WHO ramps up COVID-19 support to hotspot countries in Africa
Kaduna State and WHO scale up COVID-19 and TB search with mobile testing in communities
Kaduna, 6 August 2020 - World Health Organization (WHO) Nigeria has supported the screening of 2306 persons for COVID-19 and 2506 persons for Tuberculosis (TB), using Chest X-Ray, and GeneXpert machine through mobile testing in Kaduna State communities. Already, 265 COVID-19 cases and 105 presumptive with eight TB cases were diagnosed in six weeks (June and July 2020).
THE UWAVERING BENEFITS OF BREASTFEEDING – IN THE AGE OF COVID-19
THE UWAVERING BENEFITS OF BREASTFEEDING – IN THE AGE OF COVID-19
World Health Organization surge team to arrive in South Africa
Update COVID-19 05 August 2020
05 August 2020 — Five (5) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4598 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to two thousand, one hundred and four (2104). To date, one thousand, two hundred and twenty-seven (1237) patients have recovered and been discharged, including fifteen (15) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is eight hundred and sixty-two (862) and five (5) deaths.
Handover of office equipment to City of Harare’s new Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)
by Tatenda Chimbwanda
EHT officers follow WHO guidelines for early detection of COVID-19 symptoms
by Tatenda Chimbwanda
Update COVID-19 04 August 2020
04 August 2020 — Seven (7) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3072 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to two thousand and ninety-nine (2099). To date, one thousand, two hundred and twenty-two (1222) patients have recovered and been discharged, including fifty-three (53) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is eight hundred and seventy-two (872) and five (5) deaths.
Update COVID-19 03 August 2020
03 August 2020 — Thirty (30) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3491 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to two thousand and ninety-two (2092). To date, one thousand, one hundred and sixty-nine (1169) patients have recovered and been discharged, including twenty-five (25) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is nine hundred and eighteen (918) and five (5) deaths.
Update COVID-19 02 August 2020
02 August 2020 — Twenty (20) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2633 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to two thousand and sixty-two (2062). To date, one thousand, one hundred and forty-four (1144) patients have recovered and been discharged, including twenty-five (25) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is nine hundred and thirteen (913) and five (5) deaths.