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Ten new COVID-19 cases, five males and five females, were identified on Sunday, July 11, from the 590 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. There are currently 64 people in isolation. Barbados has recorded 4,186 confirmed cases of COVID-19, (2,025 females and 2,161 males) since the pandemic began in March last year. […]
The post COVID-19 UPDATE: 10 new cases, 64 in isolation appeared first on Barbados Today.
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.
TEOFILO OTONI, Brazil-Most sloths prefer spending their time in the tropical rain forests of Central and South America. But that's not the case in Teofilo Otoni, a city of about 135,000 residents in southeast Brazil, [...]
Covid-19-related illnesses in the past 24-hour cycle have claimed the lives of 159 people, increasing the number of deaths to 12 423 nationally.
President of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) Akanni McDowall finds himself at the centre of yet another brewing dispute, Barbados TODAY has learned. In the latest controversy, a member of the NUPW National Council, Michelle Cave, is threatening to bring a no-confidence motion against McDowall whom she is accusing of blatantly opposing recommendations […]
The post NUPW president in fresh controversy as elections loom appeared first on Barbados Today.
Five short films from the Caribbean and the Caribbean-US diaspora are due to be screened this evening as the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) continues to host the virtual edition of its annual LGBTQ+ film festival.
The article SASOD screening queer Caribbean short films as virtual film festival continues appeared first on Stabroek News.
On Tuesday, during her address in the House of Assembly, Prime Minister Mia Mottley declared Government's intentions to rename the university after Barbados' longest-serving prime minister, Owen Seymour Arthur.
There were two new positive COVID-19 cases - one male and one female - identified on Friday, May 7, from the 678 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Five people also recovered, while 109 persons remain in isolation. Barbados has recorded 3,933 confirmed COVID-19 cases (1,899 females and 2,034 males) since the […]
The post COVID-19 UPDATE: Two new cases, five discharged appeared first on Barbados Today.
[Agenzia Fides] Khartoum -- Doctors raise alarm over medicine shortages, lack of funding, insecurity, and an impending health disaster. Yesterday, the Sudanese Ministry of Health reported 138 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths. The new cases were mainly recorded in Khartoum, El Gezira, Sennar, North Darfur, and Northern State.
Jamaica has recorded 17 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing to 1,146 the total number of confirmed positives.\tAlso in the last 24 hours, recoveries moved to 770, as six additional persons were released from care, according to the...
ADDIS ABABA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia registered 552 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 263,672 as of Tuesday evening, said the country's health ministry. A total of 14 more deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 3,911, the ministry said. The…
Guyana yesterday recorded sixty new COVID-19 cases with thirty-eight coming from Region Four, according to the Ministry of Health’s dashboard.
The article Sixty new COVID cases registered appeared first on Stabroek News.
[MAP] Rabat -- A total of 364 new COVID-19 cases have been reported and 273 COVID-19 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours in Morocco, the health ministry said on Sunday.
[New Times] Rwanda Correctional Service (RCS) has allayed fears regarding the safety of inmates in different prisons in the country, following cases of Covid-19 that were reported in at least two prison facilities.
A man whose actions in climbing the exploding La Soufrière Volcano in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines were described as 'dotish', has been arrested by the police, media reports say. According to Barbados Today, its team in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines received reports that police picked up Desron Rodriguez on Tuesday afternoon. But it […]
This article Man Who Climbed La Soufrière Volcano In Police Custody appeared first on St. Lucia Times News.
