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HELP OR HURT? - Unregulated ambulance services, uncertified emergency technicians could be putting public in danger
Three weeks after a probe revealed that most local private hospitals were unregistered, The Sunday Gleaner has learnt that the island’s private ambulance service is operating without oversight, putting members of the public at
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Kenya: KAA - Passenger Flights Won't Resume Soon at JKIA
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has denied that it plans to resume passenger flight operations at the Jomo Kenyatta International
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Rwanda: COVID-19 - All 13 New Cases Linked to Rusizi Cluster
Rusizi District has become an epicentre of Novel Coronavirus cases in Rwanda, registering all the 13 new cases recorded over the last 24 hours in the
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Health ministry maintains COVID-19 forecast
THE Ministry of Health and Wellness says that notwithstanding the opening up of the country to Jamaicans abroad and tourists, it does not expect a change in its forecast that 1.6 million could contract COVID-19 over
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Kenya: 'Not Safe to Reopen Schools,' Warn Headteachers
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
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Source: allAfrica.com
Rwanda: Make Public Servants' Salaries Priority, MPs Tells Government
They made the call on Friday, May 29 during a budget hearing session by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on National Budget and Patrimony in which the Ministry of Health and its affiliated agencies where defending the budgetary allocation to the health sector during the upcoming financial
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Local agency helps Housing Authority assist residents –
May connected HACDB with Halifax Urban Ministries (HUM), and a public-private partnership providing free food assistance for Housing Authority residents was
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Source: Daytona Times
Kenya: COVID-19 Death Toll Rises to 50 As Registered Cases Soar to 832
Nairobi — Coronavirus deaths in the country rose to 50 on Saturday, after 5 more patients succumbed to the disease within a period of 24
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Source: allAfrica.com
Tanzania coronavirus: US embassy issues alert, risk of contraction 'high'
Health Alert: U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam
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Trinidad records first new case of COVID in a month, as it moves to relax restrictions
(CMC)- Trinidad and Tobago's health authorities, yesterday evening, confirmed its first new case of COVID-19 in almost a month as the country moves to further relax restrictions imposed in March to reduce spread of the
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Africa: I Beat COVID-19, You Too Can-Says WHO Staff
On 19 April 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Nigeria confirmed the first case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as one staff member in the field tested
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Zimbabwe: Minister Clarifies Drugs Supply Claims
Drax International has not yet been paid for the consignment of Covid-19 drugs supplied to Zimbabwe and has since reviewed the cost to US$600 392, in line with relatively declining global prices following a marginal rise in production, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo has
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Source: allAfrica.com
Traditional Elections Will Test Africa’s Resistance To The Virus
Still, there is a growing sense of urgency given the acute absence of health-care infrastructure on the continent and the prospect of 20 national elections scheduled in Africa during
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Local debt grows with Sh106bn Bretton Woods loan
Given Kenya’s classification as a lower middle-income country, the loan comprises a Sh79.5 billion credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and Sh26.5 billion from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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Teachers cautious on schools’ reopening
Teachers want the national government to streamline the transport sector and provide Covid-19 testing kits to school dispensaries before the partial reopening of schools across the
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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME
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Trump threatens to move RNC without assurances from governor
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Pay cuts as business slumps in private hospitals
The growing costs and shrinking revenues are now forcing hospitals to ask their employees to take a pay
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Uganda: COVID-19 Patients Overwhelm Designated Health Facilities
As cases of new Covid-19 infections soar to 457, the administrators of regional hospitals designated to manage the disease are saying they are overwhelmed by the numbers due to limited
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Source: allAfrica.com
Tanzania: Why Tanzania Won't Close Borders
Amid the ongoing global battle against the novel virus, some countries have opted to close borders and enforce lockdown measures to impede the
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Give virus victims decent burials: Experts - VIDEO
But the nature and sheer scale of the current coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic now brought a number of questions with regard to how the government has handled burials of victims, with experts now condemning the Health Ministry for violating the dignity of the
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Pregnant woman will be among first 200 Jamaicans to disembark cruise ship
A four-months' pregnant Jamaican is expected to be among the 200 crew members who will disembark from the Royal Caribbean cruise line's Adventure of the Seas vessel today as the first set of the 1,044 people on the cruise ship finally begin to make their way
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Ethiopia virus cases soar to 582
Ethiopia's confirmed Covid-19 cases on Sunday reached 582 after 88 more infections were confirmed, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health said in
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Source: The East African
Kenya: NGAO Donates Sanitation Booth to Pangani Police Station
Nairobi — As the country heightens the war against the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Police Service continues to receive support from various stakeholders, in order to ensure officers are not exposed to
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Other stranded J'can ship workers to know fate next week
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — Security Minister Dr Horace Chang says Prime Minister Andrew Holness is to give a timetable on Monday when other Jamaican ship workers are to be brought back
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Namibia: Govt Eases Virus Restrictions ... Health Minister Urges Citizens to Stick to Rules
Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said the observance period will be monitored weekly and may be extended, subject to changes in the country epidemiological
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Rwanda: Govt Deploys Robots in COVID-19 Fight
Launched on Tuesday, May 19 at the Kanyinya COVID-19 Treatment Centre by the Ministry of Health with support from the United Nations Development Programme, the five high-tech robots can perform a number of tasks related to COVID-19 management, including mass temperature screening, delivering food
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Back-to-school tips amid COVID-19
As stated by the Ministry of Education, they will be putting their measures in place to ensure that students are, as required, six feet away from each
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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NERIMA: All of a sudden daily Corona broadcast updates are not a
This was one of the many times that we have received communication from the government—for more than 60 days running, including weekends—whether from the ministry of Health or the cabinet secretary informing us of new Covid-19 cases, deaths and
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Source: The East African
Zambia coronavirus: Info Minister tests positive, case tally at 920
Zambia virus stats as of May 24, 2020 at 13:00 GMT
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