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Jamaica has recorded eight more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 1,877. Those who have died are: * An 80-year-old man from St Catherine * An 84-year-old female from St Catherine * A 68-year-old male from St Catherine * An 89-year-old...
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopian Airlines has received today two of the 10 new Airbus A350-900 it ordered in 2017, bringing the total number of its Airbus fleet to 16.
By Parker Diakite – Jamaica has recorded 14 new coronavirus cases just days after opening its borders to international tourists, bringing the countries total to 652 confirmed cases.
Six of the new cases are non-residents – with five of them staying in St. James and the other one in Westmoreland.
hese latest COVID-19 cases brings the total of number imported cases to 148.
Officials have not stated whether they would reconsider closing its borders to international tourists following the recent cases.
Only businesses within the Corridor who have been trained, assessed, and cleared for opening are allowed to conduct business, according to a directive from The Ministry of Tourism.
Although the majority of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in St.
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Kenya continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic with cases steadily rising each day. Government have locked down a handful of counties including the capital Nairobi and imposed a night-time curfew as part of containment efforts.
This rolling page will continue to give updates on major occurrences as relates to the East African country. You can follow Kenya’s March – April 2020 COVID-19 updates on our earlier page.
Kenya as of May 10 was the fourth most impacted country in the East / Horn of Africa region only behind Djibouti, Sudan and Somalia. Government also rolled out mass testing in virus hot spots, borders remain shut and a ban on public gatherings continues.
June 3: 2,216 cases, record recoveries
“This is the highest number of recoveries we have so far recorded since we announced the first discharge case on 1st April, 2020,” CAS Health Rashid Aman announced at today’s briefing.
He was referring to 54 recoveries that brings the country’s recovery to 553. “We want to thank and pay tribute to our healthcare workers for this success.
“This demonstrates that, with good management, this disease, when clinically manifested, is curable and hence not a death sentence,” he added.
COVID-19 UPDATE
✔️2,112 samples tested in the past 24 hours
✔️85,058 samples tested so far
✔️123 new positive cases today
✔️ 2,216 Total confirmed cases
✔️ 54 new recoveries today
✔️ 553 total discharges so far
✔️3 fatalities today
✔️74 Total fatalities #KomeshaCorona pic.twitter.com/SB3gaoQcmG— Ministry of Health (@MOH_Kenya) June 3, 2020
June 1: Cases cross 2,000 mark; Madaraka Day marked
Today, 59 people tested positive from 1,518 samples, processed in the last 24 hours. The total case load in the country to date is 2,021, and samples tested since arrival of the pandemic is at 80,054.
Meanwhile President Uhuru Kenyatta has tasked relevant ministries to work on easing of lockdowns imposed to curb spread of the virus.
Speaking during celebrations for Madaraka (Freedom) Day, the president said he would issue more guidelines in the coming days.
“I have directed the Ministry of Education to fast-track and finalize the ongoing consultations with the stakeholders that will provide an appropriate calendar for gradual resumption of education in the country.
I direct the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Health to continue and hasten their engagement with religious leaders; with the objective of developing protocols that will be adopted to guide a more participatory way of worship while guaranteeing the safety of worshipers,” he added.
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May 31: Cases approach 2,000; Laikipia records case
May 30: 1,888 cases, Kericho records infection
May 27: Record one-day increase
May 26: Govt intensifies voluntary testing calls
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