Login to BlackFacts.com using your favorite Social Media Login. Click the appropriate button below and you will be redirected to your Social Media Website for confirmation and then back to Blackfacts.com once successful.
Enter the email address and password you used to join BlackFacts.com. If you cannot remember your login information, click the “Forgot Password” link to reset your password.
In an effort to stimulate the country’s vaccination levels, the Supreme Ventures Group has announced its new Vax...
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.
Jamaica: Quarantined returnees by air ‘pushed to back of the line’ behind 1,000 cruise ship workers
(Jamaica Gleaner) The 200 Jamaicans who arrived via air from New York and Fort Lauderdale on May 13 are accusing the Government of giving preferential treatment to the 1,044 Adventure of the Seas cruise ship workers who have already been processed a mere week after docking in Falmouth.
The second test would determine who departs for home this Thursday, May 28,” one of the persons under quarantine lamented.
All ship workers have disembarked the Adventure and hundreds who tested negative have been released to self-quarantine at home.
The Office of the Prime Minister announced that the Norwegian Cruise Line, with 174 Jamaican crew members, docked in Falmouth yesterday evening.
The Carnival Glory will also return home approximately 240 Jamaican crew members this morning.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya joined other countries globally in observing the World Cancer day Thursday, with the unveiling of statistics of on how the disease has affected people and strained their livelihood in seeking treatment.
Under Phase III, effective immediately, all businesses in Texas will be able to operate at up to 50% capacity, with very limited exceptions.
All businesses and customers should continue to follow minimum standard health protocols laid out by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
“The people of Texas continue to prove that we can safely and responsibly open our state for business while containing COVID-19 and keeping our state safe,” said Governor Abbott.
As we begin Phase III, I ask all Texans and Texas businesses to continue following the standard health protocols and to heed the guidance of our state and federal officials who continue to closely monitor COVID-19.
Effective June 19:
Amusement parks and carnivals in counties with more than 1,000 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 may open at 50% capacity.
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died, including two from Region Nine.
The article Three more COVID deaths, 123 new cases appeared first on Stabroek News.
NAIROBI, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Ministry of Health on Wednesday launched the Kenya Mental Health Action Plan (2021-2025) to promote mental health among citizens. Mercy Mwangangi, chief administrative secretary in the Ministry of Health said the action plan provides a framework for the national, county governments and other key…
The Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Immunisation Unit has advised that vaccination sites are open today, Wednesday, June 30, and are operating as usual. Persons who can do so are asked to keep their appointments. Those who cannot make their appointments due to the inclement weather may go to the site on another day, once […]
The post Public Notice: Vaccination sites open today appeared first on Barbados Today.
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Tuesday reported another death from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 29 new cases.
(Trinidad Guardian) The deadly COVID-19 virus has now killed 50 people in Trinidad and Tobago, after the Ministry of Health announced yesterday that there had been seven fatalities - the largest number to be recorded within 24 hours locally to date.
The article Trinidad records 7 COVID-19 deaths in a day appeared first on Stabroek News.
Three more COVID-19 fatalities were yesterday reported with 90 new cases of the virus being recorded.
The article Two women, one man latest COVID-19 fatalities appeared first on Stabroek News.
Five Covid-19 patients have been discharged from Masaka and Arua regional referral hospitals after recovering from the virus.
At Masaka hospital, the recovered patient is a 46-year-old Burundian refugee who has been at the facility's isolation centre since April 21.
In Arua hospital, four truck drivers from Tanzania were discharged last Friday.
While discharging the Masaka patient last week, Dr Nathan Onyachi, the hospital director, hailed his medical team for working tirelessly to save the refugee's life.
Dr Mark Jjuuko, the officer-in-charge of the hospital's coronavirus isolation centre, lauded Ministry of Health and the facility's administration for supporting health workers in the fight against the pandemic.
There are 14 new covid19 deaths and 301 new cases of the virus, the Ministry of Health said in its covid19 update on Sunday.
The new cases were obtained from samples taken between June 8 to June 12. The total number of deaths is now 670, while the total number of active cases is 9,249.
The ministry said the deaths were of three elderly men, three elderly women, two middle-aged men, two middle-aged women and two young women with comorbidities.
An elderly man and a middle-aged man without comorbidities were also part of the latest deaths.
The update said 30 additional people were warded at hospitals bringing the total number of warded patients to 484, while 72 people were discharged from public health facilities.
Tobago also reported 12 new covid19 cases in the last 24-hours.
The post 14 additional deaths, 301 new cases appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Angola, Ivan Yerovi, stressed the need to ensure that children have access to all vaccines to ensure full immunisation from birth to 15 months old.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES IS 2364.
As Guyana celebrates 55 years as an independent nation, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has sponsored the décor for the Ministry of Health’s Disability and Rehabilitation Service Centre at its Croal Street, Georgetown location.
The article GTT sponsors independence décor for ministry’s Disability and Rehabilitation Service Centre appeared first on Stabroek News.
THE NORWOOD community, on the outskirts of Montego Bay, St James, was yesterday placed under community surveillance by the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) after several positive COVID-19 cases were discovered.
According to a WRHA release, some 40 members of the authority’s healthcare team, including nurses, public health inspectors, public health nurses, and community health aides, descended on the community, conducting house-to-house visits to assess the residents for respiratory symptoms.
In a Gleaner interview late yesterday, Stephen Davidson, the director of public relations and communications in the Ministry of Health & Wellness, confirmed that 15 cases of COVID-19 had been linked to the community, prompting the decision to place Norwood under surveillance.
“The health team is on the ground in the community going house-to-house, doing temperature checks and swabbing of residents to determine their status,” explained Davidson.
The WRHA release noted that “the index (the point of entry) case has been isolated in a government facility and so far 13 close contacts were tested, which resulted in seven positives, two negatives and four samples are pending.”
Saint Lucia's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sharon Belmar- George, Monday disclosed during an update on the COVID-19 situation locally, that this country has noted a reduction in the total number of diagnosed cases over the last few weeks, but has recorded 19 more cases of the British Variant (B.1.1.7). Belmar-George made the disclosure while explaining […]
This article COVID-19: Saint Lucia Reports 19 More Cases Of The British Variant appeared first on St. Lucia Times News.
