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Over the last few months, our COVID-19 cases have increased at an alarming rate. In July, we were still well below the 10,000-mark in terms of overall positive tests and had recorded very few deaths. Fast forward to the present day, and we are nearing 20,000 positive tests and recording about four deaths per day. […]
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\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
[Nation] The fast-changing political landscape is putting more pressure on bigwigs jostling to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta as to their choice of running mate.
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County medical officer for County Caroni Dr Jeanine St Bernard said, with proper hygiene, covid19 patients in home isolation can prevent transmission of the virus to other members of the family.
Bernard was speaking at the Ministry of Health’s press conference on Monday.
She said, among other things, covid19 patients should sleep in a separate bed or room in the home. She said while she understood that might not always be possible, depending on the number of people living in the home, the family should try wherever possible to isolate the member with covid19.
“We are trying to prevent multiple rounds of self-isolation in the same home,” she said. “Even though we are managing covid19-positive persons in the home, we are still trying to reduce risk of spread…We need to switch modes. Yes, this is your relative, but do not share (items). Stay as far away as you can from the person.\"
She said all members of the home should continue to wear masks and the member with covid19 should wear medical-grade masks at all times. Masks should be changed regularly, especially in the case of disposable masks.
She urged patients to remember respiratory hygiene.
“Cough and sneeze into your elbow or tissue and immediately dispose (of tissue) and wash your hands.”
She said, wherever possible, the covid19 patient should use a separate bathroom. In cases where that is not possible, the flushing handle should be wiped after each use. “Many people think it is the seat that is the most unhygienic part of the toilet, but it is the handle,” she said.
St Bernard said meals should be placed at the bedroom door for patients to collect and dirty dishes should be left outside the door when they are finished to be collected.
She said the covid19 patient should not move about the house. “Remain as much as possible in one room.”
She said the World Health Organisation (WHO) also recommends that patients with covid19 receive treatment for their symptoms – such as antipyretics for fever and pain, adequate nutrition and appropriate hydration.
“If you develop a fever with covid19 it will require increased need for fluids. You need to be drinking water. You may be dehydrated and you may not even know it.”
She said antibiotics should not be used as treatment.
For those with moderate covid19, antibiotics are only prescribed with evidence of bacterial infections.
St Bernard said, in her county, she had seen many people manage their homes with relatives who were in household contact with a covid19 patient and did not contract the virus.
“It is possible. It is not as if it’s a 100 per cent transmission rate once you are sharing a home with someone who is covid19 positive.”
She said the risk is always there but it depends on the extent to which people are able to isolate from other members of the home.
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[UN News] The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world's first malaria vaccine, in what the UN health agency's chief described on Wednesday as \"an historic day\" for the decades-long battle against the deadly disease.
EFF leader Julius Malema said that Jacob Zuma could as easily and effectively serve his 15-month sentence from home as in prison.
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization chief on Monday lambasted drugmakers’ profits and vaccine inequalities, saying it’s “not right” that younger, healthier adults in wealthy countries get vaccinated against…
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) - A new United Nations report has warned that Latin America and the Caribbean will face a 'fragile and uneven economic recovery' as the COVID-19 crisis may leave lasting scars on the region's economies.
The Limpopo government has officially opened a Covid-19 health facility which will cater for patients who may need high or intensive care treatment.
The most significant event in sports this year may be a boxing battle between two former champions in their 50s.
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WESTERN BUREAU: The perennial nightmare faced by motorists hunting parking space in the vicinity of Water Square in Falmouth could become a thing of the past if plans by municipal officials get off the ground. Speaking at the recent monthly meeting...
OVERCOMING the novel coronavirus pandemic was arguably Pearnel Charles Jr's first major test as Member of Parliament (MP) for Clarendon South Eastern. His second is to retain the marginal seat for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) against a seasoned People's National Party (PNP) caretaker, Patricia Duncan Sutherland.
Foreign university to study flood-hit communities The Kingston...
Led by the Proud Boys, whom Trump infamously asked to “stand back and stand by,” Pro-Trump demonstrators wreaked havoc on the nation’s capital over the weekend, clashing with counterdemonstrators at Black Lives Matter Plaza. The result was several stabbings, at least 23 arrests, and the vandalizing of historic Black churches in Washington, D.C. Two police officers were reportedly injured and transported to a local hospital.
Kenya Primary School Heads Association (Kepsha) chairperson Nicholas Gathemia in a presentation to the Covid-19 Education Response Committee chaired by Dr Sara Ruto also want national examinations be rescheduled to later dates when candidates are adequately prepared.
The team will advise the Cabinet Secretary on ways of on-boarding students or pupils when the schools re-open as well as document all Covid-19 related matters, lessons learnt and recommendations for future preparedness.
It will also advise the Cabinet Secretary on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the demand for education by poor households and suggest mitigation measures as well as on health and safety measures to be put in place for the pupils or students, teachers and entire school community.
Other members of the team are; Chairman, Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association Indimuli Kahi, Chairman, Kenya Primary Schools Heads Association Nicholas Gathemia, CEO, Kenya Private Schools Association Peter Ndoro and Chairman, Kenya Parents Association Nicholas Maiyo.
Also in the team are Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops Augustine Muthigani, Kenya Association for Independent International Schools Jane Mwangi, National Council of Churches of Kenya's Nelson Makanda, Muslim Education Council's Sheikh Munawar Khan, Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) Secretary General Akelo Misori and Chairman, Kenya Special Schools Heads Association Peter Sitienei.
Beautiful eyes add glamour even when wearing a mask
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Oregon's governor is accusing President Donald Trump of blatantly abusing his power.
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook is passing the buck for its indefinite suspension of former president Donald Trump to a quasi-independent oversight board, setting up a major test of the recently established panel. The social media giant said Thursday that it believes it made the right decision to suspend Trump after he incited his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol in a deadly assault on Jan. 6. But it said it's referring the matter to the oversight board for what it called an 'independent judgment' on upholding the decision. Facebook's panel is intended to […]
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