Coronavirus: South Africa confirms first case

Cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Senegal, South Africa and Nigeria. African airlines have cancelled scheduled flights to China except for Ethiopian Airline

'Liberia is ready for coronavirus because of Ebola'

Liberia is relatively well equipped to deal with the coronavirus because of...

The Most Reliable REITs For Retirees: The Coronavirus Edition

World must come together to fight coronavirus

Finger-pointing about who is to blame only makes it harder for countries to share knowledge about controlling the epidemic.

Now that coronavirus is in Nigeria

This is not the best of times for global aviation community following the outbreak of the deadly CORONAVIRUS in Wuhan, China which is presently ravaging over sixty countries across the world.Since the disease broke out, over 3,000 have died with over 90,000 already infected and quarantined across the world.Due to the nature of the disease which easily spreads through airborne mode, government of many countries have come up with different...

African nations heighten coronavirus checks at entry points

African governments are looking to their experience with Ebola as they prepare their fragile public systems for outbreaks of the new virus.

Nigeria Responds to First Coronavirus Case Learning From 2014 Ebola Response

The new coronavirus was introduced into Nigeria on February 25, 2020, by an Italian engineer traveling from Milan (a European center of the virus outbreak) via Istanbul to Lagos on Turkish Airlines. Nigeria’s Ebola response in 2014 may be instructive for how it responds to coronavirus today.

Coronavirus: IMF World Bank to support member countries

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is working closely with its...

Coronavirus outbreak: What if you can’t afford to fight Covid-19?

Italy plans to spend $4 billion on emergency economic measures to tackle the outbreak, while South Korea will set aside at least $5.12 billion and U.S. lawmakers rejected a White House request of $2.5 billion as too low.

What If You Can't Afford to Fight Coronavirus?

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- As the coronavirus has tiptoed closer to global pandemic status, the world’s major economies are ramping up their spending on defenses. Italy plans to spend $4 billion on emergency economic measures to tackle the outbreak, while South Korea will set aside at least $5.12 billion

What If You Can’t Afford to Fight Coronavirus?

How bad will the coronavirus outbreak get in the U.S.?

The spreading coronavirus is shaping up as a pandemic of potentially historic proportions, possibly on the scale of the global outbreak of influenza in 1957 but unlikely to be as catastrophic as the Spanish Flu of 1918, according experts. 

What the fight against Ebola can teach us about beating the coronavirus

These Ebola Fighters Helped Halt an Epidemic. Now They're Preparing to Battle Coronavirus

“Ebola knocked us over, but now we know not to underestimate anything; we know how important it is to prepare.”

Africa Looks to Ebola Lessons in Fight Against Coronavirus Outbreak

In 2014, an Ebola outbreak stormed West Africa, leaving more than 11,000 dead mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and also reaching Nigeria and Mali.

Africa looks to Ebola lessons in fight against coronavirus

Their continent has so far only registered two coronavirus cases, but sub-Saharan African governments are looking to their experience with Ebola as they prepare their fragile public systems for outbreaks of the new virus. Confronted with multiple diseases -- malaria, cholera, measles, as well as Ebola -- most African countries are struggling with fragile public healthcare systems.

China Tightens Coronavirus Restrictions to Shield Beijing

Lack of preparedness puts US health care workers at greatest risk from coronavirus

Asking This One Question May Help Slow Down Coronavirus Outbreak

How the IMF Can Help Nations Suffering From the Coronavirus Outbreak