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The Ministry of Education Technological and Vocational Training has confirmed that a student from the Princess Margaret Secondary School and one from the Ann Hill School have tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement issued tonight, the Ministry said contact tracing has started at the Princess Margaret Secondary School and “all persons have tested negative.” […]
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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.
Thirty-seven persons in the public school dorms across Guyana have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
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by PublicSource Reporters On Friday, Jan. 8, the state shared new information about who will be eligible for the vaccines and boasted its testing rate as above the national average.President-elect Joe Biden announcedhis administration will release available vaccine doses widely instead of storing doses to guarantee people get the second shot. And in Allegheny County, … Continued
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[Monitor] Kabale Regional Referral Hospital has run out of beds and Vitamin C drugs for Covid-19 patients as the cases soar. The Ministry of Health designated Kabale hospital as the management centre for Covid-19 patients in the Kigezi Sub-region. The hospital currently has 40 patients.
A man was fatally shot today after he entered the home of Timehri North businessman, Baldeo Rampersaud.
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Twenty-eight new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday after 329 persons were tested.
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[Nation] A spike in coronavirus infections has cast doubt on the anticipated full reopening of schools on Monday, with representatives of teachers and parents now urging caution.
[New Zimbabwe] Illegal Covid-19 testing sites are mushrooming in the country as Zimbabweans intending to travel outside the country seek fake test papers to cross the national borders.
The Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers (JALGO) says it has sought the intervention of Dunstan Bryan, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Health & Wellness, in an effort to ensure that COVID-19 test results for public...
[This Day] The federal government yesterday expressed its readiness to open talks with the United States for the delisting of Nigeria from the religious freedom blacklist.
The data is expected to be updated as new information comes in.
Philander Smith is a private liberal arts college in Little Rock, Arkansas and is known as a Historically black college/university (HBCU). Established originally as Walden Seminary in 1877 by the United Methodist Church, the school was named after the first Freedmen’s society secretary, Dr. J.M Walden, who called for an institution in the state that would enhance the status of newly-freed slaves.
Shortly after its inception, Walden Seminary became known as Philander Smith College. The name change was due to the generous donation in 1882 from Philander Smith’s widow, Adele, who believed her husband would have contributed to this cause as he was sympathetic to the work the Methodist Church was championing in the South. This donation provided the opportunity for the school to move to a larger location and begin building its current campus. The first baccalaureate class graduated from Philander Smith College in 1888. It attained its formal accreditation in 1949 by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. It has since been overseen by 12 presidents, including the first woman, alumni Trudie Kibbe Reed, who was selected in 1998.
When created, Philander Smith was envisioned to be a vocational school but its academic component grew dramatically to include degrees in various fields including, social sciences, natural world and sciences and business. It is the only college in Arkansas that is affiliated with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). With the UNCF, the college diligently works to provide an education to those in the population who are impoverished and thus less likely to attain a degree.
Although it receives no significant Federal funding and despite its status as a private institution, has low tuition rates, Philander Smith has been successful in educating thousands of African Americans in Arkansas over the past century. Currently its enrollment is approximately 850 students. Notable graduates include theologian James Hal Cone, former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, Lottie
(Trinidad Guardian) Over 35 offshore workers employed with the Perenco Trinidad and Tobago oil and gas company were transported to the Ministry of Health's quarantine facility at the University of the West Indies' Debe campus last evening, after they tested positive for COVID-19 while on duty on the Teak Alpha platform last week.
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Globally, school closures due to COVID-19 have affected 1.29 billion students in 186 countries, which is 73.8 per cent of the world’s student population, according to the UN Education Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Despite the challenges of limited access to internet connectivity, electricity or computers, countries are keeping learning active through various remote learning methods such as radio and television programmes, on addition to online platforms and social media.
In Egypt, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Morocco, Rwanda, South Africa and others, a number of schools and universities have moved some of their programmes to online platforms and have encouraged students to get connected.
With assistance from UN agencies such as UNICEF, UNESCO, the World Bank and others, countries are quickly scaling up their radio and TV programmes or launching new initiatives.
For example, Ghana’s public broadcasters have rekindled dormant programmes on tv and radio for high school students.
Cabinet was briefed on progress made by the Department of Public Enterprises in implementing the SAA Business Rescue Plan
[Nation] The Ministry of Health has reported 559 new cases of Covid-19 in Kenya from 3,074 samples tested in the last 24 hours, raising the total confirmed cases in the country to 70,804.
(Trinidad Express) Another Covid-19 patient has died, bringing the death toll from the virus in this country to 112.
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Deaths from the coronavirus pandemic continue to affect Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries and some regional states are again urging its nationals to comply with the various measures and protocols aimed at curbing the spread of the disease.
[Monitor] Ugandan companies involved in the sourcing of external employment for migrant workers abroad are to resume business after government Monday announced that it had relaxed the Coronavirus restrictions.
Four people have died from COVID-19, bringing the number of deaths from the disease in Jamaica to nine since the start of the year, and 311 since last March. \tThe Ministry of Health and Wellness reports that the four latest victims are...
Three men died in the accident.
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) today expressed condolences on the death of Abel Krammer, former Toshao of Kako Village and Vice-Chairman of the Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, who died today.
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Teachers unions expressed concern about the readiness of the ministry of education ahead of the reopening
