Tag Archives: COVID-19

Due the continued uncertainties arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as restrictions on travel and the convening of large physical gatherings, the 24th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-24) and the 3rd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on implementation (SBI-3), original scheduled for August 17 to 22 and August 24 to 29, 2020 respectively, will not ...

Nigeria on Sunday, May 31, 2020 recorded 307 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 10,162. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Chief Executive Officer, NCDC The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on its official twitter handle, also confirmed 287 deaths. The centre said 3,007 patients have been treated and discharged. The NCDC said that, till date, the 10,162 cases were recorded in ...

Uganda’s Ministry of Health late Saturday, May 30, 2020 reported 84 new cases of COVID-19, the highest daily increase so far, bringing the nationwide tally to 413. President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda Out of the 1,835 samples collected from cross-border cargo truck drivers and communities in the last 24 hours, 52 Ugandan truck drivers and 32 contacts of previously confirmed ...

The total number of COVID-19 cases in India surpassed the 180,000-mark, reaching 182,143, on Sunday, May 31, 2020. Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India The death toll crossed the 5,000-mark, reaching 5,164, said the data issued by the Federal Health Ministry. As many as 193 new deaths due to the COVID-19 and 8,380 new positive cases were reported since ...

A troop of monkeys in India attacked a medical official and snatched away blood samples of patients who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, authorities said on Friday, May 29, 2020. Monkeys in captivity The attack occurred this week when a laboratory technician was walking in the campus of a state-run medical college in Meerut, 460 km (285 miles) ...

At a virtual meeting on Thursday, May 28, 2020, the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC committed to take forward crucial work to tackle climate change under the umbrella of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), despite the COVID-19 crisis. Patricia Espinosa, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary The 11 members of the Bureau are ...

The French government on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 cancelled a decree allowing hospital doctors to administer hydroxychloroquine as a treatment to patients suffering severe forms of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. Emmanuel Macron, President of France Report says the move, which takes immediate effect, is the first by a country since the World Health Organisation (WHO) said ...

Nigeria has a total of 112 treatment and isolation centres with 5,324 beds as part of the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Minster of State for Health, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora The Minster of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, made this known during the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 daily press briefing on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in Abuja.  “At ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that it announced a “temporary pause” in its solidarity trial on the use of hydroxychloroquine for treatment of COVID-19 patients as a precautionary measure. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Photo credit: AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI / Getty Images WHO director-general made the announcement at a media briefing ...

A total of 875 people have committed suicide during the lockdown period in Nepal. Bidya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal The country has been under lockdown, against the novel coronavirus disease, since March 24, 2020. According to the data compiled by the Nepal Police, the suicide cases, across the country, increased by 16 per cent in the first month of ...