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The number of confirmed active Covid-19 infections in Tshwane has continued to rise, hitting record numbers, with more than 26 000 cases as of 5 July.
The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
AFP
[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.
The Egyptian Drug Authority issued an official license of the Sinopharm Chinese developed coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in Egypt.
From Detroit to Atlanta, and from Los Angeles to Washington D.C., protestors took to the streets in record numbers to express their discontent over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in Minneapolis who was the most recent – and most visible – victim of lethal force from a police officer.
Minneapolis police officer Derrick Chauvin took a knee to Floyd’s neck and casually rocked back in forth until Floyd was dead.
The latest wave of protests – some peaceful and some violent – sparked by the killing of the Minneapolis man, in which millions of Americans witnessed the horrific recorded images of Floyd begging for his life as a police officer casually snuffed out Floyd’s life, while three other officers looked on.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ swifter firing of two police officers who accosted two Morehouse and Spelman students wasn’t enough as peaceful and potentially productive protests continued to spiral downward into violence and pandemonium.
The offices who stood around and watched their brother in blue kill George Floyd may or may not have has the same racial animus as Derrick Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who executed the fatal arrest.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) - Argentina is going through its 'worst moment' of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health minister said on Wednesday, as deaths from the virus hit 60,000 amid a sharp second wave that has forced the country to re-impose some lockdown measures.
The article Argentina COVID-19 deaths hit 60,000 in pandemic's 'worst moment' appeared first on Stabroek News.
Every few years, Boeing releases a report forecasting the number of professionals that the aviation industry will need in the coming years, from pilots and maintenance technicians to cabin crew.
For an ongoing research project, I’ve been interviewing African American women in a variety of positions in the aviation industry about the challenges pursuing a successful career in the field.
Beyond tokenism
In the various months devoted to recognizing historically marginalized groups such as women, African Americans and LBGTQ people, the aviation industry joins the chorus of group that use the calendar to highlight historic diversity firsts.
For example, you’ll often see articles in February showcasing the “first African American pilot” or the “first all LGBTQ flight crew.”
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First African-American Chief Pilot At Major Airlines Retires
South Africa’s First Black Female Pilot Is Helping Other Women Reach New Heights
Analysis - Disputed elections in the Ivory Coast and Guinea, violence in Nigeria: many West Africans hope for foreign support, but the European Union has kept itself at a distance. Publicly, at least.
As Nigerians continue to experience the nationwide ease in lockdown announced by President Muhammadu Buhari, the country recorded a 16 per cent drop in coronavirus cases last week compared to the previous week, an analysis of data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) shows.
A PREMIUM TIMES review of the daily report of COVID-19 cases by the NCDC shows that Nigeria recorded 1,470 new cases in the past week (May 10 - May 16), a 16 per cent drop from the 1,763 cases reported in the previous week (May 3 - May 9).
However, Lagos, like Nigeria, recorded a weekly decrease in new infections when last week's figure is compared to the 696 new cases recorded in the state in the previous week.
The data also shows that Abia and Bayelsa did not record additional cases last week while Cross River and Kogi states are yet to report a single case of the infection since Nigeria's index case was announced in February.
A breakdown of the 5,621confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 2,373 cases, followed by Kano - 761, FCT - 397, Katsina - 239, Bauchi - 212, Borno - 212, Jigawa - 197, Ogun - 145, Kaduna - 134, Gombe - 124, Sokoto - 112, Oyo - 107, Edo - 95, Zamfara - 74, Kwara - 58, Osun - 42, Rivers - 35, Yobe - 32, Kebbi - 31, Delta - 25, Nasarawa - 31, Niger - 22, Plateau - 21,, Adamawa - 21, Ondo - 19, Taraba - 17, Akwa Ibom - 16, Ekiti - 19, Enugu - 12, , Ebonyi - 9, Imo - 7, Bayelsa - 6, Benue - 5, Anambra - 5 and Abia - 2.
\"We are planning for a worst case scenario,\" Western Cape health department head Dr Keith Cloete has said, referring to a third wave of Covid-19 infections.
By PABLO GORONDI Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The number of new confirmed coronavirus cases spiked Friday in parts of eastern Europe, with Hungary and the Czech Republic registering all-time daily highs. Signs of the pandemic's resurgence were also evident in Britain and the Netherlands. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his government was drafting a 'war plan' to defend against the second wave of the pandemic. The plan's aim was 'not for everyone to stay at home and bring the country to a halt … but to defend Hungary's functionality,' Orban said. The prime minister said measures meant […]
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Rwanda has drawn up a recovery plan that includes storing up an equivalent of maize and beans for 10 per cent of the population at 2,500 kilocalories per person per day, in a bid to ensure strong food reserves after the pandemic is defeated.
\"This shall be achieved by increasing resources for National Strategic Reserves to stock food, by supporting the districts to establish their own district food reserves and mobilising farmers to have community stores as well as storage facilities at the household level,\" the Economic Recovery Plan says.
This accounts for health-related spending, social protection, support to state-owned enterprises, and the government's contribution to the Economic Recovery Fund, and other measures to mitigate the economic consequences of Covid-19.
The country registered only one positive case of coronavirus between Monday and Wednesday last week.
The highest number this week was reported on Sunday -- with four positive coronavirus infections -- which was also way below the average cases confirmed in the previous week.
ADELAIDE, Australia — More people across South Australia are using the coronavirus Quick Response (QR) check-in codes amid a police blitz following concerns about a recent fall in compliance. The codes are mandatory across most businesses [...]
