The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened problems of conflict, terrorism, and scarce resources in Central Africa to plunge millions of people deeper into poverty. That’s according to members of the regional bloc CEMAC. CEMAC heads of state Wednesday calle…
– Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 111 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total tally in the country to 65,213. The new infections included 106 locally transmitted cases, of which 65 were linked to previous cases and have already been placed on quarantine, 16 were linked to previous cases and were detected through surveillance, and 25 were currently unlinked. There were five more imported cases, who had already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN), or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. A total of 602 cases are currently warded in hospital. Most are well and under observation. There are
A 34 year-old man from Ukraine had passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection on Aug 1, taking the total fatality to 38 for the republic. Imported Case 67264, a sea crew had arrived in Singapore on board a vessel on July 29, said the Ministry of Health in its full data released late Monday night. The ministry said he had developed a fever, cough and lethargy on July 25, and subsequently suffered from breathlessness on July 31. “He was conveyed from the vessel to Singapore General Hospital on Aug 1, and was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on
YAOUNDÉ – Cameroonian authorities are urging the public to get vaccinated against COVID-19, following a U.S. donation Monday of 300,000 Johnson & Johnson doses. Cameroonians can now choose between the Chinese Sinopharm, Oxford-AstraZeneca and John…
Facebook says it will no longer allow advertisers to target those 18 and under based on their interests and activity on other sites.The new policy, which also applies to Instagram and Facebook Messenger, still allows targeting of teens, but only based …
A rare case of human monkeypox was detected in Texas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday, making it the first case of the virus seen in the state, Trend reports with reference to Reuters.The viral illness was found in a…
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), reported 18 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, including nine locally transmitted and nine imported, bringing the total tally to 62,263.All of the local cases are in the community. Among them, four were lin…
