May 2020 DailyNation; Surgeons will have to create time to clear the backlog of patients in need of elective surgeries, as the number keeps growing everyday. During the onset of the coronavirus in the country, elective surgeries across all government hospitals were suspended in March, forcing thousands of Kenyans in …

May 2020 DailyNation; Health workers’ quest for better allowances hangs in the balance after county governments were told to reorganise their budgets to raise Sh2.356 billion required to implement the welfare and insurance package This comes after Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani, in a letter to Salaries and Remuneration Commission …

May 2020 YahooBusiness; A US pharmaceutical firm has signed agreements with drug makers in South Asia to expand supply of the drug remdesivir for treating Covid-19. The agreement between Gilead and five generic pharmaceutical companies in India and Pakistan will help make the medicine for 127 countries. Remdesivir cut the …

May 2020 BBCNews; A test to find out whether people have been infected with coronavirus in the past has been approved by health officials in England. Public Health England said the antibody test, developed by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche, was a “very positive development”. The blood test looks for antibodies …

May 2020 BusinessTech; The Western Cape has reported the most coronavirus cases in South Africa with the province also accounting for more than half of the country’s deaths. As of Monday (11 May), there are now 10,652 confirmed cases of coronavirus in South Africa. This is an increase of 637 …

May 2020 mg; On April 29, 10 African heads of state met via video chat. The meeting was presided over by South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as chair of the African Union. Also present was AU Commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat and John Nkengasong, the director of …

May 2020 BusinessTech; Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize has announced that there are now 10,652 confirmed cases of coronavirus in South Africa. This is an increase of 637 from the 10,015 cases reported on Sunday. Dr Mkhize said on Monday (11 May), that the total number of deaths has …

May 2020 BusinessTech; Mixed messaging from government is confusing South Africans about what is coming next regarding the country-wide lockdown – but Intellidex analyst, Peter Attard Montalto, believes that people should prepare for a roller-coaster of level changes for at least the next 12 months. In an investor note published …

May 2020 CNN; Hundreds of factory workers at a fish processing plant in Ghana have tested positive for the coronavirus, the country’s president Nana Akufo-Addo said. All 533 of them contracted the virus from one worker at the factory in the port city of Tema, the president said in his public …

May 2020 BBcNews; Russian President Vladimir Putin says that from Tuesday the nationwide coronavirus lockdown will be eased and businesses will go back to work. He said the country’s “non-working period” imposed to curb the virus had lasted six weeks. The easing of restrictions will affect all sectors of the …