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A total of 218 new COVID-19 cases (92 males and 126 females) were recorded by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Saturday, October 2. The facility conducted 2,176 tests. The 218 new cases comprise 51 persons under the age of 18, and 167 who are 18 years old and older. There are currently 1,021 […]
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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.
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Kenya continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic with cases steadily rising each day. Government have locked down a handful of counties including the capital Nairobi and imposed a night-time curfew as part of containment efforts.
This rolling page will continue to give updates on major occurrences as relates to the East African country. You can follow Kenya’s March – April 2020 COVID-19 updates on our earlier page.
Kenya as of May 10 was the fourth most impacted country in the East / Horn of Africa region only behind Djibouti, Sudan and Somalia. Government also rolled out mass testing in virus hot spots, borders remain shut and a ban on public gatherings continues.
July 12: 10,294 cases; record 12 deaths in a day
Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe today confirmed 189 new Covid-19 cases out of a total of 1,205 samples in the last 24 hours. Kenya’s caseload now stands at 10,294. The 10,000 mark was reached on Sunday, July 12.
The country also recorded highest number of COVID-19 fatalities in a day as 12 patients succumbed bringing death toll to 197. On the recovery front, 65 patients were discharged bringing the tally to 2,946.
Meanwhile, the Standard Digital news outlet reported that some 15 nurses at a maternity hospital had tested positive for the virus. The cited the chairman of the Kenya Union of nurses as confirming the development at Pumwani Maternity Hospital.
Kenya last Friday mourned the passing of a medic who contracted the virus. The incident involving Doreen Adisa reignited the issue of ill-protected frontline workers.
C-HERP project is designed to assist countries to prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19, and to strengthen the national systems for public health preparedness and responsiveness. #KomeshaCorona https://t.co/gpsHCB2tKq— Ministry of Health (@MOH_Kenya) July 13, 2020
July 2: tourism industry gets big boost
Kenya has taken giant steps to shore its tourism industry from the worsening economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Tourism Minister Najib Balala announced a raft of measures on Thursday. “Due to the adverse effects of Covid-19 to the tourism and wildlife sector. We have reduced entry fees to all Kenya Wildlife Service game parks and reserves to 50%.
“This will apply for all categories of tourists (local, residents & international), effective July 1, 2020 for one year,” he added. The main interventions are:
Reduced national park entry fees for Kenyan and international visitors.
Lodges inside the parks have also been given a year’s moratorium from paying rent.
Film makers have also been given a 50% discount on filming fees charged in parks.
The minister also urged the lodges to use the rent holiday to improve services. Tourism is a mainstay of the Kenyan economy. The country us a major player in the East African region along with Uganda and Tanzania.
Confirmed cases = 6,673
Active cases = 4,435
Recoveries = 2,089
Number of deaths = 149
John Hopkins Uni stats valid as of July 1, 2020
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\tThe Ministry of Health and Wellness has reported that there are six new cases of COVID-19 in Jamaica, which has brought the total number of infections since March to 696. \tThere were no further recoveries, which means the percentage of...
[WHO] 11 August 2020 -- Nineteen (19) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 5153 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to two thousand, one hundred and seventy-one (2171). To date, one thousand, four hundred and seventy-eight (1478) patients have recovered and been discharged, including eighty-six (86) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is six hundred and eighty-six (686) and seven (7) deaths.
What you need to know: From the new cases, 307 are Kenyans while 28 are foreigners, with 233 being male and 102 female. The youngest case is of a one- year-old infant while the oldest is 94. The Ministry of Health has announced 335 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours from 5,424 samples that were tested within that period. The new infections have pushed the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 97,733 and the total number of tested samples to 1,075, 673. From the new cases, 307 are Kenyans while 28 are foreigners, with 233 being male and 102 female. The youngest case is of a one- year-old infant while the oldest is 94. At the same time, the death toll in the country from the pandemic now stands at 1,702 after eight fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, on Thursday also reported 340 new recoveries, bringing the tally for national recoveries to 80,306. Latest recoveries From the latest recoveries, 261 are from the home-based care programme while 79 have been discharged from various hospitals across the country. Currently, there are 536 patients admitted in various health facilities countywide while 2,498 are under home-based care. There are 29 patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 18 of whom are on ventilatory support and nine on supplemental oxygen. Two patients are under observation. Another 10 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen and are in the general wards. In terms of distributions per county Nairobi continue to lead with 102 cases followed by Meru 46, Makueni 40, Nyeri 19, Kajiado 14, Embu 13, Mombasa 12, Kiambu 11, Nakuru 9, Migori 9, Nyandarua 9, Busia 9, Samburu 8, Kirinyaga 6, Machakos 5, Kitui 4, Turkana 4, Lakikipia 3, Uasin Gishu 3, Siaya 3, Kilifi 2, Marsabit 1, Narok 1, Murang’a 1 and Taita Taveta 1. -
Ethiopia is one of East / Horn of Africa’s least impacted nations as compared to rate of COVID-19 case growth and infection of its neighbours.
A state of emergency lasting five-months has been imposed by the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed led government. All land borders have since been shut as a virus control measure with a raft of restrictions and enforcement of physical distancing and mask wearing measures.
Elections planned for May this year were also postponed citing the effect of the pandemic. Ethiopia played an instrumental role in the deployment of virus supplies donated by Chinese businessman Ali Baba. This article will focus on major developments coming from the country.
May 19: 60 cases in two days
Total confirmed cases = 365 (new cases between May 17 – 19 = 60)
Total recoveries = 120 (new recoveries = 8)
Total deaths = 5
Active cases = 238
Ethiopia’s case count spiked on Monday by 35 new cases (a daily record) whiles 14 new cases were recorded today. Added to 11 cases recorded last Sunday, 60 cases have been recorded in the last three days. The tally now stands at 365.
Concerns had been raised by analysts over the spate of new case increases after it took just a week to go from 200 to go past the 300 mark as against a much lengthier period from 0 to 100 and 100 to 200.
The country, however, remains one of the least impacted in a region where neighbour Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan has crossed the 1000 mark. Kenya is past 900 confirmed cases as of today.
Major African stats: May 19 at 6:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 88,264
Number of deaths = 2,832
Recoveries = 33,898
Active cases = 51,534
\"Today, we wish to reiterate our plea to South Africans to heed the threat of the rising numbers of Covid-19 cases identified,\" Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said.
MIAMI The state of Florida has set another record in daily confirmed coronavirus cases.Florida health officials on Saturday reported more than 9,500 new COVID-19 cases, surpassing the previous day's total by more than 600 confirmed cases. The figures come as officials move to reclose beaches and discourage bar gatherings.
'The state of Indiana is on fire,' Gov. Holcomb says of virus' spread By Liz Nagy and Diane Pathieu, ABC7 News Indiana reported 5,853 new COVID-19 cases and 98 related deaths Wednesday. 'When you talk about counties being red, the state of Indiana is on fire,' Gov. Eric Holcomb said during his COVID-19 briefing Wednesday. […]
Premier Alan Winde has listed COVID-19 cases in each sub-district of the province. Here are the areas of the Western Cape with the most cases.
by PublicSource Reporters The Pennsylvania health department reported 4,361 new positive cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, marking the highest daily increase of cases in the state. The department also reported 62 new deaths, bringing the state totals to 238,657 cases of COVID-19 and 9,086 deaths from the virus. The Allegheny County Health Department [ACHD] reported 317 … Continued
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by PublicSource Reporters After a week of record-shattering COVID-19 case numbers, the Allegheny County Health Department on Thursday issued an order, effective Friday, closing bars, restaurants and casinos, and cancelling all activities or events over 25 people for one-week. Food establishments may still offer take-out and delivery services. Thursday set the record for single-day increases Continued
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Coronavirus first spread in the United States as a mostly coastal and big-city scourge, sparing many rural areas, small towns and even small cities. Translated into U.S. political geography: The virus hit Democratic areas first. No more. An Associated Press analysis of coronavirus case data shows the virus has moved — and is spreading quickly — into Republican areas, a []
Jamaica on Wednesday recorded 38 more cases of COVID-19, with ages ranging from three to 85 years, pushing the tally to 13,368 with 1,649 being active.\tOf the new cases, 18 are males, 19 are females and one case is under investigation.\tNo...
APPROXIMATELY 450,000 Jamaicans are to be immunised against the novel coronavirus next year, when the first batch of vaccines are expected to be shipped to the island, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has reported.The disclosure was made in the Lower House yesterday, where members were told that the vaccine will be administered to 16 per cent of the population, with health officials and seniors being identified as priority.
By JAKE COYLE and JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — California closed bars, theaters and indoor restaurant dining all over again across most of the state Wednesday, and Arizonas outbreak grew more severe by nearly every measure as the surging coronavirus crisis across the South and West sent a shudder through the country. The run-up []
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