8 more imported COVID-19 cases but recovery remains high

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Ghana coronavirus: 13,203 cases; law on wearing of masks enacted

June 15: 13,203 cases; law enacted to penalize mask flouters

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Kampala the least expensive city to live in East Africa

The annual Mercer survey ranks cities’ cost of living based on the prices of goods and services such as food, clothing and

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Ethiopia coronavirus: 5,846 cases; deaths pass 100

Confirmed cases = 5,846

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Tanzania’s exports of cloves, sisal, gold go up

Cashewnuts, sisal, cotton, cloves and gold boosted revenue from exports to $9.982 billion in the year ending April, from $8.618 billion in the same period in 2019, according to the Bank of Tanzania’s monthly review for

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Source: The East African

Youth need help to navigate the Covid crisis

Away from economic lockdowns, the pandemic is having a big impact on young people and the youth sector in a manner that urgent support services and emergency response and recovery funding are required now and in the

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Source: Business Daily

BODO: Why medical insurers should tighten checks on hospitals

Why medical insurers should tighten checks on hospitals

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SEBUNYA: Where is conservation in the East Africa budget

The allocations to conservation (tourism, wildlife and environment) averaged at 1.4 per cent (Kenya), 1.7 per cent (Uganda), 3.8 per cent (Rwanda) and one per cent (Tanzania) of Total Development

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Source: The East African

Sewage treatment plant at St Ann’s Bay hospital to be rehabilitated

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, broke ground for the rehabilitation of the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital Sewage Treatment Plant on

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Nigeria: 10 Years After UNEP Report, Ogoniland Remains Heavily Contaminated - Report

Nearly 10 years after a clean-up was urged for areas polluted by Shell and other oil companies in the Niger Delta, work has begun on only 11 per cent of planned sites while vast areas remain heavily contaminated, according to a new investigation by four

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Mississippi set to remove Confederate emblem from its flag

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi is on the verge of changing its state flag to erase a Confederate battle emblem that's broadly condemned as

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COVID-19 cases take a serious uptick in metro-Atlanta

Georgia set a record Friday, June 26 for new COVID-19 cases recorded in a 24-hour period: 1,900 cases in

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Nigeria coronavirus: 18,480 cases, flurry of evacuee arrivals

Confirmed cases = 18,480

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Top lawyer leads ‘Moyo must go’ campaign

PROMINENT human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has joined thousands of disgruntled health workers and ordinary citizens in calling for Health minister Obadiah Moyo to be fired from government over alleged incompetence and mishandling of the US$60 million tender for procurement of COVID-19 test

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

President pardons more than 400 'ordinary prisoners' in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — President Jovenel Moïse has pardoned 415 prisoners in a bid to reduce overcrowding at prisons across the country as a senior United Nations official said that the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country had experienced an overall increase in gang-related

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KPH gets $1 million worth of personal protective equipment

THE Digicel Foundation on Wednesday handed over personal protective equipment (PPE) worth $1 million to Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton, which will be used by front-line workers at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) involved in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease

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Mozambique: Eleven New COVID-19 Cases Diagnosed

Maputo — Mozambique's National Director of Public Health, Rosa Marlene, announced on Thursday that, with the diagnosis of a further eleven positive cases in the previous 24 hours, the number of people diagnosed with the disease in Mozambique has risen to

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Ethiopia coronavirus: 3,954 cases as tests pass 200K mark

Total confirmed cases = 3,954 (new cases

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Kenya Extends Restaurants Operating Hours to 7.30pm

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the decision was arrived at following an assessment of compliance levels by the restaurants for the COVID-19

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Source: allAfrica.com

Hundreds not on PATH list get payouts

The auditor general urged the ministry to “review its systems to ensure that the controls in place to enforce the eligibility requirements for PATH beneficiaries are operating effectively to reduce the risk of irregular or erroneous

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

PRETESTING U-TURN - New hurdle for visitors from high-risk COVID US states

Visitors from the high-risk American states of Florida, New York, Arizona, and Texas are now required to pretest for the new coronavirus before travelling to Jamaica, says Prime Minister Andrew

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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Rwanda Records Lowest Number of New Infections in 3 Weeks

Rwanda on Wednesday, June 17 has recorded three new coronavirus cases in as many

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rwanda: Budget to Be Unveiled On Monday

The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana, will this Monday unveil the National Budget for the 2020/2021 fiscal year, The New Times can

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PAHO chief urges Caribbean to prepare to manage COVID-19 for next two years

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — Director of the Pan American Health Organisation, Dr Carissa F Etienne is urging Caribbean countries as well as those in the Americas to prepare to manage the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic closely for the next two

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Analysis | Mapping Eritrea’s COVID-19 response till initial virus-free status

COVID-19 response before index case

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Nigeria coronavirus: 17,735 cases; six local airlines set to fly

Total confirmed cases = 17,735

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Angola/COVID-19 - Seven New Infections, One Death Reported

Luanda — Seven new positive cases of covid-19 and one death have been reported in the last 24 hours in Angola, bringing the total number of infections and deaths in the country to 155 and

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Virus Cases Surge Among the Young, Endangering Older Adults

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Coronavirus cases are climbing rapidly among young adults in a number of states where bars, stores and restaurants have reopened — a disturbing generational shift that not only puts them in greater peril than many realize but poses an even bigger danger to older people

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Trinidad nationals stuck in Canada again beg to come home

I tell them Trinidad owns an airline and the Government can very easily fly us home without opening borders,” Bayne said

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

DR Congo declares end to Ebola in the east

Congolese Health Minister Eteni Longondo on Thursday officially proclaimed the end of the Ebola epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the second most serious since the discovery of the virus in

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