EAST AFRICAN NEWS

July 2020 TheStar; Allowances for frontline health workers in the Covid-19 war are now available, the Ministry of Health has said. Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi announced this on Saturday during a Covid-10 status update in Kwale county. “The money is availed. Treasury has given us confirmation that these funds are …

July 2020 theStandard; Speaking during the daily Covid press briefings in Kilifi County, Ministry of Health Director General Patrick Amoth, said that among those health workers infected with the virus 160 are females while 132 are male. “Most of the people who take care of Covid-19 positive cases in the …

July 2020 Financial Times; Gilead Sciences revealed more trial data on Friday showing its experimental Covid-19 drug significantly reduced the risk of death, an early sign that the antiviral treatment may go beyond just speeding up recovery.  The California-based biotech group said its remdesivir treatment showed a 62 per cent …

July 2020 Bloomberg ;For as long as she can remember, Bilqis Muhammad wanted to be a doctor. At age 34, she works in the emergency room of a hospital in Zaria, a city of 400,000 in the grasslands of northern Nigeria. Though she frequently has to put in overtime to …

July 2020 the Star: Kenya’s capital could be staring at a Covid-19 crisis as one of the isolation centres, Nairobi Hospital, is struggling to accommodate new patients. In a statement on Tuesday, hospital CEO Allan Pamba said as at July 4, the hospital had admitted 164 patients with 22 requiring intensive …

July 2020 the New York Times: Brazilian scientists say the man no longer shows signs of the infection after taking a powerful drug cocktail. But the preliminary results require confirmation. A 35-year-old man in Brazil may be the first to experience long-term remission from H.I.V. after treatment with only a …

July 2020 Dailynation :The Labour court has ruled against the Nairobi Hospital in a legal battle over the revision of its employees’ working hours from 40 to 45 per week. The court said Friday that the hospital’s move, which was done without consulting employees, is unattractive and a digression of social …

12.4 per cent of blood donated between May to mid-June in Nairobi has shown the prevalence of Covid-19 antibodies among blood donors.According to a study done by KEMRI-Wellcome Trust, antibody testing suggests many more Kenyans have already been exposed to Covid-19 than have been identified by surveillance activities.“The ideal way …

June 2020 theStar :The National Nurses Association of Kenya (NNAK), on Monday launched a campaign to celebrate the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife in the Country. The association will through the campaign embark on countrywide activities to recognize, honor and celebrate the nursing and midwifery profession in line …

June 2020 theStar; Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi has said that funds are available and that health workers will be paid “We are happy to note that funds are available and health care workers will be paid and it is a process that should be happening going forward,” Mwangangi said. Speaking …