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South Africa records 1,816 new COVID-19 cases, 49 deaths

South Africa recorded 1,816 new cases of the novel coronavirus Saturday and 49 deaths, according to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. Almost 4 million people have been tested for the virus on account that it was first detected in the country in March. Mkhize said 18,620 humans have been tested for the virus in the closing […]

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Covid-19 Pandemic Sees Kenyan School Staff Struggle

School is Still Out in Kenya The education system in Kenya has taken a serious blow from the Covid-19 pandemic as many schools, closed since March 15 and scheduled to reopen in January 2021, many school teachers and staff have taken drastic measures in order to survive the imposed lockdown virus-prevention sanitary measures that see […]

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180 COVID-19 vaccines in development – WHO

Around 180 vaccines to combat COVID-19 are in development worldwide, consisting of 35 in human trials, the WHO chief stated on Friday. “No ailment in history has considered such rapid development in research. It’s a testament to the extremely good advances in science and technological know-how the world has made in latest years,” Director-General Tedros […]

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Ethiopia: PM hails growing COVID-19 testing capacity in the country

The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, commended the country’s growing COVID-19 checking out capability as the quantity of demonstrated instances reached 59,648 as of Monday. Ethiopia’s proven COVID-19 cases reached 59,648 after 976 new cases were registered on Monday, the country’s Ministry of Health said. The ministry said in a statement that 15 extra patients […]

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Uganda: 13 health workers test positive for COVID-19

Uganda’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday suggested 124 new conformed COVID-19 instances taking the East African nation’s caseload to 3,900. 13 of the instances have been fitness people accounting for 10.5 percent of all the new cases. Apac District in the northern area of Uganda accounted for most of these instances (three) accompanied by means of Lira […]

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Business: Economy Down by 51% in 2nd Quarter in South Africa

South Africa’s economy, the most industrialised in Africa, collapsed by using 51% between April and June in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the country’s information agency. An unheard of decline in GDP used to be anticipated as the countrywide lockdown on March 27th imposed to curb the unfold of the new coronavirus, noticed […]

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Breaking: Egypt tries plasma treatment to fight pandemic

The treatment of the new coronavirus with plasma brings of hopevto Egypt where there is an estimated 100,000 cases and more than 5,000 deaths. The 25-year-old land surveyor from Cairo caught the disease in May, on the eve of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival, becoming one of the almost 100,000 reported cases in Egypt, where […]

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Uganda converts national stadium into an auxiliary hospital as COVID-19 cases rise

In the light of the fast-growing COVID-19 incidents, Ugandan health ministry has transformed parts of Namboole National Stadium to into an auxiliary hospital to cater for the rapidly increasing numbers. The health ministry opened a treatment center situated in Wakiso ‘s central Ugandan province, about 15 km east of Kampala, the capital. The facility begins […]

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Nigeria: International Flights resume after 5 months

Nigeria on Thursday introduced it would resume global flights beginning Sept. 5 after shuting down flights at its five worldwide airports on March 24 following the virus outbreak. Nigeria had formerly said it would resume flights overseas each time from Aug. 29. Incoming passengers to the us of a are required to elevate a file […]

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NEWS: Mozambique to lift state of emergency

Mozambique will lift the state of emergency to the unfold of coronavirus this weekend, President Filipe Nyusi announced in a tv address on Friday. Nyusi said the kingdom of emergency would stop Sunday night time as infections have no longer improved tons compared to neighbouring nations in the region. “We are proud of the measures […]

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The World: Spain breaks record for highest infections in a single day

Spain’s Health Ministry proven 10,476 new coronavirus infections on Friday — the easiest single-day leap because the pandemic began. The preceding each day file was once set ultimate Friday, with simply under 9,800 new infections in a day. Although the usa is reporting extra instances now than in the worst days of spring, checking out […]

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Malawi: Adolescent pregnancies increase in the coronavirus pandemic

Eliza Majuri is 17 years old and one of the thousands of young adults in Malawi who has fallen pregnant all through the coronavirus pandemic. According to Oxfam, the town of Phalombe on my own has registered 2,784 instances of teen pregnancies and 800 child marriages because March when colleges closed. Eliza stated she was […]

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220M Covid-19 Vaccine Doses Will Be Tested in Africa – WHO

Africa the Initial Testing Ground for Coronavirus Vaccine Doses The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that 220 million covid-19 vaccine doses will be tested on the African population. The distribution will be based on nation inhabitant numbers and — front-line health workers and the most vulnerable being given first-batch priority, as confirmed by WHO Africa […]

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The World: Ex-prime minister of Italy contracts coronavirus

Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has examined high-quality for COVID-19, according to nearby media Wednesday. Berlusconi is remoted and is conducting work from his domestic near Milano after his infection used to be confirmed, in accordance to reviews that cited sources from his Forza Italia party. Berlusconi’s doctor, Alberto Zangrillo, stated he used to […]

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South Africa records 2,336 new COVID-19 cases

South Africa suggested 2,336 new coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period, bringing the complete variety of infections to 630,595, the country’s Health Ministry said late Wednesday. The ministry stated 126 COVID-19 related deaths were additionally recorded, taking the total variety of fatalities to 14,381. The united states has conducted over 3.7 million COVID-19 checks so […]

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The World: Virus fears push back school opening 1 week in Greece

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, Greek schools will open a week later than expected, officers said Tuesday. Schools had been scheduled to open on Sept. 7, however with a latest spike in COVID-19 cases, authorities determined to push this back to Sept. 14, said Education Minister Niki Kerameus. The prolong is indispensable to permit time […]

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Countries should continue safeguards – WHO

The World Health Organization advised countries Monday to continue enforcing protection measures to manipulate the unfold of the coronavirus, such as limiting public gatherings and defending inclined groups as they try to reopen corporations and services.  “The more manage nations have over the virus, the extra they can open up. Opening up without having manipulate […]

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COVID-19 cases in Africa close to 1.24 M in the face of rising economic effect

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Sunday stated that the number of nice COVID-19 instances throughout the African continent rose to 1,237,070 amid growing impact on African economies. The Africa CDC, which cited that solely five African countries account for over 70 percentage of all COVID-19 infections in the continent, […]