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Media juggernaut Oprah Winfrey announced her charity is donating 12 million dollars to organizations helping under-served communities during COVID-19 in places she calls
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Minneapolis Officers Fired After Video Of George Floyd’s Death Shared On Social Media
The four Minneapolis police officers involved in the deadly altercation between George Floyd, a man who pleaded with officers to breathe during a Monday arrest, were terminated on
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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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Sudan COVID-19 Lockdown Extended for Two Weeks
The Federal Ministry of Health reported 303 new Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and eight death cases, this brings the total number of cases to 2591 including 105 deaths cases in the
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Source: allAfrica.com
Youth are main virus spreaders - VIDEO
Young people have emerged as superspreaders of the novel coronavirus as Kenya’s confirmed cases approach
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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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Ethiopia virus cases soar to 582
Ethiopia's confirmed Covid-19 cases on Sunday reached 582 after 88 more infections were confirmed, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health said in
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Source: The East African
Nigeria: Clearing Backlog of Surgeries Will Take 11 Months After COVID-19 - Report
The CovidSurg Collaborative has projected that, based on a 12-week period of peak disruption to hospital services due to COVID-19, it will take 11 months to clear the backlog of surgeries that have been
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#LHHATL’s Arkansas Mo Charged With Fraud After Spending PPP Loan On Jewelry, Rolex
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week | The Atlanta Voice
In reality, the House bill would give $100 billion to local organizations, such as community health centers or nonprofits, to help with testing and contact tracing by funding door-to-door outreach, the purchase of testing supplies and the hiring and training of people to run mobile testing
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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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COVID recoveries reach 200
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Kenya: Extreme Clean Firm Intensifies Fight Against Virus
Some of the cleaning companies such as Extreme Clean have gone a step further and is wooing healthcare staff who own vehicles by giving them a special offer of 50 per cent discount for
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Gov. Pritzker Says He's Concerned About Fall Surge if Rules are Ignored
New data suggest fewer people are abiding by Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order, a trend the governor called
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Zimbabwe: 48% of Local Sanitisers Fail Standards Tests
Recent laboratory tests have shown that 48 percent of hand sanitisers and face masks produced locally have failed to meet the mandatory health standards and Government is now working with the manufacturers to improve the quality of the products, a Cabinet minister has
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South Africa: Data Lockdown - Tension Simmers As Questions Are Raised About Access to COVID-19 Information
News24 understands that questions have arisen over the apparent stranglehold by the Department of Health on access to spatial data (geo-located confirmed coronavirus cases), data around testing, screening, contact tracing and hospitalisation data - which includes availability levels of medical
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Uganda: COVID-19 Cases in Uganda Jump to 260
The number of COVID-19 cases in Uganda now stands at 260 after 12 new cases were registered on
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Former pastor gives Atlanta’s homeless a place to wash their hands
With those places closed down due to the pandemic, and with hand hygiene more important than ever, Lester decided the solution was to buy portable sinks and distribute them in public places where homeless people tend to
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Africa coronavirus: DRC's returnees from Europe, Zim lockdown extended
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Ghana's COVID-19 Recovery Rises to 1,745 ... Case Counts Stand At 5,735
Per the GHS situation update, 3,906 of the 5,735 cases were from enhanced contact tracing, 1,714 from general surveillance, and 115 from mandatory quarantine cases at Tamale and
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Nigeria Records 216 New Cases of COVID-19
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The Roots legends  Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter are bringing their musical storytelling talents to TV, thanks to a new deal with Universal
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Kenya: Govt Set to Impose Tough Measures After Spike in COVID-19 Cases at Border Points
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