Sierra Leone prepares to open Lungi international airport

Fetter Health Care Network administers 2,493 COVID-19 tests in Berkeley and Charleston Counties

Fetter Health Care Network (FHCN), a Federally Qualified Health Center, in partnership with Berkeley and Charleston County Municipalities and Government, operates a free mobile COVID-19 Respiratory Collection Test Site in both

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Uhuru's plan to reopen Kenya

The dusk-to-dawn curfew and containment measures put in place by the government to curb the spread of Covid-19 could soon be lifted once President Uhuru Kenyatta’s plan to reopen the country is

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Gov't hiring 1,300 new community health aids

Approximately 1,300 new community health aids are being employed by the Government to strengthen the country's public health system under a new strategic framework designed to ensure that the population can live their normal lives despite the presence of the novel coronavirus

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NNPA Exclusive: Iconic Entertainer and Entrepreneur, Ice Cube, Speaks to the Black Press of America

A few days after my call with Rep. Reynolds, I received a call on my cell phone from U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Wednesday, March

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Kenya: Isiolo Opens Regional COVID-19 Testing Centre

Upper Eastern counties will no longer take samples from suspected Covid-19 patients to Nairobi following the approval of Isiolo Referral Hospital's laboratory as a testing

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Source: allAfrica.com

400 ship workers tested for COVID-19

The taking of COVID-19 samples by the Ministry of Health and Wellness from Jamaican ship workers who arrived in the island on Tuesday is to go on break on

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Eritrea officially virus-free with 100% recoveries, zero deaths

Total confirmed cases = 39

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

New York churches serve Black, Latinx communities with COVID-19 testing

Medical workers in personal protective equipment (PPE) test for COViD-19 at Abyssinian Baptist Church, one of 11 churches across the city as well as Nassau County and Westchester that has begun testing for the virus on May 13, 2020 in New York

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Source: theGrio

Virus-free Eritrea starts random, extensive testing

May 17: Random, extensive testing starts in Asmara, border towns

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

CJIA’s COVID-19 measures undergo inspection as flights set to resume - Stabroek News

A team from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Thursday inspected the COVID-19 measures in place at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) ahead of next week’s proposed reopening for international

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

COMMENTARY: COVID-19 "My personal battle from a positive to a negative result"

A few days after my call with Rep. Reynolds, I received a call on my cell phone from U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Wednesday, March

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

NorthPoint is now offering drive-up COVID-19 testing by appointment

Northpoint Health and Wellness is now offering drive-up COVID-19 testing by appointment for people exhibiting one of more of the following COVID-19

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Ethiopia: City Struggles to Stay Vigilant As COVID-19 Cases Rise

Weeks after the law came into effect, the Addis Abeba Police Commission in an abrupt move last Wednesday started apprehending people in order to ensure strict observance of the regulation among

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Source: allAfrica.com

Ngilu, Kalonzo fight moves to county assembly

The rivalry between Wiper Democratic Movement leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has reared its ugly head again, with allegations that the former vice-president is using the county assembly to sabotage Ms

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Pros and Cons of COVID-19 Testing

According to information on the CDC website, “Two kinds of tests are available for COVID-19: viral tests and antibody

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Kenya: Aga Khan Hospital to Offer Free COVID-19 Tests for Inpatients

Nairobi — The Aga Khan University Hospital has started conducting free COVID-19 tests for all in-patients, surgical and day surgery patients, in a precautionary measure aimed at combating the spread of the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Designer launches COVID-19 t-shirts to raise funds for elderly home

Seeking to use his talent to provide humanitarian support during the COVID-19 pandemic, designer Bernard Ramsay has launched a t-shirt project to raise funds for several homes for the

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

No new COVID cases; five recover

Five more people have recovered from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has revealed. There are no new infections. This brings the number of persons who are now well to 620 and the percentage of total...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Teachers cautious on schools’ reopening

Teachers want the national government to streamline the transport sector and provide Covid-19 testing kits to school dispensaries before the partial reopening of schools across the

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Juliet Holness: ‘Scorn dem if necessary’ - MP chides persons returning from abroad who breach COVID-19 orders

East Rural St Andrew Member of Parliament Juliet Holness is urging Jamaicans, in particular those who have returned from overseas, to comply with the established protocols to protect others from contracting the deadly coronavirus. Incensed by the...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Sierra Leone Commercial Bank urges customers to use Visa and mobile banking

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 June 2020: As the world moves gradually away from use of paper currency to cashless transactions, which carry the convenience of safety and security from theft, management of Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, the country’s largest profitable financial service provider has

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

New York Churches Open COVID-19 Testing Sites In Push To Reach Minority Communities

The first day of coronavirus testing at Bethany Baptist Church, a historic Black congregation in Brooklyn, New York, got off to a slow

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Eritrea coronavirus: one active case left as 38 patients recover

April 18, 2020: Eritrea president likens COVID-19 to sudden war

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Is Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr caught between a rock and a hard place?

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 June 2020: As Mayor of the municipality of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has received widespread praise for her stewardship of the city from various quarters. Despite this, she has been walking a tight rope between a government with an uncertain

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

More than 200 samples from West Kingston, Norwood for testing

The Ministry of Health and Wellness says it has collected 137 samples in West Kingston since Thursday for COVID-19 testing, and some 100 samples in Norwood, St James, where surveillance is continuing. It says the results will be...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Uganda: Masaka, Arua Hospitals Discharge 5 COVID-19 Patients

Five Covid-19 patients have been discharged from Masaka and Arua regional referral hospitals after recovering from the

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Source: allAfrica.com

HDF donates 198 oxygen concentrators to Zim

THE UNITED Nations-managed Health Development Fund (HDF) has procured 198 oxygen concentrators to aid in Zimbabwe’s fight against COVID-19. BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA The HDF, which is managed by United Nations International Children’s Fund (Unicef) and United Nations Population Fund, (UNFPA), has also

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Pavi Fort SL helps 16 Districts in Sierra Leone to Combat COVID-19

Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 June 2020: Chief Executive Officer of Pavi Fort Construction Company in Sierra Leone, Alimou Barrie, has joined the fight against the spread of COVID-19 in the country with a resolve to complement Government’s efforts. Out of selflessness and his passion

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Ugandas Virus Cases Rise to 848 As 15 More People Test Positive for COVID-19

[Monitor] The Ministry of Health has reported 15 new Covid-19 infections as Uganda's confirmed cases on Saturday rose to 848.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Truck Drivers Now Weak Link in Fight Against Coronavirus

The ministry of health has now shifted its focus to the country's borders that have become high risk areas where coronavirus transmissions are taking

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Source: allAfrica.com

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