{"id":4519,"date":"2020-04-22T14:30:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T13:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africacdc.org\/?page_id=4519"},"modified":"2024-07-12T13:54:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:54:39","slug":"covid-19-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africacdc.org\/covid-19\/covid-19-news\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 News"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4519\" class=\"elementor elementor-4519\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ada92e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ada92e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-910db31\" data-id=\"910db31\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f01f8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2f01f8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-093feb3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"093feb3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-940ca4d\" data-id=\"940ca4d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7538e09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7538e09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COVID-19 News<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53f0230 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53f0230\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Press releases and media about COVID-19 from Africa 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