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The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 516 new COVID-19 cases - 243 males and 273 females – from the 2,403 tests carried out on Tuesday, January 11. The new cases consisted of 87 persons under the age of 18, and 429 who were 18 years and older. There were 106 people in isolation facilities, […]
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A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
Two new COVID-19 cases recorded -Ministry concerned over spread in regions One and Seven
Guyana has recorded two new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 127 while the Health Ministry has voiced concern about the spread of the virus in regions One and Seven.
In its COVID-19 update yesterday, the ministry said another 31 persons were tested for the virus, moving the number of persons tested so far in Guyana to a total of 1,329.
Dr. Ertenisa Hamilton, Director of Primary Health Care Services, stated that 57 persons have now recovered from the virus, representing an increase of 10, while there are 60 persons in institutional isolation who account for the number of active cases to date.
She revealed that there are still three persons in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit, while the number of deaths remain at 10.
Kenya continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic with cases steadily rising each day. Government have locked down a handful of counties including the capital Nairobi and imposed a night-time curfew as part of containment efforts.
This rolling page will continue to give updates on major occurrences as relates to the East African country. You can follow Kenya’s March – April 2020 COVID-19 updates on our earlier page.
Kenya as of May 10 was the fourth most impacted country in the East / Horn of Africa region only behind Djibouti, Sudan and Somalia. Government also rolled out mass testing in virus hot spots, borders remain shut and a ban on public gatherings continues.
July 15: 10,791 cases; KQ resumes local operations
After 99 days, the state carrier’s first commercial passenger flight took off from the capital Nairobi to Mombasa. The KQ602 took off with each passenger wearing a face mask and observing physical distancing from the formalities through to the boarding.
Another flight, KQ655 also flew to Kisumu. Upon touch down in Kisumu;, present to meet the arriving flight was Governor of Kisumu Anyang Nyongo and other stakeholders.
The carrier was one of the most impacted African fliers during the pandemic. Most passenger aircrafts were converted into cargo flights to transport essential supplies and cross-continental produce.
Recoveries as at close of day July 14 has crossed the 3,000 mark. The total recoveries stood at 3,017 whiles deaths also reached 202. The caseload is now at 10,791; the highest in the East and Horn of Africa region.
Confirmed cases = 10,791
Active cases = 7,572
Recoveries = 3,017
Number of deaths = 202
John Hopkins Uni stats valid as of July 14, 2020
The moment #KQ602 was off chocks from Nairobi to Mombasa as we resume domestic passenger flights today. #TheMagicAwaits #KQClearForTakeOff pic.twitter.com/u8×7DAK9Lg— Kenya Airways (@KenyaAirways) July 15, 2020
July 12: 10,294 cases; record 12 deaths in a day
Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe today confirmed 189 new Covid-19 cases out of a total of 1,205 samples in the last 24 hours. Kenya’s caseload now stands at 10,294. The 10,000 mark was reached on Sunday, July 12.
The country also recorded highest number of COVID-19 fatalities in a day as 12 patients succumbed bringing death toll to 197. On the recovery front, 65 patients were discharged bringing the tally to 2,946.
Meanwhile, the Standard Digital news outlet reported that some 15 nurses at a maternity hospital had tested positive for the virus. The cited the chairman of the Kenya Union of nurses as confirming the development at Pumwani Maternity Hospital.
Kenya last Friday mourned the passing of a medic who contracted the virus. The incident involving Doreen Adisa reignited the issue of ill-protected frontline workers.
C-HERP project is designed to assist countries to prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19, and to strengthen the national systems for public health preparedness and responsiveness. #KomeshaCorona https://t.co/gpsHCB2tKq—
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[New Times] Rwanda on Tuesday,July 7, reported 59 new Covid-19 cases and 20 recoveries.
Guyana yesterday recorded fourteen new COVID-19 cases which now takes the country’s total active cases to 357 of which 138 were recorded in the first nine days in August.
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Maryland reported another 771 new COVID-19 cases and nearly three dozen more hospitalizations as the total number of cases surpassed 147,000, data from the state's health department shows.
COVID-19 patients in Chicago area hospitals have more than doubled in last 30 days By Eric Horng, Leah Hope and Jesse Kirsch and ABC7 Chicago Digital Team Illinois officials announced a record 9,935 new COVID-19 cases and 97 additional deaths Thursday. The death toll in Illinois has now crossed 10,000, with a total of 10,030 […]
Kenya, which confirmed its first case of the virus on March 13, had tested a total of 55, 074 samples from different parts of the county by May 22.
At the same briefing in Machakos, Mr Kagwe announced that Kenya will no longer import Personal protective equipment (PPE) because local manufacturers are now able to produce quality gears for health workers.
Healthcare workers had raised concerns over the quality of the equipment donated to the counties by the national government.
Mr Maurice Opetu, the deputy secretary-general of the Kenya National Union of Nurses, said the equipment delivered to the health workers were of poor quality, hence putting them at high risk of contracting the virus.
Mr Kagwe called upon the management of the Covid-19 Fund, launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta, to release the money and start putting it in manufacturing of the equipment.
A shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead early Thursday was being investigated as “terrorism-related,” the FBI said, but divulged few details as to why.
At about 6:15 a.m., the gunman tried to speed through a security gate at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, opening fire and wounding the sailor, a member of base security, U.S. officials told the AP.
“We have determined that the incident this morning at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi is terrorism related,” Greeves said.
In another incident at the base last year, a man pleaded guilty to destruction of U.S. government property and possession of a stolen firearm for ramming his truck into a barricade at the Corpus Christi station.
The shooting also comes months after a Saudi Air Force officer who was training at a Navy base in Pensacola, Florida, killed three U.S. sailors and wounded eight other people in a shooting that American officials described as an act of terrorism.
[WHO] Thirty (30) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2908 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to six hundred and twelve (612). To date, three hundred and thirty-eight (338) patients have recovered and been discharged, including six (6) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is two hundred and seventy-two (272) and two (2) deaths.
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Jay-Z‘s annual Made In America Festival in Philadelphia has become the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic as it’s been canceled.
READ MORE: Dr. Fauci says US coronavirus cases to reach ‘disturbing’ 100,000 per day
A statement was released Wednesday that the event which has become a staple in Philly on Labor Day weekend was canceled due to the ongoing health crisis.
Now is the time to protect the health of our artists, fans, partners and community as well as focus on our support for organizations and individuals fighting for social justice and equality in our country.”
According to the White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci, 50% of all new COVID-19 cases are coming from Florida, California, Texas, and Arizona.
As of Monday, the U.S. averaged nearly 40,000 new cases daily over the past week, a 40% increase compared to data — compiled by Johns Hopkins University — from a week ago, CNBC reported.
Algeria will keep its land, air and sea borders closed until the end of the COVID-19 crisis. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday announced this saying also that firmer measures will be taken against citizens who do not respect preventive measures.
Algeria closed all border crossing points with neighboring nations and suspended all flights and sea voyages since mid March. It reported 305 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 13,273 with 897 deaths.
Now what is responsible for this spike and how well has the fight against the virus in the country worked if many cases are still being recorded?
Kenya on Wednesday recorded 184 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the number of confirmed positive cases to 4,044.
This is the highest number recorded in a single day in the country since the first case in March.
He added that the cases were of 2,518 samples tested in the last 24 hours bringing the total samples tested in the country to more than 124,474.
Some 27 Covid-19 patients were discharged over the same period after recovering from the deadly virus, bringing the total number of recoveries in the country to 1,353.
Vihiga County on Wednesday joined the number of counties reporting Covid-19 cases bringing the total number of counties that have reported cases to 40.
South Sudan’s coronavirus cases have risen to 1,916, after the Public Health Laboratory confirmed 24 new coronavirus cases on Monday.
The country also reported one new death, bringing the total number of fatalities to 35; while 190 people have recovered from the virus.
Out of the new cases identified, 16 are male adults and 8 are female adults,” the Ministry of Health said in a statement.
“Today (Monday), the total number of tests performed since the outbreak of the pandemic is 10,104.
There are 1,093 contacts being followed up currently, which brings the cumulative number of contacts followed up countrywide since the outbreak to 4,373.”
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Shelby County Health Department officials have determined that it’s safe to move to Phase III of the Back to Business Plan.
Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter has said that after checking the data from the analysis of a spike referenced on Tuesday (an alarming 192 new COVID-19 cases) it has been deemed safe to proceed to Phase III on Monday.
As of Friday morning, there were 6,443 reported cases in Shelby County, including 138 deaths.
Deaths from the virus in Shelby County are 66 percent African American, 31 percent White, and the remaining 3 percent other.
The Shelby County Health Department and their partners will resume distributing masks that initially had raised safety concerns.
Los Angeles City Mayor Eric Garcetti delivered news surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak.
June 23 marked the day mobile testing sites came online, the mission is to make testing flexible and available to more people across the county.
Mayor Garcetti continued with a very straight forward message and he outlined four points: COVID-19 is still here, COVID-19 is still dangerous, Los Angeles is adding more testing, and lastly Garcetti emphasized the need for precaution.
Garcetti touched on updates within renters assistance, on June 23, the county announced the extension of the eviction moratorium.
Mayor Garcetti is looking for ways to change the narrative of underserved and overlooked groups within the city, through multiple levels of resources that include renters assistance, Angeleno Cards, and a number of programs geared towards families that are currently experiencing their darkest days.
Pennsylvania added 362 more COVID-19 infections Tuesday, pushing the state closer still to a new milestone: nearly 80,000 cases since Gov. Tom Wolf announced the first COVID-19 cases on March 6.
Tuesday’s cases bring the statewide tally to 79,483 cases and 6,276 deaths.
Healthcare workers comprise 7.5% of Pennsylvania’s COVID infections.
Allegheny County reported 27 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday and one death – the first since Thursday – bringing the countywide case tally to 2,113 and 174 deaths.
Online gambling revenue more than doubled while in-person options were shuttered under stay-at-home orders, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced Tuesday.
The ministry of Health on Saturday said eight more people had tested positive for Covid-19, pushing Uganda's virus cases to 694.
The minister will update Ugandans on the Covid-19 response and also clarify on reports of fake virus results allegedly issued by Makerere University laboratory.
President Museveni on Thursday while speaking during the budget reading event, accused Makerere University laboratory that is doing coronavirus testing of faking test results.
Before the President complained about Covid-19 results from Makerere laboratory, Daily Monitor got complaints from some of the \"patients\" who were affected by the suspected wrong results.
Government in April gave the Makerere University laboratory a nod to start testing for coronavirus following assessment by technocrats from the health ministry.
South Sudan has recorded 92 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number to 655, officials announced Saturday.
On Friday, the country recorded 82 new cases, that brought the tally to 563.
Dr Makur Koriom, the spokesman of the High-Level Committee on Covid-19 on Friday told journalists that the new patients were contacts of previously confirmed positive cases and alerts.
There were 24 samples which could not give conclusive results...a retest will be done in 72 hours,” said Dr Koriom.
Of the total cases also, 38 were contacts, 13 were alerts in Juba, 11 were suspects and 20 were among samples collected randomly within Juba and those travelling to States,” added Dr Makur.
Rwanda on Monday, June 15, reported 30 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the tally of confirmed cases to 612 since mid-March when the country registered her first case.
On the same day, six Covid-19 patients were discharged from treatment centres after recovery.
The new cames were from 2,908 sample tests conducted over the last 24 hours.
In total, the country has carried out 94,059 sample tests of Covid-19 and recorded two deaths.
According to Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Rwanda is currently carrying out an assessment that will establish whether the resumption of inter-provincial movements and passenger taxi-moto services have had an impact on the prevalence of Covid-19 in the country.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) - More than 9,500 runners competing in Moscow’s annual half-marathon yesterday wore masks and gloves in the starting area, had their temperature checked and were told to observe social distancing rules because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ethiopia's confirmed Covid-19 cases on Sunday reached 582 after 88 more infections were confirmed, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health said in a statement.
This is so far the highest daily increase in the Horn of Africa country, which on Saturday reported 61 new confirmed Covid-19 cases.
The Ministry of Health said all 88 new Covid-19 cases are Ethiopian nationals – 51 males and 37 females – with their ages ranging between 8 to 75 years.
The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health also said that 152 patients who tested positive for Covid-19 have so far recovered from the virus.
Ethiopia, Africa's second most populous nation with about 107 million people, confirmed its first case of Covid-19 on March 13.
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WHILE it is understandable that government is under pressure to normalise many of the country’s sectors in the wake of the lockdown implemented to contain the potential spread of the virulent coronavirus (COVID-19), we feel it may be too early to open schools at the moment.
But it must be made clear that re-opening schools at a time when we are still recording new COVID-19 cases is not a wise and well-thought-out decision as it places our children at risk.
Parents and teachers have expressed fears over all these issues after government announced plans to re-open schools in about a month’s time and one can appreciate their fears.
A place like a school can easily become a hub of COVID-19 infections if just one person, be it a teacher, member of staff or pupil gets infected.
Many of our schools have very high teacher-student ratios, and this can cause a nightmare when there is need to implement social distancing.
The second-highest daily case total over the span of the coronavirus pandemic was reported Friday in Maryland, according state health officials.
Issues of environmental justice have been highlited in recent events, and it is high time that the nation take action. Minorities are disproportionately affected by Coronavirus, an issue which is exacerbated by environmental injustice. Low interest rates make the current hour opportune for clean energy stimulus spending, which would serve the state where fossil fuels have failed.
Thirty-one (41) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3495 samples tested today.
The number of active cases is two hundred and seven (248) and two (2) deaths.
Withholding information related to contact tracing or COVID-19 symptoms, jeopardises public safety and will be punished in accordance with applicable laws.
The key symptoms of coronavirus are dry cough, shortness of breath, and fever.
Symptoms can also be reported to a medical professional, or as follows:
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