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- Bissau braces for rise in coronavirus cases, enlists Cuban medical help
Guinea-Bissau (Saturday, 27 June) - Guinea Bissau was warned on Saturday to prepare for a possible increase in coronavirus cases by the head of its response commission, as a team of Cuban health workers arrived... - The coronavirus is jeopardizing a ‘very, very finite’ workforce: Africa’s doctors and nurses Guinea-Bissau (Thursday, 25 June) - While the novel coronavirus has infected devastatingly high shares of health-care workers worldwide, African nations, on average, have far fewer staffers who can fill in on the fr ......
- Health professionals at the forefront of combating COVID – At risk Guinea-Bissau (Thursday, 25 June) - In Guinea Bissau, they complain about the lack of protective material and greater support for doctors and nurses because the greater the number of health professionals infected, the greater is...
- Guinea-Bissau: Polio vaccine study aims to measure Covid-19 effects – official Guinea-Bissau (Wednesday, 24 June) - Bissau's Health Ethics Committee, has told Lusa that a controversial programme of testing with the polio vaccine serves to ......
- Turkish, Guinea-Bissau presidents meet in Istanbul Guinea-Bissau (Saturday, 20 June) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday met with his counterpart from Guinea-Bissau in Istanbul. Erdogan and Umaro Sissoco Embalo met at Vahdettin Pavilion and discussed all dimensions of ......
- Guinea-Bissau to receive 20 Cuban doctors in fight against pandemic Guinea-Bissau (Friday, 19 June) - A team of 20 Cuban doctors is to arrive in Guinea-Bissau in the next few days to help the authorities fight the new coronavirus ......
- 2nd donation of medical supplies from Chinese gov't arrives in Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau (Thursday, 18 June) - A second donation of medical supplies from the Chinese government to Guinea-Bissau arrived Thursday at Bissau's Osvaldo Vieira International Airport. This batch of equipment, including 10,000 test ......
- About 9% of Guinea-Bissau health workers have been infected with Coronavirus Guinea-Bissau (Wednesday, 17 June) - Click to read all about coronavirus → More than 170 of Guinea-Bissau’s 2,000 health workers have contracted COVID-19, a World Health Organization expert said on Tuesday, warni ......
- Around 9% of Guinea-Bissau health workers have been infected with COVID-19 Guinea-Bissau (Tuesday, 16 June) - Bissau's 2,000 health workers have contracted COVID-19, a World Health Organization expert said on Tuesday, warning that hospitals were close to being overwhelmed. The tiny West African nation's under ......
- Guinea-Bissau's President completes 48-hour visit to Congo Guinea-Bissau (Tuesday, 16 June) - Arriving in Brazzaville on Monday, Guinea-Bissau's Head of State, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, left Brazzaville on Tuesday after a 48-hour stay during which he held talks with his Congolese counterpart, De...
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