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WESTERN BUREAU: Controversial dancehall star Tommy Lee Sparta was among dozens of men who were released from custody on Monday as the island’s states of emergency (SOE) officially ended, paving the way for today’s nomination day exercise. Prime...
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JHTA calls for clarification on COVID pretesting regime
Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) President Omar Robinson says there needs to be further clarification on the pretesting regime for visitors from certain American states as part of Jamaica’s COVID-19-prevention measures. Prime...
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Coronavirus hot spots in Texas homeless shelters highlight challenges unsheltered residents face social distancing, staying clean
Speaking at a Houston food distribution drive Saturday, where he was volunteering, Turner said 77 of the 183 additional people who had tested positive for the virus lived in homeless shelters, ABC13 Houston
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Florida Department of Health Issues Daily Update on COVID-19 – Florida Courier
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health (DOH), in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report on COVID-19 cases in Florida once per day. Today, data reported to DOH shows there has been a steady decline in the number of reported Florida resident deaths who were previously
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COVID alert!
GOVERNMENT and health officials are worried about the spiralling cases of COVID-19 in the parishes of St Thomas and Clarendon, with infections leapfrogging beyond communities under quarantine to neighbouring districts, which could lead to more areas being put on lockdown in the days ahead.
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Nigeria: Responding to a Yellow Fever Outbreak in Nigeria Amidst a Global Pandemic
[WHO] In early November 2020, positive samples for yellow fever were reported from five Nigerian states. Nigeria is a high-risk country for yellow fever and is a priority country for the global eliminate yellow fever epidemics (EYE) strategy. The re-emergence of the virus there in September 2017
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Egypt
At the urging of Gen. Sisi, who wields more influence over the country than the interim government, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets on July 26 to show support for the military and to demand that the country confront terrorism. The next day, members of the Muslim Brotherhood
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Nigeria: COVID-19 - 20 States Yet to Have Testing Laboratories
States without COVID-19 laboratories have lamented that they encounter hurdles sending samples to Abuja or other neighbouring states, as well as long waiting time for
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Eric D. Walrond: Harlem Renaissance Writer and Journalist
Eric D. Walrond was an Afro-Caribbean Harlem Renaissance writer and journalist, who made a lasting contribution to literature, his work can still be found in print today. Walrond was born on December 18, 1898, in Georgetown, British Guiana, to a Barbadian mother and a Guyanese father. When Eric
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Breaking: Gauteng Premier David Makhura tests positive for COVID-19
Now in isolation for 14 days after testing positive for COVID-19, Gauteng Premier David Makhura, said he will be monitoring his health.
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Tyler Perry's Atlanta 'Camp Quarantine' Kept Production Going | Atlanta Daily World

Tyler Perry required everyone to wear masks for 12 to 14 hours and they had mandatory virus testing every three to four days. By Andrea V. Watson, Patch Staff Tyler Perry

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COVID-19-hit school closes
GOVERNMENT has announced that it will move swiftly to close any school that records COVID-19 cases as part of measures to curb the spread of the virulent pandemic amid reports that the country was under a second wave of the highly infectious disease. BY BLESSED MHLANGA This came as John
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Three new COVID cases in Region One - Stabroek News
Days after reporting that they were free of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Region One (Barima-Waini) yesterday confirmed three new cases of the virus. The article Three new COVID cases in Region One appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Malone: 'We must vote like our lives depend on it—because they do' | The Atlanta Voice
Elections have consequences. I believe the American public is more aware of this fact now than we've been since perhaps the start of the Union. We have spent the last four years watching the consequences that have come from the decision that we as a nation made in 2016. I will grant you that a lot
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Uganda: Why Poor Ugandans Are Losing Covid Fight
[Observer] Across the country, many people with Covid-19, especially the poor, are staying away from hospitals. The fear of financial ruin from hospital bills has kept many away - preferring instead to lean on private home medical care and natural treatment regimens.
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Tourist pretesting back on agenda - Tufton admits island’s COVID-19 response buckling under pressure
The Jamaican Government is reconsidering the imposition of COVID-19 pretesting of arriving tourists as the coronavirus response architecture at the island’s airports has been overwhelmed by passenger traffic, Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton admitted on
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Ex-foreign minister among top Tigray officials killed by Ethiopian forces | Africanews
In recent days the government has announced the capture of several TPLF officials, including Sebhat Nega, a founding member of the party
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Real Estate Board introduces community management course
THE Real Estate Board (REB), through the Real Estate Training Institute, will soon be launching a new course in strata and community management.
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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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Uganda: COVID-19 - 8 New Cases Confirmed in Uganda, 199 Discharged
The ministry of Health on Saturday said eight more people had tested positive for Covid-19, pushing Uganda's virus cases to
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Allegheny County suggests COVID testing triage, as UPMC seeks vaccine trial volunteers | New Pittsburgh Courier
by PublicSource Reporters The Allegheny County Department of Health [ACHD] reported 140 new COVID-19 infections Thursday, bringing the total case count since March 14 to 5,750 cases. ACHD also reported one additional COVID-related fatalities and 12 new hospitalizations. To date, there have been 205
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Immigration Corner | Do we qualify as common-law partners – Part II
Dear Ms Powell, I have been in a relationship since last year Easter. We met online and he visited last summer and spent the whole time with me. We also talk every day via Zoom. I applied for a visitor’s visa and didn’t get it, so I couldn’t...
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Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane tests positive for Covid-19 | News24
Eastern Cape Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane has tested positive for Covid-19, his office has announced.
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Two African women in final five WTO leadership race
The 25-year-old World Trade Organization has never had a leader who is female or from Africa.
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How Will You Plan A Business Event Post-Pandemic?
For many of us, the changes brought about by the pandemic have become almost second nature After a year with most of us working from home, for at least some of the time, the “before times” seem like a faint memory. While it is true that much of what a business needs can be done online, there is an
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Sandy still dreaming big
BY SHARON SIBINDI BULAWAYO-BASED dancer and songbird Sandra “Sandy” Ndebele-Sibindi (pictured) yesterday said she still had a lot to offer to the music industry and will continue to make music until the twilight of her life like American music goddess Madonna. Sandy, who staged a scintillating show
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Nigeria coronavirus: 4,641 cases, Bauchi lockdown, Madagascar syrup
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Pop-UP COVID-19 Testing in Elk Grove — The Sacramento Observer
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Covid-19: South Sudan cases soar to 655
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