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Because of the heavy rain over the weekend, the Ministry of Health has allowed hardware stores in some parts of the country to open on Monday and Tuesday between 8 am and 3 pm.
A release from the ministry on Monday said this was in response to the recent flooding in parts of the country and the consequent damage to property
The municipalities in which the stores are allowed to open are: Siparia, Point Fortin, Sangre Grande, Tunapuna/Piarco and San Juan/Laventille.
The ministry warned members of the public and hardware store operators to comply strictly with the public health guidelines and other legal requirements of Public Health Regulations, 2021.
Shoppers are also asked to limit the time spent in the hardware stores by restricting their purchases to essential items they need to repair damage due to flooding.
The Ministry of Health said it will continue to monitor this development and take steps to safeguard the health of the population.
The post Some hardware stores allowed to open on Monday, Tuesday appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
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.
A number of local frontline health care providers are to take part in a virtual training focused on mental health and psychosocial support.
The article Frontline health care providers begin virtual training for psychosocial support in pandemic response appeared first on Stabroek News.
The dusk-to-dawn curfew and containment measures put in place by the government to curb the spread of Covid-19 could soon be lifted once President Uhuru Kenyatta’s plan to reopen the country is actualised.
The Nation has learnt that following the President’s directive, committees charged with various aspects of the pandemic response started meeting on Sunday to come up with plans for reopening the country’s economic and social sectors.
According to Health boss Kagwe, if everyone took personal responsibility in the fight against the pandemic, there would be no need for any containment measures, but this has not been the case.
The Ministry of Health had earlier warned that the country should expect more infections as we wait for our peak in September.
According to public health expert Patrick Oyaro, while other countries are opening up their economies, it is not yet opportune for Kenya to do the same.
With a worrying rise in the number of Jamaicans contracting COVID-19 in the last week, prospective election candidates who plan to crank up their political machinery in a show of strength today – nomination day – are being warned that campaign...
Mr Julius Mukunda, the executive director of the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG), yesterday said the first thing the President should tell Ugandans is how to revamp the private sector by clearing all domestic arrears worth Shs2.7 trillion.
On the Ministry of Health, which has been at the centre of response to the pandemic, the medics associations said President Museveni should address the issue of supplies to the health workers.
Dr Mukuzi Muhereza, the Uganda Medical Association general secretary, said the President must address the issues of supplies to the health facilities and salaries.
Dr Edward Kanyesigye, the president of Uganda Public Health specialists' Association, asked Mr Museveni to cease use of force to achieve behavioural change.
Gen Muntu's sentiments were echoed by Dr Sewanyana who said Mr Museveni must consider security ahead of elections.
There will be no carrying of groceries bags, taking photos or reacting to insults from the public for soldiers deployed to enforce national lockdown regulations, based on a new code of conduct issued by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
The code of conduct, published on Thursday, details how SANDF members are expected to behave in various scenarios during Operation Notlela, including during incidents of looting, drinking on private property, at roadblocks and other interactions with the public.
The mission-specific code of conduct comes after the suspension and investigation of soldiers present during the death of Collins Khosa, 40, who was allegedly beaten to death by members of the SANDF in Alexandra, Johannesburg, in March.
The code of conduct, shared on SANDF social media sites in the format of \"dos and \"don'ts\", details how soldiers will be expected to disperse crowds during looting - they should not fire warning shoots, shoot civilians or become involved in a physical fight.
In the case of a roadblock, SANDF members have been instructed to assist in establishing roadblocks, offer protection to police officers and health department staff, observe suspicious vehicles and persons, and act as guards to arrested individuals.
OVER 5000 SAINT LUCIANS HAVE NOW SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERED FROM COVID-19.
Three months after President Donald Trump bowed to the realities of a pandemic that put big chunks of life on pause and killed more Americans than several major wars, Trump is back to business as usual — even as coronavirus cases are on the upswing in many parts of the country.
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At the White House, though, officials played down the severity of the virus surge and sought to blame it on factors beyond Trump’s forceful push to reopen the economy, which he’s counting on to help him win reelection.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event on protecting America’s senior citizens in the East Room of the White House April 30, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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Campaign officials chose the location knowing Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt would raise no objections.
The campaign hopes the location will all but guarantee a large crowd, since Oklahoma is one of the most Republican states in the nation and Trump has never held a rally there as president.
Barack and Michelle Obama scaled back the former president's 60th birthday bash after backlash and concerns about the spread of COVID-19.
The Ministry of Environment is set to ban the use and supply of charcoal in Kigali city as it steps up efforts to protect the environment by reducing the use of wood fuel.
The Minister of Environment, Dr. Jeanne D'arc Mujawamariya, said that the government will work with different institutions to finance vulnerable families to access gas as an alternative to cooking.
\"We have realised that many households in Kigali city consume a big percentage of charcoal which is a threat to forests across the country yet they can afford cooking gas,\" she said, saying that cooking gas was more affordable than charcoal.
According to the forests master plan, the Eastern Province has few trees due to mismanagement of forests and dependency on wood fuel in cooking.
Minister Mujawamariya explained protecting forests and use of cooking gas as a way of saving forests is one of the pledges under a new climate action plan that has recently been submitted to The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
[Daily Trust] The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has granted emergency use authorisation for the 'Johnson and Johnson' vaccine in the country.
THE vast cloud of Sahara dust blanketing Jamaica and other islands in the Caribbean worsened yesterday, reducing air quality to what has been determined to be “hazardous” levels.
Experts, who nicknamed the event the “Godzilla dust cloud”, have warned people to stay indoors and use air filters if they have one.
Yesterday local weather forecasters warned that Jamaica will experience increases in temperatures through today.
According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the mass of extremely dry and dusty air, known as the Saharan Air Layer, forms over the Sahara Desert and moves across the North Atlantic every three to five days from late spring to early fall, peaking in late June to mid-August.
On Monday, José Alamo, a meteorologist with the US National Weather Service in San Juan, Puerto Rico, said a small tropical wave headed to the Caribbean was expected to alleviate conditions by Thursday.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, who has been giving routine updates on the pandemic, said the suspected case was a Kenyan who had travelled to Nairobi from the United States through London.
On the other hand, COVID-19 hotspots such as Nairobi, Mandera, Mombasa, Kilifi and Kwale counties were placed under restricted lockdown, which limited the movement of people in and out of these regions.
COVID-19 hotspots such as Nairobi, Mandera, Mombasa, Kilifi and Kwale counties were placed under restricted lockdown, which limited the movement of people in and out of these regions.
In what appears to be a show of a lack of focus, seriousness and leadership in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic, the health ministry on 29 May noted that at least 140 people who had tested positive for coronavirus provided incorrect contact information, an issue it said was \"very serious\" as these people \"were roaming around\", spreading the deadly virus.
A week ago, a section of leaders criticised the Cabinet Secretary for engaging in what they termed a public relations exercise in Nairobi even as county governments faced drugs and human resources shortages amid the pandemic.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Health reported a 8.4 per cent COVID-19 positivity rate on Thursday after 528 of the 6,291 screened samples tested positive for the virus.
THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH ALSO REPORTS ONE NEW COVID-19 DEATH.
Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony yesterday stated that the Ministry of Health is considering extending the operating hours for vaccination sites in Georgetown.
The article Health ministry mulling extended hours for city vaccine sites appeared first on Stabroek News.
