Global COVID-19 (total) cases, deaths and vaccinations to date• Globally, the number of new weekly cases and deaths have continued to decline since a peak in January 2022.• Numbers of new cases increased in past week.• At the regional level, the number…
Continue ReadingDAKAR— At least 14 migrants died when a boat caught fire in south Senegal, a local mayor and a health official said.“We have been able to recover 14 bodies,” David Diatta, the mayor of the coastal town of Kafountine in Casamance, said after the fire on…
Continue ReadingABUJA— The death toll in Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak has doubled over the past year.Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed that 158 people have died since the beginning of the year.Statistics are for January to June, when 797 cases hav…
Continue ReadingGauteng Health multimillion PPE tender declared invalid and unlawfulA R103 million personal protective equipment (PPE) tender awarded by the Gauteng Department of Health to Zakheni Strategic Supplies (Pty) Ltd has been declared unlawful and invalid. On…
Continue ReadingSajad Sanjari was arrested at the age of 15 for fatally stabbing a man he said was trying to rape him. The teenager was sentenced to death by a court in western Iran that rejected his claims of self-defense.Iran’s Supreme Court ordered a retrial owing …
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