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Seven more COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in Jamaica, increasing the tally to 1,884. The deceased are: * A 53-year-old man from Trelawny * An 84-year-old male from St Elizabeth * A 92-year-old female from St Elizabeth A 51-year-old...
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday confirmed the detection of 36 more cases of COVID-19 from the results of 556 tests that were done.
The article 36 more COVID-19 cases recorded appeared first on Stabroek News.
Fifty-one new cases of the novel coronavirus were yesterday recorded in seven of Guyana’s ten administrative regions as cases continue to rise.
The article Fifty-one new COVID cases, over 25,000 tests done so far appeared first on Stabroek News.
Jamaica on Tuesday recorded one additional COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 225.\tThe deceased is a 55-year-old male from St Mary.\tOne other death is under investigation, pushing that figure to 31.\tMeanwhile, there were eight new cases with ages...
Texas on Wednesday became the first state with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, and California closed in on... View Article
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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced new coronavirus restrictions across the city, including closing both indoor and outdoor dining at restaurants.
Kenya continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic with cases steadily rising each day. Government have locked down a handful of counties including the capital Nairobi and imposed a night-time curfew as part of containment efforts.
This rolling page will continue to give updates on major occurrences as relates to the East African country. You can follow Kenya’s March – April 2020 COVID-19 updates on our earlier page.
Kenya as of May 10 was the fourth most impacted country in the East / Horn of Africa region only behind Djibouti, Sudan and Somalia. Government also rolled out mass testing in virus hot spots, borders remain shut and a ban on public gatherings continues.
June 3: 2,216 cases, record recoveries
“This is the highest number of recoveries we have so far recorded since we announced the first discharge case on 1st April, 2020,” CAS Health Rashid Aman announced at today’s briefing.
He was referring to 54 recoveries that brings the country’s recovery to 553. “We want to thank and pay tribute to our healthcare workers for this success.
“This demonstrates that, with good management, this disease, when clinically manifested, is curable and hence not a death sentence,” he added.
COVID-19 UPDATE
✔️2,112 samples tested in the past 24 hours
✔️85,058 samples tested so far
✔️123 new positive cases today
✔️ 2,216 Total confirmed cases
✔️ 54 new recoveries today
✔️ 553 total discharges so far
✔️3 fatalities today
✔️74 Total fatalities #KomeshaCorona pic.twitter.com/SB3gaoQcmG— Ministry of Health (@MOH_Kenya) June 3, 2020
June 1: Cases cross 2,000 mark; Madaraka Day marked
Today, 59 people tested positive from 1,518 samples, processed in the last 24 hours. The total case load in the country to date is 2,021, and samples tested since arrival of the pandemic is at 80,054.
Meanwhile President Uhuru Kenyatta has tasked relevant ministries to work on easing of lockdowns imposed to curb spread of the virus.
Speaking during celebrations for Madaraka (Freedom) Day, the president said he would issue more guidelines in the coming days.
“I have directed the Ministry of Education to fast-track and finalize the ongoing consultations with the stakeholders that will provide an appropriate calendar for gradual resumption of education in the country.
I direct the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Health to continue and hasten their engagement with religious leaders; with the objective of developing protocols that will be adopted to guide a more participatory way of worship while guaranteeing the safety of worshipers,” he added.
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May 31: Cases approach 2,000; Laikipia records case
May 30: 1,888 cases, Kericho records infection
May 27: Record one-day increase
May 26: Govt intensifies voluntary testing calls
News surrounding Pfizer and BioNTech’s announcement that their coronavirus vaccine was more than 90% effective comes as arrives as the United States continues to realize record-breaking new cases.
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[New Times] The Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) on Monday reported 30 new Covid-19 infections and 25 recoveries.
by PublicSource Reporters The Allegheny County Department of Health [ACHD] reported 70 additional COVID-19 infections Wednesday, bringing the total case count since March 14 to 8,512 cases. The new cases come from 1,216 tests conducted from … Continued
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Jamaica on Sunday recorded 154 additional COVID-19 cases, with ages ranging from nine months to 98 years, increasing the total to 13,203 with 1,766 being active.\tOf the new cases, 84 are men, 69 are women and one other is under investigation.\tNo...
[New Times] The Rwanda National Police (RNP) medical services in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) have started mass awareness and testing of Police officers for Covid-19 as part of the national efforts to prevent further spread and combat the pandemic in the country.
Ahead of Monday’s planned resumption of face-to-face classes at 129 schools across Jamaica amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is urging parents to ensure that they and their children continue to follow...
We must change our behaviour now to prevent a resurgence of the virus and manage outbreaks wherever they occur, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his address on Thursday night.
\tDr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, the island's chief medical officer, has declared that Jamaica's dengue outbreak is now over. \tThis comes as data from the Ministry of Health and Wellness' National Epidemiology Unit showed that...
