Insurance penetration in south africa

The Southern African region is the hardest-hit area in Africa in terms of the number of cases, followed by the Northern African region, according to the Africa CDC. … [Read more...] about Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 3.23 mln: Africa CDC

On Monday, Ecweru Musa Francis, the Ugandan cabinet minister in charge of refugees, told VOA his country was exhausting its ability to adequately care for refugees. He appealed for more aid and relief supplies from the international community.    … [Read more...] about DRC Unrest Sparks Concerns of Regional Refugee Crisis

On October 6, the last available day when I checked, there were 87 deaths. They had hovered around 40 for a few days previously, though there were 132 on October 1 and 188 on September 28. I wondered why there were such wild fluctuations, but I also noted all those numbers were well down from the country’s worst day, July 22, when 572 people died. Like the cases, deaths peaked in mid-winter. … [Read more...] about The great good fortune of living in New Zealand

SAGE said today that the R number is between 1.2 and 1.3 - down from 1.4 last week - and the growth rate was between 2 per cent and 5 per cent a day. However, the group stressed that the data represent the average situation over the past few weeks, rather than the present state of play, with daily cases steadily falling.  … [Read more...] about UK daily Covid deaths rise by over 1,000 for a fifth day in a row with 1,295 – but infections are down by a THIRD week-on-week with 41,346 new cases

'But in terms of the volume of flights airlines are operating we're talking about less than 10 per cent based on where we would normally be and in terms of long haul flying for places like South America where there are flights a huge number of those are freight only.  … [Read more...] about Britons dash home before Boris Johnson slams UK borders shut from Monday and axes all travel corridors amid fears of new Covid variants from abroad