By David Ochieng Mbewa Uganda’s Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported 489 new confirmed coronavirus cases taking the nationwide total to 32,399. The majority of the cases were recorded in the capital Kampala which reported 334 cases followed by Wakiso district which reported 98 cases. Among the new cases were two Ugandan truck drivers who came…
Eritrea said on Wednesday that the Red Sea nation has recorded its first death related to COVID-19. The victim was a 50-year-old man receiving treatment for COVID-19 illness at a local hospital, the health ministry said in a statement. Eritrea recorded 25 new COVID-19 cases over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total number of…
China’s relationship with Malawi has been a success in the year 2020, China has maintained its friendly gesture to Malawi in the fight against COVID-19, a global pandemic. This has been seen in numerous medical donations that China has been rendering to the Malawian government and in various institutions. On March 31, the Chinese government…
The Nigerian government on Tuesday announced further restrictions after confirming that the country was facing a rise in the number of infections akin to the second wave being experienced in other countries. The government also singled out Lagos, Kaduna and the capital Abuja as the new epicentres of infections adding that they accounted for more…
Nigeria on Sunday confirmed 501 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the national total to 78,434, said the country’s Center for Disease Control. Meanwhile, the nationwide death toll from the virus rose to 1,221. With COVID-19 cases flaring up again in parts of Nigeria, authorities in Lagos, the nation’s economic hub, on…
Freight forwarders in Ghana’s largest port Tema have not been spared as COVID-19 takes a heavy toll on the global economy. The outbreak of the pandemic in the first quarter led to the closure of the country’s land and sea borders as well as a ban on international flights, a development which Albert Fiatui, Executive…
Many Zimbabweans would want to forget the year 2020 in a hurry after they either lost their loved ones to COVID-19 while others lost their sources of income as some companies closed down due to the effects of the pandemic. The country also slid further into economic distress as the productive sector temporarily went into…
Uganda will soon start surveillance over the new COVID-19 variant, a senior health official said on Tuesday. Joyce Moriku, minister of state for primary health, said in a statement that the ministry is closely following the global trends of SARS-CoV-2 virus, currently termed as 501.V2 Variant reported in the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and…
Zimbabwe has upped preparations for a nationwide rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, with the Government having concluded two extensive studies to assess readiness for the deployment of inoculation jabs, President Mnangagwa has said Updating the nation on the country’s COVID-19 response and containment measures at State House in Harare yesterday, the President warned against unnecessary…
Global COVID-19 cases surpassed the 75 million mark on Saturday, according to a Reuters rally, as several nations around the world began vaccinating against the virus. There have been 18.65 million new cases in the past month, the highest reported for a 30-day period since the pandemic started. Europe remains the region with the most…
