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Malawian heath workers boycott work over risk allowances, PPEs

Numerous health workers across Malawi are boycotting work over unmet demands to increase risk allowances as well as lack of enough Personal Protective wear (PPEs) when discharging their duty amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In most districts across the region’s most health workers

April 20, 2020

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Extends Covid-19 Lockdown

Harare- Zimbabwe has extended the Covi-19 lockdown by a further 14 days. In a state of the nation address, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the country was yet to meet World Health Organisation (WHO) standards for the lifting of the lockdown which was

April 19, 2020

Asia·Breaking News

China updates death toll in Wuhan, adds 1,300 to total, blaming reporting delays

Nearly 1,300 people who died of the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus was first detected, were not counted in death tolls, state media announced Friday. The death toll for Wuhan now stands at 3,869 after China added

April 17, 2020

United States

Iowa schools will remain closed for rest of academic year

All Iowa schools will remain closed through the end of the academic year, the state’s governor announced Friday. The initial plan was to reopen April 30, with the knowledge that state officials would reassess two weeks out from that date. “I would

April 17, 2020

Africa

Coronavirus: Tanzania’s President Magufuli calls for weekend of prayer

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has appealed to Tanzanians to use the weekend for prayer against the coronavirus outbreak. It is unclear if he wants people to congregate in places of worship since the country has not yet banned religious gatherings. He tweeted

April 17, 2020

Kenya

Five hotel workers among new cases in Kenya

Kenya’s Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe has confirmed 12 new coronavirus cases in the country, five of them involving hotel workers. Mr Kagwe told a media briefing that more than 450 samples were tested by Friday morning and that: “We have already got

April 17, 2020

Malawi

Malawi President announces 21-day lockdown to fight COVID-19

President Peter Mutharika has announced that government will enforce three weeks lockdown as a new measure to combat further spread of Coronavirus in the country. During a Televised National address on Malawi’s Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) on Tuesday night, Mutharika said the lockdown

April 15, 2020

Malawi

Malawi registers second Coronavirus death; confirmed cases rise to 12

Malawi has registered second death of coronavirus barely three days after another Indian lady passed on of the same virus in the southern city of Blantyre; as confirmed cases rise to 12. The deceased tested positive of coronavirus in the Capital City

April 11, 2020

Zimbabwe

Lockdowns and shutdowns won’t help improve dilapidated health infrastructure in Africa

African governments need to rethink strategies presently used to fight the novel Coronavirus pandemic. The shutdown and lockdown approach may not be ideal to effectively deal with this global threat. Most if not all the African countries have dilapidated public health infrastructure

March 30, 2020

Breaking News·United Kingdom

UK coronavirus outbreak is slowing and antibody test could be ready in days, says top scientist

LONDON (Reuters) – The coronavirus epidemic in the United Kingdom is showing signs of slowing and antibody tests could be ready in days, Neil Ferguson, a professor of mathematical biology at Imperial College London, said on Monday. “We think the epidemic is

March 30, 2020

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Malawian heath workers boycott work over risk allowances, PPEs

Zimbabwe Extends Covid-19 Lockdown

China updates death toll in Wuhan, adds 1,300 to total, blaming reporting delays

Iowa schools will remain closed for rest of academic year

Coronavirus: Tanzania’s President Magufuli calls for weekend of prayer

Five hotel workers among new cases in Kenya

Malawi President announces 21-day lockdown to fight COVID-19

Malawi registers second Coronavirus death; confirmed cases rise to 12

Lockdowns and shutdowns won’t help improve dilapidated health infrastructure in Africa

UK coronavirus outbreak is slowing and antibody test could be ready in days, says top scientist

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