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Gaborone, Botswana - 27 March 2021 – A shipment of 24 000 doses of the AstraZeneca South Korea COVID-19 Vaccine, has arrived at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Gaborone. Obtained from SKBioscience in South Korea, it is the first shipment of 100 000 vaccines purchased by the Government of Botswana, enabled through the COVAX Facility.

The Nigerian population, currently 202 million, is projected to reach 400 million by 2050. The national Maternal Mortality Rate is 512 deaths/100,000 (NDHS 2018). There is limited access to health services through the conventional health system and COVID-19 pandemic affected provision of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health facilities, including Family Planning.

29 March 2021 — Seventy-one (71) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 7044 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-one thousand, four hundred, and ninety (21490). To date, nineteen thousand, eight hundred, and sixty (19860) patients have recovered, including seventy-five (75) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, three hundred, and twenty-five (1325) and three hundred and five (305) deaths. 

28 March 2021 — Forty-nine (49) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 10578 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-one thousand, four hundred, and nineteen (21419). To date, nineteen thousand, seven hundred, and eighty-five (19785) patients have recovered, including forty-four (44) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, three hundred, and thirty-three (1333) and three hundred and one (301) deaths. 

27 March 2021 — Sixtyty-one (61) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4416 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-one thousand, three hundred, and seventy (21370). To date, nineteen thousand, seven hundred, and forty-one (19741) patients have recovered, including eighty-four (84) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, three hundred, and twenty-eight (1328) and three hundred and one (301) deaths. 

26 March 2021 — Ninety-nine (99) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4179 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-one thousand, three hundred, and nine (21309). To date, nineteen thousand, six hundred, and fifty-seven (19657) patients have recovered, including one hundred and seventeen (117) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, three hundred, and fifty-two (1352) and three hundred (300) deaths. 

Abuja, March 26 2021 - “This Tuberculosis (TB) is curable, it goes away completely if you take your drugs constantly without skipping a day in the treatment you can be completely free” stated 38-year-old TB survivor Ekong Francis Ubong, a Political Science and International Relations graduate that resides in FCT, Abuja.

The World Health Organization (WHO) country office in collaboration with the European Union Delegation in Botswana and the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) officially launched the 13,6 million BWP project “Strengthening epidemic preparedness and response to COVID-19 to reduce excess morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 and other epidemic-prone diseases in the high-risk population in Botswana”. The initiative is funded by the European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO).

Abuja, March 22 2021- “Every morning, I walk for about 4.5 Kilometers to get water from a neighboring village, I have to do this every day to provide water for my family. This is because we do not have access to freshwater and using the contaminated one we have can affect our health” stated Falmata Goni, a nine–year old girl from Konduga Local Government Area (LGA), Borno state. 

She added that “I want to become a water engineer to help other people like me get sustainable access to freshwater.”