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Thousands flee as Liberia President Weah’s state of emergency goes into effect
April 13, 2020
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  By Darlington Porkpa, Radio France Internationale Thousands of people were fleeing Liberian capital Monrovia as a state of emergency was about to go into effect on Saturday.  With 37 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and five deaths reported, President George Weah declared a total countrywide lockdown in order to limit the spread of the Coronavirus. “As a further measure under this state of emergency, all Liberians and residents within the borders of Montserrado County, Margibi County, Nimba County, and…

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Oman’s frontline community activist turns COVID-19 warrior; WhatsApp helpline initiated on cancer and COVID-19
April 13, 2020
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By Dr Ahmed Mohiuddin Siddiqui A nation is known by its heroes and superheroes especially during a crisis situation. The Sultanate of Oman is seeing many such superheroes during this Coronavirus (COVID-19) andemic and the foremost among them is Oman’s frontline community activist, environmentalist and board member of Oman Cancer Association (OCA), Dr. Manal Abdul Majeed Al Zadjali.  COVID-19, as Coronavirus is being called, has challenged mankind like never before. Leading the fight like an able army general in…

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Kasungu chiefs strict on adherence to Coronavirus prevention measures
April 13, 2020
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Malawi News Agency Chiefs in Kasungu are strict with the adherence to the measures that the government has put in place to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) which has devastated the whole world. Speaking at a press conference held at Senior Chief Lukwa’s Chidzenje headquarters on Saturday, chairperson for Kasungu Chiefs Forum, Traditional Authority (TA) Mwase said as Chewa chiefs they have agreed to stop all customary gatherings. He said they are making sure that weekly rural markets…

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COVID-19: Malawian Asian Business Community rolls out partial lockdown; violators warned of K500,000 fine
April 12, 2020
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By Duncan Mlanjira In response to the pressing and urgent need to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Asian Business Community (ABC) of Blantyre, Limbe and Zomba has rolled out a partial lockdown of 14 days that was effected from midnight of Thursday April 9 for a period of 14 days ending April 23. A statement from ABC COVID-19 Taskforce chairperson Faizal Aboo said the decision came about after extensive discussions and deliberations with business captains, saying…

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COVID-19 travel restrictions force Ethiopian mothers to give birth at home
April 12, 2020
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Voice of America Coronavirus (COVID-19) travel restrictions in Ethiopia are forcing pregnant women to give birth at home, health workers say. Health workers keep receiving panicked phone calls from women going into labor, which has become an everyday occurrence ever since Ethiopia implemented strict travel bans last month to stop the spread of the Coronavirus. Kenasa Kumera, who manages the Marie Stopes International maternity center in Adama, roughly 100 kilometers from the capital, Addis Ababa, says he has received…

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WHO warns COVID-19 accelerating in Africa
April 12, 2020
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By Lisa Schlein, Voice of America The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that Coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading at an alarming rate in rural areas of Africa and says urgent help is needed to strengthen the continent’s fragile health system. WHO has confirmed more than 8,300 cases of COVID-19 in Africa, including nearly 400 deaths. That figure pales compared to the number of cases elsewhere.  Latest global figures put the number of Coronavirus cases at more than 1.6 million, with…

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COVID-19: Nurses suspend boycott from unsafe working environment
April 12, 2020
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  Maravi Express National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) has advised its membership that after consultation with the Ministry of Health and Population, it has decided to suspend the boycott from unsafe working environment the body institute on April 7. A statement from NONM president, Shouts Galang’anda Simeza said the organisation has since received information and confirmations from various health facilities that personal protection equipment (PPEs) have been duly delivered and that some facilities will be…

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COVID-19: Civil Society Education Coalition encourages parents to encourage school study momentum amongst learners
April 11, 2020
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  By Duncan Mlanjira As schools are on forced holidays in observance of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) preventive measures specifically to limit social gatherings that the State President directed last month, Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has been on an awareness campaign to impress on parents to encourage school study momentum amongst learners. The campaign, using mobile public address system, has been carried out in five districts — Mzuzu, Mzimba, Dowa, Mangochi and has just been concluded in Blantyre this…

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African community targeted in China virus crackdown
April 11, 2020
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24matins.uk Africans in southern China’s largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing as the country steps up its fight against imported infections. China says it has largely curbed its COVID-19 outbreak but a recent cluster of cases linked to the Nigerian community in Guangzhou sparked the alleged discrimination by locals and virus prevention officials. Local authorities in the industrial centre of 15 million said at least…

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A Forex Bureau teller at the centre of exposing wrong person as one of COVID-19 Blantyre case
April 10, 2020
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By Duncan Mlanjira A message and an accompanying voice note have gone viral on social media, whose source is from a Forex Bureau teller, that identifies a business lady in Lunzu as being one of the three that the Minister of Health & Population Jappie Mhango announced on Tuesday as being new confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19). But the business lady (name withheld) says this is just a matter of mistaken identity and that the message has put her…

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