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• Coronavirus - Eswatini: COVID-19 Daily Info Update (26 July 2021) July 26, 2021
  Total daily Tests: 1,114 Active Cases: 2,431 New Deaths: 7 New Confirmed Cases: 342 Recoveries: 20,157 (195 New) Total Deaths: 759 (CFR 3.3%) Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 23,347 Currently Admitted: 238 Total Vaccinated: 1st Dose 38,326                              1st  and 2nd Dose 27,341  Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health, Government of the Kingdom of […]
• Coronavirus - South Africa: Covid-19 Statistics for Republic of South Africa (26 July 2021) July 26, 2021
  A total of 23 349 tests were conducted in the last 24 hrs, with 5 683 new cases, which represents a 24.3% positivity rate. A further 243 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 70 018 to date. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa (NICD).Media […]
• Coronavirus - Malawi: COVID-19 Daily info Update (26 July 2021) July 26, 2021
  New cases: 372 Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 49,009 Active Cases: 10,642 Total Recovered: 36,672 (203 New) Currently Admitted in Treatment Units: 377 (59 New) New Discharges from Treatment Units: 34 Total Test Conducted: 323,864 (1,364 New) Total Deaths: 1,513 (33 New) Total Vaccinated First Dose: 385,242 Total Vaccinated Second Dose: 43,165 Distributed by APO Group on […]
• Advisory for Indian arrivals in Egypt (26 July 2021) July 26, 2021
  Download logoAll Indian arrivals to Egypt are advised to note the following: Indian arrivals are subject to rapid DNA (ID NOW) test irrespective of valid Vaccination Certificate and RT-PCR negative test report that they carry with them. If tested positive, another RT-PCR test would be done by airport quarantine authorities. If the RT-PCR report also […]
• Malnutrition among children expected to quadruple in Southern Madagascar as drought worsens, warn UNICEF and WFP July 26, 2021
  Download logoAt least half a million children under the age of five are expected to be acutely malnourished including 110,000 in severe condition, in drought-affected southern Madagascar, suffering irreversible damage to their growth and development. The number of acutely malnourished children is likely to increase fourfold since the previous assessment conducted in October 2020, warn […]
• Coronavirus - Kenya: COVID-19 Update (26 July 2021) July 26, 2021
  New Cases: 550 Sample Size: 4,087 Positivity Rate: 13.5% Recoveries: 786 Recorded Deaths: 7 Cumulative Tests: 2,097,101 Total Confirmed Cases: 197,959 Total Recoveries: 186,594 Cumulative Fatalities: 3,872 Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health, Kenya.Media filesDownload logo
• Coronavirus - Kenya: COVID-19 Vaccination (26 July 2021) July 26, 2021
  Total Vaccinations: 1,673,272 Total First Doses: 1,047,592 Total Second Doses: 625,680 Second Dose Uptake: 59.7% Proportion of Adults Fully Vaccinated: 2.3%Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health, Kenya.Media filesDownload logo
• One week left to apply for the Rugby Africa Media & Photography Awards! July 26, 2021
  As part of Rugby Africa’s (www.RugbyAfrique.com) work in growing the culture of sport across the African continent, 2 exceptional creatives will be recognised for their contributions in the promotion and progression of the game and will have the opportunity to walk away with an incredible US$1500! With the deadline for entries being extended to July […]
• Coronavirus - Africa: Improving Testing Rate -WHO Supports Ondo State to Integrate COVID-19 Sample Collection as Part of Essential Services July 26, 2021
  The World Health Organization (WHO) has supported Ondo State to integrate COVID-19 sample collection into the essential health care services. The intervention has led to an increase in the number of samples tested from an average of 70 to 321 per week, since the integration.  The intervention was informed following a decline in most of […]
• Team Europe pledges support for eradicateMalaria, an initiative aiming to facilitate the development and production of a highly efficacious malaria vaccine July 26, 2021
  Download logoBacked by the eradicateMalaria initiative, German company BioNTech announces a malaria project consisting of the development of an mRNA-based vaccine against the disease and the evaluation of mRNA vaccine production in Africa; The initiative can count on substantial financing by Team Europe, including for the late-stage trials of BioNTech’s project; eradicateMalaria is run by […]