Roundup: Africa CDC urges African countries to enhance surveillance measures amid rapid COVID-19 spike

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Saturday warned African countries to continue enhancing their surveillance measures amid the rapid spike of COVID-19 across the continent.

Indonesian experts warn of future spike in Covid-19 fatality rate as country's total hits almost 707,000

JAKARTA, Dec 26 (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Experts have warned of a possible spike in Indonesia’s Covid-19 fatality rate as the country sees a constant increase in daily cases.

In frozen north, a Japanese city's coronavirus crisis maps out winter vulnerability

TOKYO (Reuters) - A freezing northern city that has become a red flag for Japan's winter vulnerability to the coronavirus pandemic is weathering the worst of its COVID-19 crisis, local medical officials say, as military nurses take the strain from drained hospital staff.

Exposure to COVID-19 explains racial disparities in mortality rates: study

CHICAGO, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Large variations in exposure at home, in the community and at work rather than case-fatality rates may explain the well-documented racial disparities in COVID-19 mortality during the first wave of the pandemic last spring, according to a University of Michigan (UM) study.

Academy of Professors Malaysia: ‘Focused protection’ and ‘targeted approach’ the way to go

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African countries conduct over 17 mln COVID-19 tests: AU

ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- African countries have conducted over 17 million COVID-19 tests, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Friday.

Most Indonesian youngsters feel invincible, says Covid-19 survey

JAKARTA, Oct 30 (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Most young people still do not believe they could be infected with Covid-19, according to a survey carried out by Statistic Indonesia (BPS).

Gradual decline in virus positivity rate

Myanmar has seen a gradual decline in daily testing positivity rate of Covid-19 so far, a health expert said.

Myanmar sees gradual drop in Covid-19 cases

YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar has seen a gradual decline in daily testing positivity rate of Covid-19 so far, a health expert told Xinhua on Thursday (Oct 22).