President Hage Geingob cautioned government would impose stricter measures to combat a surge of new Covid-19 cases if the public continues to disregard public health measures, especially now that 18 cases of the Omicron strain have been detected in Namibia. In the last week, Namibia has recorded nearly 700 new Covid-19 positive cases. However, only […]
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The second edition of the Joburg Shutdown headlined by Zimdancehall superstar; Winky D has been postponed to December 18. Joburg Shutdown 2021 was initially scheduled for December 4 but has been delayed due to travel restrictions imposed by the government as part of efforts to contain the Covid-19 omicron variant. Winky D was set to […]
We don’t have a drug problem. The problem lies in the way we think about drugs. Unless we stop demonising drugs, criminalising or pathologising the people that use them and abandon the goal of a drug-free society, we will continue to be distracted from the real problems that cause many of our youth to find […]
The African Union (AU) has condemned and called for the lifting of travel bans on Southern African countries, most notably South Africa, following the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The variant was detected and announced by South Africa’s National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in November and was declared a variant of concern […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Two more COVID-19 deaths and 55 infections were logged on December 5, from 2,483 tests (2.22% positivity rate), the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. As such, the caseload hit 718,498 and the death toll 25,403. The number of recoveries rose by 157, reaching 691,797. Hospitalisations in public and private healthcare facilities were up […]
WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 6, 2021—This generation of students now risks losing $17 trillion in lifetime earnings in present value, or about 14 percent of today’s global GDP, as a result of COVID-19 pandemic-related school closures, according to a new report published today by the World Bank, UNESCO, and UNICEF. The new projection reveals that the […]
Kabale District Covid-19 taskforce has raised concern after several people resorted to buying fake Covid-19 vaccination cards to elude a somewhat mandatory vaccination exercise in the area. “Fake Covid-19 vaccination cards are allegedly sold at Shs20, 000-Shs50, 000 to unvaccinated people by some health workers,” a member of the taskforce and also acting Kabale District […]
As global outrage continues to trail recent travel ban placed on Nigeria and some other African countries by the United Kingdom (UK), a development which has been described as racist and discriminatory, Nigeria’s federal government yesterday officially condemned the decision of the UK to put the country on its red list and place a ban […]
But where is the law that protects them? Eleven year-old Esther Kollie confidently weaves her way between cars on a hectic Saturday evening, from one end of the street to the next. At this point, nothing occupies her mind more than meeting her sales target for the day. She has to help her aunt to […]
Cape Town — As of December 7, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,749,742 while over 156,583,736 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 223,854 and 8,103,735 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases 3,038,075 and 89,975 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco […]
Cross River State government has unveiled plan to vaccinate 900,000 children against polio. The exercise will be carried by the state Primary Healthcare Development Agency. Children from the ages 15 and below are the targeted beneficiaries. Wife of Cross River State governor, Dr Linda Ayade gave the figures during the official flag-off of outbreak response […]
The Health Ministry said on Monday night 6/12/2021that 871 new coronavirus cases were detected in Egypt over the past 24 hours, upping the total number of infections to 364,033. Health Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said 43 patients died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 20,770. As many […]
Trials for severe and critical patients should continue WHO has updated its living guideline on COVID-19 therapeutics to include convalescent plasma. For non-severe COVID-19 patients, WHO recommends against its use, while it should only be used within clinical trials for severe and critical COVID-19 patients. Convalescent plasma is a transfusion of blood plasma from someone […]
AN estimated 4 020 children have died of Aids since 1985 and most of them had not reached the age of five, the Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr Timothy Stamps has said. In an interview in Harare at the weekend, Dr Stamps said the children were born to HIV-infected mothers and got the […]
WHO welcomes the historic decision by the Gavi Alliance Board to invest in the first malaria vaccine programme. The decision secures investment in the long-awaited malaria vaccine and assures that many more children at risk will benefit from this life-saving vaccine and additional malaria prevention. The Gavi Board approved an investment to support the malaria […]
Cape Town — President Cyril Ramaphosa has criticised travel bans imposed on parts of Africa by western countries because of the outbreak of Omicron, a variant of Covid-19. Ramaphosa, who was speaking at the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security, said the travel bans signaled western hypocrisy. According to News24, the president said that […]
Kenya is among countries lagging behind in Covid-19 vaccinations in Africa, a new report shows. Nairobi, according to the report by Mo Ibrahim Foundation, will not hit the World Health Organisation (WHO) 2021 year-end target of fully vaccinating 40 percent of the population. Only five countries will likely hit the target on the continent that […]
Abuja — The British government suspended visa applications from Nigeria on Monday in a move sparked by the omicron variant of the coronavirus. London’s travel ban on Nigeria took effect at 4 a.m. Monday, according to a statement from the UK’s Nigeria country office. UK authorities said the ban was deemed essential after 21 cases […]