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Africa: Pres. Weah, Others Chat On Economic Interventions During COVID-19 At UBA Africa Day 2020
The series, in its second year, brought together African and World leaders to discuss 'Domestic policies, regional development, and possible threats facing Africa's Global achievement of the SDGs amidst the COVID-19 pandemic amongst
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S. Africa: protest against Africa's first vaccine trial
Protesters gathered outside the University of the Witswatersrand in Johannesburg Wednesday against Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine
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COMMENTARY: COVID-19 — My Personal Battle from a Positive to a Negative Result
A few days after my call with Rep. Reynolds, I received a call on my cell phone from U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Wednesday, March
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Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Expects to Quickly Tackle New Ebola Outbreak
The World Health Organization says lessons learned from previous outbreaks of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and effective therapeutics will allow it to more quickly contain a new outbreak of the deadly disease in Equateur
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Gauteng should brace for massive Covid-19 spike
We believe that within the coming days, Gauteng will emerge with the highest Covid-19 numbers
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S. Africa to begin Africa's first COVID-19 vaccine trial
As South Africa prepares to launch the continent’s first coronavirus vaccine trial, the Rainbow Nation has opened a new field hospital for people with COVID-19 in a de-commissioned Volkswagen
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Africa: At Least 80 Million Children Under One at Risk of Diseases Such as Diphtheria, Measles and Polio as COVID-19 Disrupts Routine Vaccination Efforts, Warn Gavi, WHO and UNICEF
This stark warning comes from the World Health Organization, UNICEF and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance ahead of the Global Vaccine Summit on 4 June, at which world leaders will come together to help maintain immunization programmes and mitigate the impact of the pandemic in lower-income
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Thailand enters race for Covid-19 vaccine
Thailand is conducting tests on macaque monkeys as it races to produce a cheaper, alternative coronavirus vaccine it hopes will be ready by 2021, a top researcher said
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Musician condemns fake COVID-19 news
UP-AND-COMING musician Obvious Dziwanyika has joined the fight against COVID-19 through music by releasing his debut offering Adjustments in which he condemns the spread of fake news about the
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'Coming back and biting us'
The US recorded a one-day total of 34,700 new COVID-19 cases, just short of the nation's late-April peak of 36,400, according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins
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Africa: Controls to Manage Fake News in Africa Are Affecting Freedom of Expression
Even before COVID-19, many African countries used libel and defamation laws, and internet shut downs to limit the freedom of expression of citizens and the
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Volusia County is preparing to roll out two more assistance programs to boost the community’s continuing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic after the County Council allocated $3 million in emergency financial support to help home-based businesses and another $1 million to purchase protective
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What’s In The Pipeline To Revive Ethnic Small Businesses?
Speakers at the discussion, organized by Ethnic Media Services, included Rep. Ted Lieu, D-California; businessman and philanthropist Charles Phillips, director of the New York Federal Reserve Bank; venture capitalist Shelly Kapoor Collins, a member of California Governor Gavin
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Uganda: Scientists Researching Type of Coronavirus in Uganda
The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has said they are doing a deeper study on the type of Covid-19 affecting people in the
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Ghana coronavirus: 7,117 cases as Accra hits 5,000; MPs infection controversy
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Tanzania: Don't Blame Me for Any COVID-19 Deaths - Museveni
Kampala — President Museveni has said that he and his government have played their part in containing the spread of Coronavirus, and can no longer take the blame if Ugandans start dying of
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Leading the Charge: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Uses Political Platform to Advocate for Testing and Necessary Resources in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic
In the midst of one of the deadliest pandemics in the history of the United States, there has been at least one elected official who has truly led the charge and been on the frontlines of dealing with addressing this unprecedented COVID-19 virus – that elected official has been none other than
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COMMENTARY: COVID-19 — My Personal Battle from a Positive to a Negative Result
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Nigeria: Decline in Non-COVID-19 Ailment Consultation in Hospitals Worries Govt
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Nigeria: Infectious Disease Bill - Bill Gates Denies Offering Bribe to Nigerian Lawmakers
American billionaire philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, has denied media reports that he offered a $10 million bribe to the Nigerian House of Representatives to pass the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill being considered by the
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It is trying to find ways to allow people to get back out to do things they want to do, and business to do business,” said Dr. Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer at the Association of State Health
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Africa: Why Africa Can't Afford Further Delay On AfCFTA - Afreximbank
The devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Africa's economy has shown that the continent can ill-afford a further delay in the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), panelists in a web conference on Africa's economic recovery, post-COVID-19, said on
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Restaurant and Bar Owners Say Social Distancing Could Destroy The Industry
“If you talk to restaurants across the globe, the language might change, but the math is the same,” Ryan Pernice, owner of three restaurants based out of Georgia, told CNN
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Could An Everyday Childhood Vaccine Help Against Coronavirus?
(CNN) — A vaccine to prevent coronavirus may be months or even years away, but a team of researchers in the United States say an everyday vaccine that is available now might be used to help prevent the worst effects of coronavirus
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Jamaica among countries praised by CHTA for new tourism protocols
MIAMI, United States (CMC) — A senior official of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has welcomed the cooperation between regional governments and public health authorities in their efforts to minimise the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic and to strengthen Caribbean
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Summer may decide fate of leading shots in vaccine race | The Atlanta Voice
People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if any shot really works — and maybe offer a reality
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Uganda: Pandemic Accelerates Shifts in Office Designs, Limits Face to Face Interactions
Willis Otto Olanya employs people at Owel Architecture Limited and warns employers about the potential for liability should employees fall sick at the
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