The Health Editor of Daily Trust newspapers, Ojoma Akor has won the Nigerian print category of the Merck Foundation ‘Stay at Home’ Media Recognition Awards. The award was organized by Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany in collaboration with the First Lady of Nigeria, Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, the First Lady of Ghana, Rebecca…
Zimbabwe’s premier agricultural event, the Zimbabwe agricultural show, has ended with farmers and corporations from diverse sectors showcasing their products and services. The 110th edition of the show, which ran from Oct. 28 to 31, is normally held at the end of August, but this year it was postponed to October owing to the COVID-19…
Kenya has recorded 724 new cases of COVID-19 from a sample size of 5,085 tested in the last 24 hours, this is according to the Kenya Ministry of Health. The number of cases now stands at 56,601, which represents a positivity rate of 14.2 percent. At the same time, 14 more people have succumbed to…
The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Africa reached 1,794,507 with a death toll of 43,176 by Monday afternoon, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Select countries on the continent continue to see steady growths in their caseloads as global health officials fear a deadlier second wave could be on the…
Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany announced the winners of “Stay at Home” Media Recognition Awards for African Countries. The theme of the awards was ‘Raising Awareness on how to Stay Safe and Keep Physically and Mentally Healthy during Coronavirus Lockdown’ with the aim to separate facts from myths and misconceptions. The…
Kenya on Saturday reported 1,395 new Covid-19 cases, its highest single day increase in coronavirus cases since the first case in the country was reported in March. Of the new cases, 1,337 were Kenyans while the remaining 58 were foreigners. “Today, 1,395 people have tested positive for the virus, from a sample size of 7,635 tested in the…
The past week saw the highest number of new COVID-19 cases reported globally since the start of the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. WHO said more than two million new infections were reported in the last seven days as parts of the world continue to report a resurgence of virus cases….
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has convened a stakeholder meeting next week following a recent resurgence of COVID-19 cases. On Wednesday, Kenya reported its highest caseload yet, with 1,018 confirmed cases, bringing the country’s total to 51,851. The east African nation is one of only nine countries in Africa that have reported more than 50,000 COVID-19…
A Tunisian health official said on Monday that the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases across Tunisia will lead to saturation of beds in public hospitals by the end of October, Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported. “The continued growth in the number of infections, exceeding 1,300 cases per day, would affect the health system of the…
The number of dead cape fur seals discovered washed ashore Namibia’s Pelican Point Beach in the coastal town of Walvis Bay has risen to more than 7,000 with the numbers also including female adults, Marine Biologist said Monday. According to Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN) Marine Biologist, Naude Dryer, they have been seeing a lot more…
