The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information Centre is featured at the top of News Feed, and provides a central place for people to keep informed about the virus. It includes real-time updates from national health authorities and global organisations such as the World Health Organization, as well as helpful articles, videos and posts about social distancing and preventing its spread.

Facebook users can opt in to follow the centre to get notifications and see updates in their News Feed from official government health authorities.

Facebook's Head of Public Policy for Anglophone West Africa, Adaora Ikenze commented: "We've built the information centres in collaboration with national health partners, to ensure that people can get access to information from trusted health sources. The launch of the COVID-19 Information Centre on Facebook in now more than 19 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana, further highlights our commitment in helping to provide accurate, timely information about the pandemic that is accessible to all communities."

Launched earlier this month in South Africa, the Coronavirus Information Centre has been expanded to a number of Sub-Saharan African countries
including:

·         Benin

·         Burkina Faso

·         Cameroon

·         Cape Verde

·         Chad

·         Côte d'Ivoire

·         Ethiopia

·         Gabon

·         Guinea

·         Kenya

·         Mali

·         Mauritania

·         Nigeria

·         Senegal

·         Seychelles

·         The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

·         Togo