NEW MEASURES ✳ 1. Shops selling general merchandize will open provided they are not in the shopping malls, shopping arcades and food markets. ✳ 2. The heroic market women that have slept in the work places for all these days, will be allowed to go home and come back to work daily …
Read More »MAGUFULI: Tanzanian prayers quelled the coronavirus
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AFP | Tanzania President John Magufuli said Sunday that the number of coronavirus cases there had dropped drastically thanks to the populations’ prayers, and implied the epidemic might soon end. Magufuli’s government has been criticised for a lack of transparency regarding the toll that COVID-19 …
Read More »UGANDA: 24 new COVID-19 cases
UPDATE UGANDA 🔸 24 new cases (truck drivers) ✳ 69,729 UG Tests done ✳ 227 Confirmed cases ✳ 63 Recoveries ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | Uganda’s COVID-19 cases rose to 227 Saturday, after the Ministry Of Health confirmed 24 new cases involving truck drivers. This …
Read More »All Ugandan truck drivers to be tested
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health will with immediate effect counsel and test all truck drivers employed in Uganda. No truck driver will also be allowed from entering the country from tonight unless they have negative COVID-19 results. All those tested, will then have to adopt …
Read More »Bundesliga defies COVID-19, no shaking hands
All eyes on Germany as Bundesliga football returns Berlin, Germany | AFP | The Bundesliga returns to action on Saturday with the resumption of the first top European league since the coronavirus lockdown watched closely to see if it provides a blueprint for other competitions. Matches will be played behind …
Read More »Antimicrobial surface coating kills COVID-19 for 90 days
Washington, United States | AFP | A specially formulated antimicrobial coating can keep surfaces clear of a human coronavirus for up to 90 days with just one application, a preliminary study said Friday, suggesting a new line of defense against COVID-19. The paper by researchers at the University of Arizona …
Read More »Antenatal visits, deliveries drop in health facilities in Teso
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of mothers seeking antenatal care services and delivering in health facilities across Teso sub region has dropped since the Covid-19 lockdown was announced. At Serere health center, a proposed district hospital, only 965 mothers came for antenatal care in April compared to …
Read More »COVID-19 threatens to undo global health progress on SDGs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The progress made by countries to achieve Sustainable Development Goals-SDGs is going to be interrupted by the effects of the COVID-19. The pandemic is causing a significant loss of life, disrupting livelihoods and threatening to undo much of the progress made over the years, according …
Read More »COVID-19: Burundi expels top WHO team
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Burundi has ordered the expulsion of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) expert team backing the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, just days before a presidential election. The foreign ministry, in a letter to WHO Africa headquarters and seen by AFP on Wednesday, said the …
Read More »A pledge for Africa
To overcome the current global public-health and economic crisis, rich countries must support Africa COMMENT | ABIY AHMED | The world will not be free of the COVID-19 pandemic until all countries are free of the coronavirus that causes it. This simple fact underscored the urgent need for the …
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