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Sierra Leone on the ready to reopen airport to passenger flights

Sierra Leone’s International Airport will reopen to commercial flights effective 22 July 2020 exactly four months after it was closed to all international passenger flights due to the COVID19 pandemic. Some of the initial measures before closure of the airport included travel restrictions and mandatory quarantining of passengers arriving into the country. These measures would help to delay importation of the virus until 31 March when Sierra Leone reported its first positive COVID-19 case.

Update COVID-19 20 July 2020

20 July 2020 — Forty-seven (47) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3764 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, six hundred and twenty-nine (1629). To date, eight hundred and thirty-eight (838) patients have recovered and been discharged, including four (4) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is seven hundred and eighty-six (786) and five (5) deaths. 

COVID-19 response in Rwanda: Use of Drones in Community awareness

During the first phase of lockdown that started on 21 March in Rwanda, the Government of Rwanda observed that some of the densely populated neighbourhoods and high-risk zones were not respecting very well COVID-19 preventive measures as it was difficult to reach them by prevention awareness messages. 

Zanzibar improves capacity to detect health threats

In March 2020, when COVID-19 cases were identified in Tanzania the Government closed all education institutions, suspended sports, political rallies and international flights. However, since June the Government started easing restrictions.

The health system in Tanzania is integrating COVID-19 preventive services at districts’ health facilities and continuing other essential services, therefore moving from a centralized to a decentralized response for a better reach at community level.

Update COVID-19 19 July 2020

19 July 2020 — Forty-three (43) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3214 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, five hundred and eighty-two (1582). To date, eight hundred and thirty-four (834) patients have recovered and been discharged, including fifteen (15) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is seven hundred and forty-three (743) and five (5) deaths. 

Update COVID-19 18 July 2020

18 July 2020 — Forty-four (54) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3232 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, five hundred and thirty-nine (1539). To date, eight hundred and nineteen (819) patients have recovered and been discharged, including eight (8) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is seven hundred and fifteen (715) and five (5) deaths. The 5th death is a woman of 88 years old from Nyamasheke District, under lockdown.

Update COVID-19 17 July 2020

17 July 2020 — Twelve (12) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3432 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, four hundred and eighty-five (1485). To date, eight hundred and eleven (811) patients have recovered and been discharged, including forty-one (41) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is six hundred and seventy (670) and four (4) deaths.