
Nigeria's Covid infection rate 'higher than thought'
A Covid-19 antibodies survey in Nigeria suggests millions, and not thousands may have already contracted the coronavirus.
The Covid-19 infection rate could be much higher in Nigeria than official figures have previously suggested. That's according to a new survey by the country's National Centre for Disease Control.
More than 117,000 people internally displaced by fighting in the Central African Republic since December, are still unable to return home.
And we hear from four women on their experience of suffering from uterine fibroids and the lack of research into what causes the medical condition.
Photo: A banner outside a closed market shows Covid-19 protocols. Credit: Getty Images.
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