09 December 2020 — Forty-one (41) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3654 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to six thousand, two hundred, and seventy-eight (6278). To date, five thousand, seven hundred, and fifteen (5715) patients have recovered, with no one in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is five hundred and ten (510) and fifty-three (53) deaths. The two new deaths are women respectively of 60 and 56 years old from Kigali City and Ngororero District.

Juba, 10 December 2020 – South Sudan launched its National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) 2020-2024. The plan was launched by Hon. Dr Martin Elia Lomoro, Minister of Cabinet Affairs.

The NAPHS was developed based on the Joint External Evaluation conducted in 2017 to strengthen core capacities in the country as required under the International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005.

Abeokuta, 07 December 2020 - My name is Mrs Funmi and was diagnosed hypertensive in 2019 when I went to Obantoko Primary Healthcare facility to check my blood pressure. The nurse told me it was high, and I told her that I had not used my drugs because could not afford them. The nurse told me about the new programme at the centre and I started going regularly because the health workers are kind and the drugs are affordable for me.

Gaborone, Botswana - 09 December 2020: Following the National Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) Training in Francistown, the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) in partnership with World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a two-day validation meeting on the Botswana National IPC Guidelines and to validate strategic documents which will guide the implementation of the IPC Plan. This guideline was developed by using WHO recommendations, based on currently available information on IPC and the current situation in Botswana.

08 December 2020 — Forty-six (46) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3855 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to six thousand, two hundred, and thirty-seven (6237). To date, five thousand, seven hundred, and fifteen (5715) patients have recovered, including nineteen (19) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is four hundred and seventy-one (471) and fifty-one (51) deaths. 

07 December 2020 — Sixty-five (62) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2182 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to six thousand, one hundred, and ninety-one (6191). To date, five thousand, six hundred, and ninety-six (5696) patients have recovered, with no one in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is four hundred and forty-four (444) and fifty-one (51) deaths. 
The new cases are in Kigali (50), Musanze (7), Rubavu (3), Ngororero (1), and Rusizi (1); heightened vigilance is required everywhere. 

06 December 2020 — Forty-five (45) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1974 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to six thousand, one hundred, and twenty-nine (6129). To date, five thousand, five hundred, and ninety-six (5696) patients have recovered, with no one in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is three hundred and eighty-two (382) and fifty-one (51) deaths. 

05 December 2020 — Forty-one (41) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3685 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to six thousand, and eighty-four (6084). To date, five thousand, five hundred, and ninety-six (5696) patients have recovered, including twenty-four (24) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is three hundred and thirty-seven (337) and fifty-one (51) deaths.