Algeria on Tuesday reported 238 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest daily infections since June 29, bringing the total infections to 48,734. The death toll rose to 1,632 after 12 new fatalities were added, said the Algerian Ministry of Health in a statement. Meanwhile, 154 more patients were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of…
Egypt reported 163 COVID-19 infections with 18 deaths over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 101,340 with 5,679 deaths, the Health Ministry said Tuesday. Meanwhile, 776 recoveries were registered, bring the national count to 85,745, said the ministry in a statement. Egypt announced its first COVID-19 case on Feb. 14 and the…
India surpassed the 5 million mark in coronavirus cases Wednesday as the country continues to battle the spread of the disease. Health Ministry figures showed that 90,123 fresh cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the country to 5,020,359. India has added one million cases in less…
National airline Air Zimbabwe on Wednesday announced that it was resuming flight operations on its domestic and regional routes with effect from September 23 and October 3 respectively, as nations open up the skies for domestic and international travel. The airline had suspended all flights late March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, except a few…
The West African states of Guinea and Togo announced late Tuesday that they were extending exceptional measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. Guinean President Alpha Conde, in a decree read on national television, said restrictions would be extended by another month from Thursday, while in Togo, Prime Minister Selom Komi Klassou said a “health…
Dr Rasha Kelej, Chief Executive Officer of Merck Foundation and President, ‘Merck More Than a Mother’ has been featured in the 2020 list of 100 Most Influential African Women. The list released by ‘Be a Girl’ initiative recognised her efforts through Merck Foundation programmes to train thousands of African doctors, to support African communities during…
Uganda on Tuesday reported 145 new COVID-19 cases, pushing its total tally to 5,123. Figures announced by the ministry of health also showed that the East African country had registered two deaths in the last 24 hours, taking its total fatality number to 58. Uganda has seen a recent spike in new COVID-19 infections, having…
The World Health Organisation Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged nations in the world to step up their political and financial investments to prevent future as he warned that the coronavirus will not be the last such pandemic. Ghebreyesus spoke on Monday during the launch of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) 2020 report. “This…
In Garrah village in the northern Egyptian province of Dakahlia, residents have long overcome unemployment through making and decorating glassware for domestic use. “You won’t find a single unemployed person in this village,” Abdullatif al-Behery, a worker at a glass decoration workshop in Garrah, told Xinhua. “Glassware making and decoration is almost the sole business…
The U.N. migration agency said Tuesday that a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, leaving at least two dozen people drowned or missing and presumed dead. This is the latest shipwreck off the North African country. Safa Msehli, a spokeswoman for the International Organization for Migration, told The…
