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COVID-19 Deaths In Africa Estimated To Fall By 94% In 2022
The WHO has said Covid-19 death rates in Africa are expected to fall by up to 94% in 2022, due to increased vaccination, improved pandemic response and natural immunity from prior infections. The recent Covid-19 analysis by the health body showed that estimated deaths in Africa could shrink to around 60 this year, from last…
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How Travelers, Transporters Fail To Take Precautions Amid Increasing Cases Of COVID-19 (2)
For Twentyten Daily, Tijani Abdulkabeer and Matthew Piponsuhu, visited various parks in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, to observe the ignorance of travelers and transporters to COVID-19 protocols during the festive season despite recording increasing cases in the state. The number of new COVID-19 cases in Ogun State leveled up between December 1st and Dec. 22,…
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At Least 30 People Were Killed Everyday In 9 Months
Between January to September, at least 30 people were killed in Nigeria, an analysis by Twentyten Daily has shown. The data was gathered from reports of media killings put together by SBM Intelligence within nine months– three quarters of the year. The data gathered from the deaths of civilians, insurgent criminals as well as security…
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Kenya Bans Flights From India Over Covid Surge
The Kenyan government has temporarily suspended all flight to and from India as a deadly coronavirus variant ravages the Asian nation. Kenya’s 14 days flight ban begins at midnight Saturday, May 1, giving a three-day grace period that allows those wishing to return to the country. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the Covid-19 response…
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Saudi Arabia To Allow Only Vaccinated Pilgrims To Mecca
The Ramadan period brings a large number of worshippers from all over the world to Mecca to perform the year-round umrah. In March 2020, the Saudi Arabia authorities shut their doors to pilgrims as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic but only resumed at intervals at the beginning of October under strict precautionary measures. Initially,…
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COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Increase After 780m Vaccine Doses Administered
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has raised concerns over increasing cases of deaths and confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the globe. He noted that the increasing figures were being recorded despite 780 million doses of vaccine being administered globally. Ghebreyesus spoke at a media briefing on COVID-19 said that the…
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22 Containers Distributed To Morgues As Covid Deaths Soar In South Africa
Afrikaanse Verbond Begrafnis Ondernemings Beperk (AVBOB) has installed 22 containers at Johannesburg morgues to help cope with a rising tide of Covid-19 deaths. Each container is said to store up to 40 corpses, keeping them at a constant zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) South Africa is Africa’s worst-hit country in the pandemic, recording an…
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Covid-19 World Map: A Look At Countries With The Most Cases
The Covid-19 world map has taken a new turn since the beginning of the new year. Though there has been no major change in the position of countries worst-affected and least-affected, the number of daily Covid-19 cases has brought a shift with some countries recording very high cases daily compared to others. The total global…