By XINHUA School reopened Monday in South Sudan after closure for more than one year due to COVID-19 pandemic. Hussein Abdelbagi Akol, vice president in charge of service cluster, said the decision came in the wake of the recent drop in COVID-19 infections since March. “COVID-19 is still with us but we have decided to…
By Grace Kuria World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has on Monday announced that globally, there have been more cases of COVID-19 reported in the last two weeks than during the first six months of the pandemic. “More cases of Covid-19 have been reported globally in the past two weeks than during…
By Grace Kuria UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore has said that it is “very worried” about the current COVID-19 crisis in India and urged the world to send urgent help to the country. CNBC reports that Fore also said it was a “race to save lives” through vaccinations, particularly in some of the world’s poorest countries…
By Grace Kuria Tanzania has on Monday issued a COVID-19 travel advisory aimed at controlling the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, Tanzania’s Health Permanent Secretary Prof. Abel Makubi said The new measures effective Tuesday May 4, include: all travelers, whether foreigners or returning residents will be required to present a negative COVID-19 test certificate upon…
By XINHUA Zimbabwe has received 75 million U.S. dollars from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and the COVID-19 pandemic, Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said. The funding is for three years from 2021 to 2023, Mutsvangwa said during a post-cabinet media briefing. “It should, however, be noted that the government continues to provide…
By XINHUA Malawi government has banned with immediate effect travels to and from Bangladesh, Brazil, India and Pakistan following the severe spreading of the new COVID-19 wave in those countries. Malawi Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, declared the ban Monday in an update on COVID-19 in the country. Chiponda, who co-chairs the Presidential Taskforce…
By XINHUA Zimbabwe said its prime tourist destination Victoria Falls has become the first city to achieve herd immunity in the country after administering COVID-19 vaccines to more than three-quarters of the targeted population. The city is home to the magnificent Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe’s premier tourist attraction and one of the seven natural wonders of…
By Grace Kuria Kenya has on Tuesday announced that it has inoculated a total of 840,075 persons against COVID-19. Of these, 486,050 are aged 58 years and above, 154,031 are Health Care Workers, 129,527 teachers, while 70,467 are security officers. As at April 26, a total of 1,080,000 doses had been distributed to the regional…
By AP The U.S. will begin sharing its entire stock of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines with the world once it clears federal safety reviews, the White House said Monday, with as many as 60 million doses expected to be available for export in the coming months. The move greatly expands on the Biden administration’s action last…
By Grace Kuria World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has termed the situation in India as ‘beyond heartbreaking’. “WHO is doing everything we can, providing critical equipment and supplies, including thousands of oxygen concentrators, prefabricated mobile field hospitals and laboratory supplies,” The Director General said. Adding that WHO is sending 2,600 extra…
