09 April 2021 — One hundred and eight (108) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 6557 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-three thousand, two hundred, and sixty (23260). To date, twenty thousand, nine hundred, and ninety-one (20991) patients have recovered, including one hundred and twenty-one (121) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, nine hundred, and fifty-five (1955) and three hundred and fourteen (314) deaths. 

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) is collaborating with the Ethiopian Ministry of National Defense and the Federal Police Commission of Ethiopia to establish and strengthen surveillance systems in the health facilities and structures serving armed and police forces, their families and communities. Critical in this process is a well-trained workforce with skills to collect, analyze, and interpret surveillance data and initiate timely public health response to health emergencies, reducing associated morbidities and deaths.

Lobatse, Botswana – 17 March 2021 

08 April 2021 — One hundred and eleven (111) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 6052 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-three thousand, one hundred, and fifty-two (23152). To date, twenty thousand, eight hundred, and thirty-five (20870) patients have recovered, including one hundred and thirty (35) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, nine hundred, and sixty-eight (1968) and three hundred and fourteen (314) deaths. 

Monrovia, 6th April 2021: The Ministry of Health and partners on 6th April officially launched the Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) in Liberia targeting more than 1 million children from 9 months to under 15 years.

Benin, 8 April 2021 - Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire says, “the theme for 2021 World Health Day theme-building a fairer, healthier world for everyone not only opens conversations on many facets of inequities across the health sector globally, but also within our own national health system, from Federal, State to Local Governments.

Kigali – Forty-eight hours after Rwanda received shipments of COVID-19 vaccines, vaccinations began in earnest, with high-risk population given priority. The country plans to vaccinate a third of the population in 2021 and double that figure next year. 

07 April 2021 — One hundred, and seventy-night (179) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 5266 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-three thousand, and forty-one (23041). To date, twenty thousand, eight hundred, and thirty-five (20835) patients have recovered, including one hundred and thirty (130) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, eight hundred, and ninety-two (1892) and three hundred and fourteen (314) deaths. 

The Ministry of Health (MoH) and its stakeholders are conducted a national intra-action review of the COVID-19 response with the support of World Health Organization (WHO). The review lasted six days, i.e., from 06 to 10 April 2021 and was held at Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre. The review was aimed at improving the national response to COVID-19 and to  strengthen the capacities to effectively respond to any emergency.