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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has lifted and scaled back some anti-Covid-19 measures, including reopening schools and freeing travel in and out of Nairobi.
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.
Sharing a word of warning with the general public, Zweli Mkhize has reminded South Africans that Level 1 of lockdown still comes with tight restrictions.
[Monitor] Uganda has recorded 4,765 recoveries and 244 deaths in seven days, according to Ministry of Health statistics recorded from June 28 to July 4.
Clemson University, known for its storied football program, has reported that 23 people in connection to the team have tested positive for coronavirus.
This isn’t the first we heard of the school’s connection to the deadly virus, just last week when the school conducted 169 tests it was revealed that two other football players, as well as a men’s basketball player, had the virus.
Just a few days ago, Dr. Anthony Fauci proposed that the only way to truly have a safe NFL season would be to it in a bubble away from everyone else.
“Unless players are essentially in a bubble — insulated from the community and they are tested nearly every day — it would be very hard to see how football is able to be played this fall,” Fauci said.
Dr. Fauci even recommends that if the bubble theory isn’t an option, then a 2020-21 NFL season shouldn’t even be considered.
[Monitor] The government has added 746 deaths to Covid-19 tally, raising the cumulative total of deaths in the country to 2,012 as of Friday last week.
Economists praise “blockbuster” report, but COVID-19 concerns linger
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[VOA] Washington -- Somalia announced Thursday it has restored its diplomatic relations with Kenya, following talks between leaders of the neighboring countries, mediated by Qatar.
Andrew Cuomo's top aide apologized to Democratic lawmakers for underreporting and hiding thousands of coronavirus deaths that occurred in nursing homes
FINANCE Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has again defended the Government's stewardship o f the economy since 2016, pointing to a 40 per cent drop in the poverty rate between 2015 and 2018 — the lowest in 10 years.
Dr Clarke told the House of Representatives Tuesday that this is also the country's third-lowest poverty rate in 25 years, and that all economic variables were on track prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“[The year] 2018 marked the first time that economic output exceeds the pre-recession peak and represents the highest level of per capita production in Jamaica's history to date,” Clarke said, noting that the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) registered a rate of 9.2 per cent, other urban centres 12 per cent, and rural areas a poverty rate of 15 per cent.
He said the main economic factor accounting for this decline in poverty is GDP growth rate of 1.9 per cent in 2018, but noted that there was not enough data to identify all the factors which assisted with the drop in poverty rates for that year.
Opposition spokesman on finance Mark Golding said his side welcomed the decline in the poverty rate but argued that, “it is a complete fabrication to say all of Jamaica's economic variables were moving in the right direction prior to COVID-19, that is simply not the case... Those results [from 2018] are not what matters to the Jamaican people now.
The devil is in the criteria by which the EU decides if a country is safe enough.
Coffee earnings for the eight months to August dropped by Sh2.4 billion compared with a similar period last year.
[East African] South Sudan's real GDP is expected to contract by a further 1.1 percent this year as a result of a drop in revenues generated from oil, which accounts for 90 percent of the country's goods exports and more than 80 percent of total government revenue, says rating agency Fitch Solutions.
The last time the United States used this small amount of fossil fuels, baggy shorts were just coming into fashion, “Seinfeld” was the new hit TV sitcom and grunge-band Nirvana had its first chart hits. It was 1991, and it was the last time the U.S. consumed less than 73 quadrillion British thermal units of fossil-fuel energy. That is, until 2020.
Tanzanian destinations out of bounds to travellers from Kenya as dispute over access continues to simmer.
The DA says the National Command Council is considering two lockdown restrictions that could have a disastrous impact on the economy.
[Nation] Politicians, led by Deputy President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga, continue to blatantly disregard the ban on political gatherings amid Covid-19 spike in the country.
May 15: Somalis outraged over ‘fleeing compatriots, officials’
\tA local radio station in the country reported that a number of Somalis including government officials had left the country in the wake of COVID-19 spread especially in the capital Mogadishu.
Total confirmed cases = 1,284
Total recoveries = 135
Total deaths = 53
Active cases = 1,096
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 15, 2020 10:00 GMT
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May 5: Probe into mishap involving Kenya coronavirus jet
\tSomalia case stats as of May 5, 2020: Total confirmed cases: 835, Total recoveries: 75, Total deaths: 38.
Somalia’s president has promised his Kenyan counterpart a “thorough investigation” into the deadly crash of a Kenyan plane carrying medical supplies in Somalia, while one Somali official asserts that the aircraft was shot down.
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May 2: ‘Game of deaths’: Somalia’s unusually high deaths amid virus spread
\tSomalia is recording a spate of double digit deaths since after mid April 2020, a situation which has led to concerns among relevant authorities.
Officially, however, Somalia has recorded 601 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 28 deaths and 31 recoveries according to John Hopkins University tallies valid as of May 2, 2020 at 9:30 GMT.
Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation David Mahlobo received a positive COVID-19 test result on Thursday 7 January 2021.
Corona cuts macadamia gate prices by 75 percent
Friday, June 19, 2020 0:01
By GITONGA MARETE
Brokers are now mopping up the nuts at throwaway prices.
FILE PHOTO | NMG
The Coronavirus disease has hit hard macadamia farmers after its price plunged to Sh50 from Sh200 last year, a 75 percent drop.
This left producers at the mercy of brokers who are now mopping up the nuts at throwaway prices, the farmers said.
Daniel Murungi, a farmer in Tigania East, said he had sold about 5,000 kilos since the season began in March at an average price of Sh60, earning Sh300,000.
Meru Macadamia Farmers Association chairman Joshua Muriira said processors including Kenya Nut and Jungle Nut closed buying centres, fuelling the low prices.
