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
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DRC Unrest Sparks Concerns of Regional Refugee Crisis
With an eye toward regional security, military leaders from Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda met last week in the DRC's eastern border town of Goma. They were expected to commit to a joint operation against rebel forces, but they didn't come to terms. … [Read more...] about DRC Unrest Sparks Concerns of Regional Refugee Crisis
The great good fortune of living in New Zealand
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
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
Tim Alderslade, chief executive of trade body Airlines UK, told Today: 'What we're saying to the government is clearly this is a national health emergency and ministers need to act to keep the public protected, that's absolutely right, but what we need is a road map out of this, so when the time is right we can remove these restrictions when it's safe to do so and start to look ahead to the spring and summer. … [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
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
'That was fine back when we were assessing the public health risk from the original virus, we've reached the position now where the Joint Biosecurity Centre can't give live scientific updates to predict which countries or regions may originate new variants.' … [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
