
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 listed Tarauni and Nasarawa in kano state among the Local Government Areas that…
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United States, Sierra Leone Synergise Efforts To Combat Malaria During COVID-19
The United States Government’s President Malaria Initiative (PMI) programme on Thursday, June 18, 2020, supported the health sector in Sierra…
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COVID-19: Uncertainty As Nigerians Report ‘New Strain Of Malaria’
Fear of massive community spread has enveloped some Nigerians after several people revealed that they had suffered illnesses with symptoms…
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Distrust Among Sierra Leone’s Urban Dwellers Over COVID-19 Safety Rules But Rural Dwellers Comply – Survey
In market places, bus queues as well as slum communities in Freetown’s Western urban and Western rural, social distancing and…
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COVID-19: Researchers Invent Face Mask That Can Kill Viruses
Researchers in Israel have invented a self-cleaning face mask that can kill coronavirus with heat that can be drawn using…
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NCDC Has No Plan To Trace Attendees Of Naira Marley’s Concert Despite Public Health Risks
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said it has no plan to trace people who attended a Naira…
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MSF, Patients Celebrate 2020 Wins Against Lassa Fever In Nigeria
International aid organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders, is elated over Nigeria’s recent wins against Lassa Fever.…
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Fact-check: Did WHO Say There is No Asymptomatic Transmission of Covid-19?
Claim: A video clip circulating on social media shows Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO Technical Lead, in a press briefing…
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DRC: Water Shortage Frustrates Fight Against COVID-19
Residents of several districts of Goma, a city in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo are struggling…
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One Dead, Several Injured As Soldiers Forcefully Open Borders, Attack Borno COVID-19 Team
An attempt by soldiers to forcefully allow illegal travellers into Borno State despite travel restrictions against non-essential workers has led…
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