Login to BlackFacts.com using your favorite Social Media Login. Click the appropriate button below and you will be redirected to your Social Media Website for confirmation and then back to Blackfacts.com once successful.
Enter the email address and password you used to join BlackFacts.com. If you cannot remember your login information, click the “Forgot Password” link to reset your password.
Effective immediately, Jamaica has banned all flights from the United Kingdom for a period of two weeks, ending January 4, 2021.
However, flights arriving over the next 24 hours and outbound flights to the UK will be allowed up to midnight Tuesday, December 22.
South Africa is one of the hardest-hit countries in Africa with over 740,000 infections.
The country recorded 60 more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 20,011.
A post-mortem examination conducted on Kevin Smith, the sanitation worker who died on Sunday following an accident at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Liliendaal, revealed his cause of death as multiple injuries.
The article Sanitation worker died from multiple injuries in hospital fall appeared first on Stabroek News.
[New Times] Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) is planning the inclusion of Covid-19 tests in different health insurance schemes, The New Times has learned.
Seventy- nine new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded and the majority were reported in Region Four.
The article Seventy-nine new COVID cases recorded appeared first on Stabroek News.
While LeBron James made it clear that he was enjoying his most recent NBA Championship the joy did not last as long as he would have hoped. He is now assisting his associate in trying to secure justice for a loved one. As spotted on TMZ King James is asking for help regarding a crime that […]
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Many say Charles’ body resembles 14-year-old Emmett Till who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman in her family’s grocery store,” reported the news website, The NC Beat, which published a side-by-side photo comparison of Quawan Charles and Emmett Till.
The total number of cases now stands at 730 548, with 659 249 recoveries. It translates to a 90% recovery rate.
Jamaicans are being cautioned against bypassing medical assessment and going directly to private laboratories for COVID-19 tests.Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie made the call yesterday for the public to adhere to the protocols for testing, as it is part of the management of cases, and allows the Government to get a clear picture of the country's COVID-19 status.
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has rejected Opposition counterpart Dr Morais Guy's criticism of the ministry's handling of information relating to cases of the variant strain of COVID-19 on the island.
NURSES have objected to the decision by the Health ministry to scrap the flexible working hours system so that they can work for 40 hours a week. BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA Health secretary Jasper Chimedza on October 19 directed provincial medical directors to resume normal working hours for all nurses, saying the flexi working hours were creating artificial nurse shortages. But Zimbabwe Nurses Association president Enock Dongo, in a letter to Chimedza dated October 21, objected to the order, accusing the permanent secretary of making unilateral decisions. “The decision to implement the flexible working hour system is a product of agreement within the HSBNP [Health Service Bipartite Negotiating Panel]. It was not given unilaterally by the government nor did the employees adopt it on their own accord,” Dongo said. “With this in mind, your decision to unilaterally remove a system which you found in place and, in any event, was reached by agreement, is irregular and certainly not in good faith.” He added that the ministry’s circular ran contrary to the other communication they received on May 11, 2020, where it was put clearly that the flexible hour system would remain in place because it reduced exposure to COVID-19. He said the nurses, therefore, found it unfortunate that he proceeded to remove the flexible hour system when the risk of exposure was still quite high owing to poor supply of personal protective equipment (PPE). “Tied to the above, the flexi-hour system did not only address issues to do with PPE but also addressed issues of incapacity,” Dongo told Chimedza. “When you go to the origins of adopting this system, the reason was that regular working hours were becoming expensive to maintain on the salaries nurses were getting.” lFollow Harriet on Twitter @harrietchikand1
Forty-six more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 according to the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) dashboard for yesterday.
The article Forty-six new COVID cases reported appeared first on Stabroek News.
The reintegration of more than 100 doctors who were laid off from the health sector has not eased the punishing shifts being worked by junior practitioners, many of whom are now unable to take vacation leave as a result of mandatory quarantine...
Dear Editor,
Increasingly among development practitioners is an awareness of the cultural and social context of interventions and the impacts of these on outcomes of policies and actions.
The article Caution needed with HIV self-testing appeared first on Stabroek News.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Mutukula border authorities have expressed concern over the increasing number of people who sneak into the country illegally in order to avoid paying for the coronavirus (COVID-19) test.
[Cameroon Tribune] A wake service alongside four other services were organised on November 12, 2020 in Mengon, South Region in honour of the deceased.
The Health Ministry expects to have antigen tests for COVID-19 in Guyana within the next three weeks and later have them deployed to hinterland communities.
The article Antigen tests for COVID-19 expected soon - Anthony appeared first on Stabroek News.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has reprimanded residents in six COVID-19 hotspot areas for not complying with self-quarantine and self- isolation rules, amid a rise in cases
How one Black mother survived child loss and postpartum depression, and why she advocates for Women of Color and maternal mental health
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Perhaps the biggest looming pardon question is whether Trump will consider granting himself a pardon, amid state investigations into his business and finances and the prospect of federal investigators scrutinizing him after he leaves office,” CNN’s Evan Perez noted.
By Vincent L. HallColumnist “Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” – Maya Angelou It’s been a lousy …
[Monitor] Ugandan companies involved in the sourcing of external employment for migrant workers abroad are to resume business after government Monday announced that it had relaxed the Coronavirus restrictions.
It was after midnight in Lagos on 21 October when Elisha Sunday said he got a call from his brother Victor's phone: a stranger told him Victor had been shot dead by soldiers at Lekki Toll Gate.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Both California and Texas have recorded more than 1 million total cases, while states like Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey have seen significant rises in COVID infections. The most recent available statistics show that the District of Columbia has more than 18,500 total positive cases and 657 deaths. Washington, DC health officials have administered nearly 572,000 COVID tests to roughly 272,000 residents.
Thirty-four new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Friday.
According to the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard, the 34 new cases increased Guyana’s total number of positive confirmed cases to 6,076.
The article 34 more COVID-19 cases recorded appeared first on Stabroek News.
