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The Vulnerability Index decrease can be attributed to a moderate increase in vaccines, a 10 percent increase in vaccinated people (partial or complete) month over month, and a 37 percent decrease in active cases
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.
The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified two new COVID-19 cases, both females, from the 730 tests conducted on Tuesday, June 29. There are currently 34 people in isolation. Since March 2020, a total of 4,081 confirmed COVID-19 cases, comprising 1,978 females and 2,103 males, have been recorded, and 47 persons have died from the […]
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As the number of Covid-19 cases continue to rise across Dallas County, public health officials are striving to test everyone who is in need and emphasize that it’s important that people with symptoms get tested. However, officials at Parkland Health Hospital System say that the wait times at various drive-through and walk-up testing sites throughout Dallas County can be []
VARIANTS ARE RAPIDLY CIRCULATING, AND VACCINES ARE NEEDED URGENTLY.
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has recorded 19 506 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases to 1 973 972.
South Africa has recorded 6 270 new confirmed Covid-19 cases and 175 deaths.
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 recoveries.
People would literally wait by their TVs or even radios to listen to government plans on combating the virus.
One of the things I remember keenly about living in the US was that in times of tornadoes, we would get warnings just before one was observed to be near our homes.
The first time I ever heard a tornado warning siren was during the wee hours of the morning and it was raining heavily, it was such a heavy downpour with thunderstorms but even through that noise, I heard the siren wailing.
Once I took a walk to the library, another time a group of friends and myself went shopping, because we were able to calculate that we had a few hours before a tornado actually hit our city, the sirens had become part of my life.
by PublicSource reporters The Allegheny County Health Department [ACHD] on Monday confirmed 852 new COVID-19 cases in the past 48 hours and five new deaths. Like the previous holiday weekend, ACHD points to limited testing as the reason for the relatively low new caseload. The new cases, from positive tests dated Dec. 28 to Jan. … Continued
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LONDON, (Reuters) - The Premier League said yesterday it recorded 36 new COVID-19 cases last week even as the English top-flight season continues without pause despite a surge in infections across the country and numerous fixtures being postponed.
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[Nation] Kenya's Health ministry on Saturday announced 870 new Covid-19 cases, which raised its number of confirmed cases to 112,805, following the analysis of 6,309 samples within a day.
Andreanecia Morris Executive Director HousingNOLA
Last week, HousingNOLA announced the official start of a COVID-19 Short-Term Rental Pilot Program, which gives temporary housing and supportive services to the homeless or housing insecure families and young adults during the Pandemic.
The program aims to pair supportive services with temporary housing for homeless or housing insecure families and young adults.
“It’s been heartening and tremendously impressive to see all the ways our partners are stepping into this challenging time with programs to keep people stably housed and provide supportive services,” said Diane Yentel National Low-Income Housing Coalition President and CEO.
Program participants are referred through community partners like CASA New Orleans and Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights and will have their rent and utilities covered for three months while working with Community Navigators to achieve long-term housing.
Throughout the three months families in the program will receive help from supportive services to stabilize and secure long-term housing.
The Ministry of Health last evening confirmed 31 new COVID-19 cases from its latest batch of test results.
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LOS ANGELES — Businesses including gyms, museums, zoos, film studios and spectator-free sports arenas will be allowed to open in Los Angeles County beginning June 12, even as health officials warned again that the spread of COVID-19 is increasing in the county.
News of the business reopenings came as the county Department of Public Health confirmed 61 new coronavirus deaths.
That number, once averaging about three inthe county, had dropped to below one before health officials began relaxing its health orders and authorized more businesses in the county to reopen.
“As with all businesses that are permitted to reopen, the health officer order contains protocols for reopening to ensure that it’s done as safely as possible for employees, customers and residents,” Ferrer said.
Ferrer stressed that the reopening of more business sectors should not be seen as an indication the county is out of the woods in terms of the coronavirus pandemic, noting, “We’re still in the middle of the woods and we have a lot of risk.”
ADDIS ABABA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia registered 306 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 269,500 as of Monday evening, the country's health ministry said. Eight new deaths were reported, bringing the national death toll to 4,084, the ministry said. Meanwhile, the East…
12 June 2020 -- Sixteen (16) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1584 samples tested today.
This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to five hundred and ten (510).
The number of active cases is a hundred and eighty-seven (187) and two (2) deaths.
The new cases are related to the Rusizi cluster and repatriated Rwandans, and have been isolated and contacts traced.
Withholding information related to contact tracing or COVID-19 symptoms, jeopardises public safety and will be punished in accordance with applicable laws.
