South Africa reported 969 new confirmed coronavirus cases raising the total number of cases in the country to 669,498. A statement from the Minister of Health Dr. Zweli Mkhize said that the cases were reported from a total of 11,359 tests carried out in the last 24 hours. South Africa has so far carried out…
Egypt recorded late on Saturday 111 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections in the country to 102,736, said the Health Ministry. In a statement, the ministry’s spokesman Khaled Megahed said 16 patients died from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 5,869. The spokesman also said 834 others…
More than 36,000 Kenyans lost their jobs both in the formal and informal sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Labour and Social Services said, noting that the figure could be higher since most people who lost their employment failed to report the loss. The ministry revealed in a report tabled to the National…
Somali and Kenyan troops engaged in a minutes-long firefight on Saturday at the two countries’ shared border, local officials and witnesses said after the Kenyan side fired shots to deter Somali demonstrators from approaching. The incident took place at the frontier between the Somali town Bulo Hawo and Kenya’s Mandera, close to where the border…
Merck Foundation (Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany conducted its first Video Conference Summit of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative (MFFLI). The MFFLI VC Summit was attended by 13 African First Ladies including the First Lady of Botswana, H.E. Mrs NEO JANE MASISI, who is also the Ambassador of Merck More Than a Mother, to discuss their joint efforts to build…
The Democratic Republic of Congo drew lessons from its fight against Ebola to help it tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, said President Felix Tshisekedi. President Tshisekedi made the remarks in his pre-recorded virtual address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. He noted that the government took swift action to contain the spread of the…
The Ugandan government is proposing to test all teachers for COVID-19 ahead of school reopening. Sources close to the National COVID-19 Taskforce, who requested for anonymity, told Daily Monitor yesterday that their proposal is to see all teachers tested before they report. However, the Ministry of Education permanent secretary, Alex Kakooza, said while the proposal…
The Kenyan Ministry of Health has announced that 141 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 from 3,307 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing to 37,489 the number of confirmed positive cases. Speaking during a press briefing on Thursday, Health CAS Dr. Mercy Mwangangi also announced that five more patients had succumbed to…
GABORONE, Botswana — Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany conducted their first Video Conference Summit ofMerck Foundation First Ladies Initiative (MFFLI). The MFFLI VC Summit was attended by 13 African First Ladies including the First Lady of Botswana,NEO JANE MASISI, who is also the Ambassador of Merck More Than a Mother, to discuss their joint efforts to build healthcare…
At least 23 people, including students, were killed after a fuel tanker explosion in Kogi state, central Nigeria on Wednesday, local road police said. Idris Fika Ali, a sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the state, told Xinhua via telephone that the victims were burned beyond recognition. The incident occurred Wednesday morning…
