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11 December 2020 — Seventy-nine (79) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3642 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to six thousand, four hundred, and twenty-eight (6428). To date, five thousand, eight hundred, and twenty-six (5826) patients have recovered, including thirty-seven (37) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is five hundred and forty-eight (548) and fifty-four (54) deaths. The new death is an old man of 70 years old in Kigali.

Arok Juong Lueth, a 32-year-old mother of three, a resident of Malueth in Rumbek Centre, Lakes State at the crack of dawn woke up filled with a renewed sense of hope, quickly left her children and house unattended to join a group of women who had offered to help carry Polio vaccines on their heads over a distance of about 30 kilometers to their village to ensure that their children receive polio vaccine.

Jos, 04 December 2020 – “Everyone individually and collectively must act to prevent this disease from spreading in our villages and WHO is leading the way,” says Mallam Shuaibu Musa, Ward Head for the Angwan Rogo/Rimi community, Plateau State.

10 December 2020 — Seventy-one (71) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3673 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to six thousand, three hundred, and forty-nine (6349). To date, five thousand, seven hundred, and eighty-nine (5789) patients have recovered, including seventy-four (74) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is five hundred and seven (507) and fifty-three (53) deaths.

The World Health Organization Country Office has continued to provide support to the Ministry of Health and the Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) to engage communities in the national response to COVID-19. Traditional healers in Zambia are consulted by people in communities for health problems such as Malaria, Tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS, mental health and many others. This places them at high risk of getting infected by COVID-19 and them also infecting others.

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.

The World Health Organization Country Office provided support to the Ministry of Health in conducting a virtual advocacy meeting with Members of Parliament on Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development (ECD). A total of 22 parliamentarians selected from the Committees on Health, Community Development & Social Services; and Education, Science & Technology participated in the event which took place on 9 December 2020.