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The number of confirmed active Covid-19 infections in Tshwane has continued to rise, hitting record numbers, with more than 26 000 cases as of 5 July.
The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
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Nairobi — County Governments have been urged to upgrade their health facilities to accommodate cases of coronavirus as infections soared to 2,474.
She emphasized that county governments' preparedness is crucial in the fight against the virus confirmed in 34 counties.
\"The importance of the county level of preparedness is a key factor in the fight against the pandemic.
Mwangangi reiterated the need for Kenyans to continue observing public health measures aimed at preventing the spread of the virus that has so far infected 2,474 people in the country.
President Uhuru Kenyatta was on Saturday expected to issue new guidelines following the expiry of the nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew and the cessation of movement in and out of Nairobi's Eastleigh estate, Mombasa's Old Town as well as Kwale, Kilifi and Mandera counties which recorded high infection rates.
That said, Californians are rightfully confused by the rapid, even erratic, changes of course that Gov. Gavin Newsom has steered in recent weeks after drawing praise for his early and straightforward actions in the first days of the public health crisis.
Newsom’s regular, although no longer weekly, webcasts on COVID-19 have evolved into repetitive talkathons resembling those annoying public television fundraising breaks.
He gave counties the option to reopen their economies if they met certain criteria, saying “localism is determinitive” and seemingly shifting the political onus to local officials,
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By early June, many segments of the economy were opening, but within a couple of weeks, infections and deaths were spiking alarmingly and Newsom was becoming defensive about the wisdom of reopening.
“When you have people that are struggling and suffering with severe mental health and brain health issues, when people are not attending to their physical and emotional needs, those social determinants of health also must be considered,” Newsom said on June 15.
However, from rationalizing the reopening, Newsom has shifted in recent days to admonishing Californians for not being diligent enough in wearing the masks he mandated and avoiding large, virus-spreading congregations.
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… ” has maybe never resonated more. African Americans one of the voting blocks … swing states that have large African American and large Latinx populations is … will be the second time African American voters saved his campaign. He …
In a state which has become the epicenter of the nationwide coronavirus surge, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is implementing tighter guidelines to protect her city.
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday that he has directed the state health department to release the names of individual long-term care facilities that have experienced a COVID-19 outbreak.
The state previously had allowed those facilities to remain anonymous to protect patient privacy.
\"However, due to the widespread nature of this pandemic, it is now unlikely that releasing facility information would compromise anonymity or discourage facilities from participating in a public health investigation,\" Northam said in a press release, which included a link to a website listing all of the facilities and the number of cases and deaths.
According to the health department tracker, the state now has 1,602 coronavirus-related deaths — 1,000 of which are linked to long-term care facilities.
The low figures come more than two weeks after Northam mandated face coverings while in indoor public spaces.
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By MATTHEW PERRONE, BRIAN WITTE and NICKY FORSTER, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — As businesses reopened Friday in more of the U.S., an overwhelming majority of states still fall short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safely ease lockdowns and avoid another deadly wave of outbreaks, according to an Associated Press analysis.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan made headlines last month when the state acquired 500,000 test kits from a South Korean company in a confidential deal, but Maryland has not had all the components needed for testing — like swabs — to meet demand.
Administration officials said they will provide states with enough testing supplies to conduct about 400,000 tests per day in May and June.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the state’s testing reached 35,000 daily this week and that more than 1 million tests have been administered.
The testing increases over the past few weeks contributed in part to Gov. Roy Cooper and state leaders feeling comfortable with easing his stay-at-home order May 8.
Youths protesting a coronavirus curfew have clashed with security forces overnight in the Senegalese capital, burning tyres and erecting barricades as police fired tear gas in Dakar's Ngor district.
A recent ABC News analysis of coronavirus deaths found that many African American faith leaders have lost their lives.
Those numbers include: seven church leaders in Michigan (including two from the same church), seven in Louisiana, six in New York, three in Illinois, two in Mississippi, two in Georgia, two in New Jersey, one in Virginia, one in Tennessee, one in Alabama and one in Missouri.
In New York, at least six African American clergy leaders have died from the virus, leaving gaping holes in the church leadership and their surrounding communities.
As inmates across the country raise concerns over prison conditions during the pandemic, the Supreme Court and state courts prepare to see an increasing number of disputes in the coming weeks.
This week, the CDC released recommendations for reopening businesses, mass transit and schools across the country during the pandemic.
RIO GRANDE CITY — It was a strange sight in Starr County: More than 70 vehicles, decked out with Trump 2020 flags, parading 13 miles along the Texas-Mexico border from Roma to Rio Grande City. Even Roel Reyes, who flew an “All Aboard the Trump Train” flag from the back of his Harley Davidson, was surprised to have so much […]
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Texas and Florida reversed course and clamped down on bars again Friday in the nation’s biggest retreat yet as the number of confirmed coronavirus infections per day in the U.S. surged to an all-time high of 40,000.
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Texas reported more than 17,000 confirmed new cases in the past three days, with a record high of nearly 6,000 on Thursday.
In Florida, the agency that governs bars acted after the daily number of confirmed cases neared 9,000, almost doubling the previous record, set just two days earlier.
A number of the hardest-hit states, including Texas, Florida, Arizona and Arkansas, have Republican governors who have resisted mask-wearing requirements and largely echoed President Donald Trump’s desire to quickly reopen the economy.
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, center, speaks as Vice President Mike Pence, right, and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, left, listen during a news conference with members of the Coronavirus task force at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, Friday, June 26, 2020.
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Aug. 30 listed the Mu Covid-19 variant as a “variant of interest.” The World Health Organization on Aug. 30 added the Mu variant — known by scientists as B1621 — to the list of “variants of interest” because of preliminary evidence that it can evade antibodies. The Mu variant has a “constellation of mutations that […]
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