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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.
Chicago Urban League President and CEO Karen Freeman-Wilson issued the following statement in response to protests that have erupted around the country following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May 25.
Like the combination of climate change, natural disaster and human disdain that gave rise to one of the most tragic events in our country’s history, we are now faced with a series of despicable human acts that have given rise to an explosion of anger, frustration and palpable grief in our country.
The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Laquan McDonald and countless others; and the daily effort to demonize Black men like Christian Cooper, Colin Kaepernick and others has always evoked pain, fear, anger and frustration in Black people and others who know and desire better.
What are some actions that can be taken to address these concerns in Chicago and other communities?
Despite marketable ideas, some Blacks find entrepreneurship elusive because they do not have access to capital, personal relationships that often give rise to lucrative business deals, nor the financial support to engage significant contracts.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — As large parts of the U.S. ease their lockdowns against the coronavirus, public health officials in some states are being accused of bungling infection statistics or even deliberately using a little sleight of hand to make the some of the data look better than they are.
In Georgia, one of the earliest states to ease up on lockdowns and assure the public it was safe to go out again, the Department of Public Health published a graph around May 11 that showed new COVID-19 cases declining over time in the most severely affected counties.
In Texas, where health officials said last week that they were including some antibody results in their testing totals and case counts, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday that the numbers were not being commingled.
Georgia’s Department of Public Health also regularly publishes a graph that shows cases over time, except new infections are not listed on the day they came back positive, which is the practice in many other states.
As for the May 11 graph, Broce said public health officials were trying to highlight which days had seen the highest peaks of infections.
Negative COVID-19 test not required for staff to return to work
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Parkland Health Hospital SystemException applies to hospital and healthcare personnel
Dallas County has seen a spike in the number of residents who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and the numbers are expected to climb even higher as more individuals line up for testing.
In an effort to ensure there is adequate testing capacity, officials with Parkland Health Hospital System are reminding businesses that unless they are a hospital or healthcare organization they cannot require a negative test result in order for an employee to return to work if they have recovered from COVID-19.
The Supplemental Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins on continuing requirements after expiration of stay home, stay safe order dated June 16, 2020, states: “Employers shall not implement any rules making a negative COVID-19 test or a note from a healthcare provider before a COVID-19 recovered employee can return to work.”
“Parkland has seen instances where large employers have sent dozens of staff to drive-through testing sites who said they need a negative test result to return to work,” said Herron Mitchell, Director of Operations-East Region for the Population Health Division at Parkland.
Mitchell added, “We appreciate that businesses are trying to address concerns of employees and customers, but Dallas County has a limited daily testing capacity at our drive-up sites and that capacity must be used for people who really need the tests.”
Three-year-old among Bartica’s four new COVID-19 cases -health officer, mayor in appeals for precautions to be taken seriously
Four persons, including a three-year-old child, have tested positive for COVID-19 at Bartica as cases in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni region continue to rise.
The four persons are relatives of Bartica’s first known novel coronavirus disease patient, who tested positive for the respiratory disease last Wednesday.
The patient, who was displaying critical symptoms of the disease, was transferred to an isolation facility in Georgetown on the same date, while samples were taken from ten persons who had close contact with the patient.
Regional Health Officer (RHO) Edward Sagala announced yesterday that the results of nine of the ten persons had returned and four were positive.
“All of the contacts are from Bartica and are now in institutional isolation for 14 days, as is mandated by the COVID-19 guidelines, then they will be retested,” Sagala noted.
Saint Lucia has recorded two more COVID-19 related deaths and two new cases of the virus. As a result of the deaths, the total number of individuals who have succumbed was 69 as of Monday. 'Death #68 is a 65 year old male from the Castries district with underlying medical illnesses. Death #69 is a […]
This article Saint Lucia Records Two More COVID-19 Related Deaths appeared first on St. Lucia Times News.
Eleven more persons tested, no new COVID-19 cases
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases remains at 154 with 11 more persons being tested yesterday for the virus.
On Saturday, the Ministry of Public Health’s dashboard showed that one more person tested positive for the virus breaking a 5-day period without a new case.
BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES The Gamma Mu Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is helping the community with food and other important items. The local chapter is doing so through its A WISH, Inc. whichis a non-profit organization created by the sorority to help women, children and families in the greater Daytona Beach […]
The post Sorority helping community through giveaway of food and essentials appeared first on Daytona Times.
Special Editorial Let us get this out of the way: We do not support criminality, and we believe people who commit crimes must be held accountable. What happened this Monday was shocking, disgraceful and a horrible representation of who we are as a people. Now that we’ve said that we have to say this: What […]
The COVID-19 death toll among Blacks doubled in August and is the highest since May, according to a Crusader analysis of the latest data from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s […]
The post COVID-19 death toll among Chicago Blacks jumped in August, highest since May appeared first on The Chicago Crusader.
Don’t be fooled! Minister of Health and Wellness Lt. Col Jeffrey Bostic today issued that warning as the island recorded seven new COVID-19 cases, ending a streak of one or two daily cases, and sometimes none, in recent weeks. He made it clear that while he’s not worried about the numbers, the small cluster in […]
The post COVID-19 cases at business place ends streak of no new cases appeared first on Barbados Today.
There are two main groups within Texas’ unvaccinated population: white conservatives in rural areas, and Hispanic and Black people in big cities.
A standout feature of the Elm Street region is the Knights of Pythias Temple at 2551 Elm St. The building, begun in 1915 in French-inspired Beaux Arts architecture, was described as a glorious showplace designed by William Sidney Pittman, an early African American architect who later became the son-in-law to Booker T. Washington.
“They were not so much freedmen’s towns as there were freeman’s areas, and African Americans and Whites lived and farmed adjacent to each other,” Keaton stated.
A state of Texas marker on the Tenth Street Historic District Freedman’s Town reads as follows:
“The first African Americans to live in Oak Cliff were slaves, brought here by settlers such as William H. Hord in 1845 to work the land.
An important African American enclave within the historically white community of Oak Cliff.
The degree to which these historic buildings remain standing and in good repair marks the Tenth Street area as one of the more well-preserved African American communities of this time period remaining in the Dallas Metropolitan area.
The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid fell again last week to the lowest level since the pandemic struck last year, further evidence that the job market and the broader economy are rebounding rapidly from the coronavirus recession. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims dropped by 51,000 to 364,000. Applications for unemployment benefits have fallen more or […]
Coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci issued a stark warning on Tuesday to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, telling them he wouldn’t be surprised if the US sees new cases of coronavirus rising to a level of 100,000 a day.
Fauci and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield stressed the importance of wearing masks during testimony before a Senate committee on Tuesday, with Fauci saying “we recommend masks for everyone” and “masks are extremely important.”
Fauci indicated that he would support an effort to increase the production of high-quality masks in the US and distribute them free of charge to the American public in response to a question from Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Dr. Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, said the FDA is taking action to help coronavirus vaccine developers get through the approval process faster.
Fauci and Redfield testified before lawmakers last week, when Fauci said “we’re going to be doing more testing, not less,” in response to President Donald Trump’s recent claim that he asked his administration to slow down testing during the pandemic.
Dr. Bogen: 'People are gathering in large and small groups, often without masks.' by PublicSource reporters On Monday, the Allegheny County Health Department confirmed 522 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths for the past 48 hours. The new cases include individuals ranging in age from two months to 92 years old, with a median … Continued
The post Allegheny County reports 522 new COVID cases in past 48 hours appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
Real estate investors have reported double-digit losses in income as the Covid-19 pandemic keeps rent prices low.
BY THE DAYTONA TIMES STAFF A locally-produced movie shot almost exclusively in Black Daytona Beach and uploaded to YouTube is about to make waves throughout Volusia County, and possibly worldwide. “Daytona Beach: The Other Side of the Bridge” was produced by 100,000 Arts production company and directed by Jared Thompson and Jodeci Devinchy. It runs […]
The post New movie shows raw view of Black Daytona appeared first on Daytona Times.
Kenya's exports to its three leading countries in the East African Community (EAC) dropped by a fifth in the second quarter to June.
Though there is increased attention on the environmental impacts of cities on the air, water, and natural landscape, The Washington Informer believes it is important for readers to know the numbers and work earnestly to reduce the impact of built environments, while improving the viability of urban residents.
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SOURCE: Jamaica Observer — Jamaica recorded 120 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths yesterday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 46,708, with 23,291 active, and the death toll to 806. The deaths were of two men from St Catherine – an 85-year-old and a 60-year-old; and a 69-year-old woman from Kingston and St […]
The post Jamaica records three deaths, 120 new COVID cases appeared first on Barbados Today.
The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance (IMA) has joined with Nexgen Specialty Pharmacy, a Covid-19 Vaccine Federal Retail Pharmacy partner to open a Covid-19 Vaccination Center at Good Street Baptist Church, according to Pastor Eddie L. Jenkins. Nexgen will begin administering the Pfizer vaccine on Monday, April 5, 2021, at 9 am at Good Street Baptist Church, 3110 Bonnie View Road, Dallas, […]
ADDIS ABABA, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia registered 85 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 276,683 as of Wednesday evening, the country's Ministry of Health said. The ministry said three new death and 93 more recoveries were reported, bringing the national counts to…
The total number of recorded Covid-19 cases in SA is 1 100 748.
