By CGTN Africa Uganda on Wednesday registered 25 deaths, the highest ever recorded in a day, bringing the death toll in the country to 459. According to the Ministry of Health, as of June 13, the country had recorded a total of 64,521 cases, while the total number of recoveries stood at 48,480. Some 920 patients are…
By XINHUA Zimbabwe on Tuesday classified additional areas as COVID-19 hotspots following a surge in new virus cases. Masvingo and Chiredzi in Masvingo Province, Nkulumane, Emakhandeni and all the northern suburbs in the second largest city Bulawayo were classified as COVID-19 hotspots, according to a statement from the health ministry. The development comes just days after…
By XINHUA Namibia has locked down the capital city Windhoek to contain the further spread of COVID-19, President Hage Geingob said while addressing the nation on Tuesday evening. “In light of the unfolding trajectory of the pandemic in the country and the imperative to safeguard the lives and livelihoods of Namibians, the existing Public Health Regulations…
By XINHUA The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 4,913,645 as of Sunday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic stands at 132,221 while 4,437,694 patients across the continent have recovered…
By XINHUA Namibian President Hage Geingob and first lady Monica Geingos have been cleared of COVID-19, an official said Wednesday evening. In a statement, presidential press secretary Alfredo Hengari said the couple’s latest test results have returned negative, but they will remain in isolation till full recovery. “Measures taken to put the first couple on a…
By Grace Kuria Ethiopia’s ministry of health has announced that starting June 7, all travelers exiting, entering or transiting through Ethiopia to all destinations shall be expected to present a digital negative COVID-19 certificate. The certificates shall be presented at all ports of entry based on the Africa Union’s Trusted Travel guidelines, and the UNDP-sponsored Global…
By Grace Kuria A total of 1,961,883 eligible Nigerians have thus far been inoculated with first dose of COVID-19. Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) also reports that 148,258 Nigerians vaccinated with the 1st dose have also received their 2nd COVID-19 dose. Those who received the first dose more than 6 weeks ago continue…
By Reuters Dozens of countries on Wednesday pledged nearly $2.4 billion to the COVAX vaccine-sharing plan to widen the availability of COVID-19 shots to people in poorer nations who have so far come up short. The announcements, ranging from $2,500 from island nation Mauritius to millions of dollars and doses from larger, wealthier countries, came during…
By XINHUA Zambia has approved five COVID-19 vaccines to be administered to citizens as a preventive measure against the pandemic, a government official said on Tuesday. The vaccines include China’s Sinopharm, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca Covishield, AZD 12225-Korea AstraZeneca, and Pfizer Biotech. Kennedy Malama, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health in charge of Technical Services,…
By Jerry Omondi Rwanda’s COVID-19 mass vaccination drive has received another boost after the country received a batch of 100,600 doses of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine through the World Health Organization’s COVAX mechanism. The East African country’s health ministry announced that the vaccines arrived in Kigali late on Monday, becoming the second batch to arrive in five…
