Uganda is among countries that have been enforcing restrictions harshly/AFP The United Nations Human Rights Office has warned countries against using excessive force during the Covid-19 pandemic. The agency urged governments to "recognize that the threat is a virus, not people". South Africa, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda are among countries
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Kenya's confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 8 to now stand at a total of 363. This is after 3 more people from Nairobi, 4 in Mombasa and one in Kwale tested positive, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe (pictured) said in a statement Monday. He said 8 more patients have
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A team of Cuban medics has arrived in South Africa to help the country limit the spread of coronavirus, South Africa's department of health has tweeted. https://twitter.com/COVID_19_ZA/status/1254541409497100288?s=20 The Cuban doctors are to be deployed to different provinces by South Africa's Department of Health, Cuba's ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson has said.
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Rwanda's national carrier, Rwandair, has announced it will cut the net salaries of its employees by between 8% to 65% as it seeks to deal with the effects of coronavirus pandemic. In a memo to its staff, Rwandair said the decision was made to “avoid laying-off staff”. It has also
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The head of Africa’s biggest air carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, has defended his decision not to suspend flights to China, even at the height of the coronavirus outbreak there. The airline was one of a handful of flight companies that continued to offer services to cities such as Beijing and Shanghai
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The Minister of Finance, Matia Kasaija has told Parliament Government will update Ugandans on the new measures of handling truck drivers at borders by Monday in light of new COVID-19 cases being imported. "There are diplomatic issues, there are Business issues. I want to assure this House that by Monday,
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President Donald Trump’s briefing on Thursday was devoted in part to a presentation from a Homeland Security official who offered data suggesting the coronavirus does not survive as long in high humidity and sunlight. The presentation came from William Bryan, an official with the Department of Homeland Security, who said
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Tanzania’s delay in enforcing stricter measures to prevent further spread of coronavirus in the country, could have led to the spike in positive cases, according to the World Health Organizaton (WHO). The body's Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti says there are concerns about the rise of cases reported in
Read MoreThe African Development Bank (AfDB) has distanced itself from what it called an inaccurate news article stating that the institution plans to provide financial support to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project. “The Bank strongly refutes the claims in the misleading article, which references a letter by a group
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Seventeen more people in Kenya have tested positive for the coronavirus, raising the country's total number of confirmed cases to 320. The Health ministry announced this in its daily update on Thursday, saying all the new patients were Kenyans. Dr Mercy Mwangangi, the Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) in the ministry,
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