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South Africa is one of the hardest-hit countries in Africa with over 740,000 infections.
The country recorded 60 more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 20,011.
Western Bureau: The Jamaica Railway Corporation (JRC) is describing recent criticisms from the St James Health Department in regard to its alleged failure to address several long-standing, health-related concerns at the People’s Arcade, in Montego...
Confirmed cases = 3,727
\t\tNumber of deaths = 104
\t\tRecoveries = 1,286
\t\tTotal tests = 118,701
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\tMinistry of Health data, valid as of June 12, 2020
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June 10: Kenya tops 3,000 mark
\tCase load topped 3,000 mark today with 105 new cases taking the tally to 3,094 confirmed cases, Health CAS Rashid Aman disclosed at the daily briefing on COVID-19.
Total confirmed cases = 2,600
Total recoveries = 706
Total deaths = 83
Active cases = 1,811
June 3: 2,216 cases, record recoveries
\t“This is the highest number of recoveries we have so far recorded since we announced the first discharge case on 1st April, 2020,” CAS Health Rashid Aman announced at today’s briefing.
\tMajor topics covered below include:
\t\tMay 31: Cases approach 2,000; Laikipia records case
\t\tMay 30: 1,888 cases, Kericho records infection
\t\tMay 27: Record one-day increase
\t\tMay 26: Govt intensifies voluntary testing calls
\t\tMay 23: 1,192 cases, additional health workers to be hired
\t\tMay 21: record one-day increase, Wajir rolls out campaign
\t\tMay 20: cases pass 1,000 mark, foreigners deported
\t\tMay 16: 830 cases, TZ, Somali borders shut
\t\tMay 14: Cases hit 758, focus turns to Kenya-Tanzania border town
\t\tMay 12: 715 cases, border crossings becoming flash point
\t\tMay 11: Cases reach 700, mass prisoner release
\t\tMay 10: 649 cases, Raila worries about Magufuli
\t\tMay 8: May 8: Govt to foot quarantine bills, cases at 607
\t\tMay 7: 582 cases, lockdown in Eastleigh, Mombasa City
\t\tMay 5: KQ’s UK repatriation flight returns
\t\tMay 4: Cases hit 535, govt decries abuse of relaxed measures
\t\tMay 3: KQ repatriation flight, Nairobi fumigation
\t\tMay 2: Case count at 435, mass testing starts
\t\tMay 1: Case count hits 411, Uhuru vows transparency
May 31: 1,962 cases as Laikipia records infection
\tToday, 74 people have tested positive for the virus from 1,574 samples that were tested in the last 24 hours.
Total confirmed cases = 1,471 (new cases = 123)
Total recoveries = 408
Total deaths = 55
Active cases = 1,008
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 27, 2020
May 27: govt intensifies voluntary testing campaign
\tGovernment is intensify calls for people to submit themselves for voluntary testing as the steady rise of cases continue across the country.
Total confirmed cases = 1,348 (new cases = 5)
Total recoveries = 405
Total deaths = 52
Active cases = 891
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 26, 2020
May 23: 1,192 cases, additional health workers to be hired
\tThirty-one new cases were registered today taking the tally to 1,192; President Kenyatta disclosed in an address.
As SA waits for another 'family meeting' with the president, dates for the reopening of our international borders are up for discussion at Level 1.
While the ANC welcomed the move to Level 1 lockdown, it said South Africans must work hard to ensure its gains are not reversed.
MONTEGO BAY, St James —President of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Owen Speid says the nation's teachers are afraid of re-entering the classroom to facilitate students sitting the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exit exams in July.
“The teachers are scared to death over the fact that they think that going back to school on the 8th of June is really premature and dangerous,” said the JTA head, making reference to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The JTA president argued that while his association had opposed the July sitting from day one, the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools accepted the date.
“We think that it was irresponsible of the secondary schools' principals association and the Ministry of Education, in fact, we thought that the secondary schools' association created the mess and the Ministry of Education wallowed in it to come up with a decision to hold this sitting in July,” asserted Speid, who suggested that September would be a better date.
He said the decision made is insensitive to the welfare of the students, and teachers, “because to put them out there, many of whom take public transportation to get to and from school, and to put them out there like that, is like lamb to the slaughter.”
WESTERN BUREAU: As Jamaicans observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month, renowned medical practitioner Dr Delroy Fray has warned that while a vegetarian, low-fat diet is good for cancer prevention, it should not be relied on as a cancer treatment by...
Lokoja — The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kogi State chapter, has disclosed that testing for COVID-19 remained a challenge in the state.
The NMA chairman said the challenge of not testing enough persons had led to agitation from members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) as they are among the first to attend to suspected cases, a number which has been received at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Lokoja recently.
\"Although no confirmed case has been reported in Kogi State till date, a number of suspected cases have been attended to at the FMC Lokoja, and members of ARD are among the first to attend to these patients, and as such, they might be exposed to the highly contagious COVID-19,\" Kabir stated
He said: \"ARD is an affiliate of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), and members are among the most exposed health care workers to patients with suspected COVID-19 in the hospital settings.
Kabir said FMC Lokoja is the only functional tertiary health institution in Kogi State and as such, the institution attends to a wide range of patients, and the ever present danger of being exposed to patients with COVID-19 is major source of worry.
But in a chat with THISDAY, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Haruna Audu, stated that contrary to the insinuation that the people are denied the opportunity to go for COVID-19 test in the state, the state government is committed to fighting coronavirus pandemic, as the state has not objected to testing at any point in time.
An Ananda Alert has been activated for 17-year-old Nickeival Harrison of\tBogue Village in Montego Bay, St James.\tThe police say Harrison has been missing since Saturday, August 8.\tShe is of dark complexion, slim build and is about 4 feet 9...
