Liverpool, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently self-isolating according to the necessary guidelines. Tweets by SMane_Officiel Share on:
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Preliminary results of an investigation launched by the health ministry show that majority of health workers that have been infected with COVID were exposed to the disease from within communities. Up to 530 health workers have been infected with COVID-19, six of them succumbing …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has revised its protocols for people recovering from COVID-19 and need discharge from the different treatment facilities. While people who were previously isolated for treatment would remain in hospital, some for longer than three weeks awaiting a negative test, Health Minister …
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Washington, USA | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump, who rarely wears a mask, said early Friday morning that he and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for COVID-19, after a close aide had contracted the virus. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately,” he tweeted. “We will get …
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LAGOS, Nigeria | XINHUA | African countries should prioritize safety for the elderly population, whose vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic is higher compared to other population groups, an official from the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons. Matshidiso Moeti, …
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | XINHUA | Malaysia on Thursday recorded its highest number o cases since June, as Japan eased entry restrictions for certain foreigners. Malaysia reported 260 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said, bringing the national total to 11,484. Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has revised the list of accredited laboratories allowed to test for COVID-19. In May the ministry accredited eleven laboratories based on the dynamics of infection spread of the disease and the availability of testing reagents. However the number has now been …
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL | XINHUA | Brazil again exceeded 1,000 daily deaths caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after registering 1,031 fatalities from the disease in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 143,952, the government said on Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Health, it was …
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Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pader District COVID-19 task force remains undecided on where to relocate COVID-19 patients currently occupying Kilak Corner Technical institute. At least 90 students, among them 83 males and seven females all in their final year are expected to resume classes at Corner Kilak Technical institute …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Regional Referral Hospitals across the country are struggling to manage surging COVID-19 cases without ample space in the wards and lack of Personal Protective equipment for health workers. Uganda has far registered 8,017 COVID-19 cases and 75 deaths. Majority of these were …
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