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Health CS Mutahi Kagwe. Kenya's Covid-19 cases have risen to 1,109 with 80 cases being announced today which is the highest number so far. This is from a sample size of 3,102 tested individuals by the Ministry of Health This is the highest number the country has encountered since the emergence of coronavirus in Kenya on 13th March this year. Kenya has increased its testing capacity by 40 per cent in the last two weeks in an effort of curbing the spread of the virus. Of the new cases, 41patients are from Nairobi county while 20 are from Mombasa county. Also Read Bishop Margaret Wanjiru Tests positive for coronavirus Siaya's cases have risen to seven and the first case originated from a person who travelled from Kibera Nairobi to Siaya.

The current Kenya news; Former starehe MP Bishop Margaret Wanjiru hospitalized over Covid-19 infection,  Bishop Margaret Wanjiru The former Starehe MP had facilitated and hosted 18 individuals in her home, of which 8 amongst them have been confirmed to have tested positive of the virus The  Star Newspaper The Previous Starehe MP Bishop Margaret Wanjiru is in emergency clinic and requiring oxygen subsequent to being determined to have Covid-19 It has been affirmed that eight of those 18 individuals have also tested positive .  The previous starehe MP is right now in emergency clinic on oxygen, as indicated by sources acquainted with the case.  This came as Kenya today received news of confirmed 80 cases from the over 3000 tested in a solitary day the most noteworthy number ever with 41 of them being from Nairobi county bringing the total tally of the total confirmed coronavirus cases in Kenya to 1,109 .  The primary instance of the coro...

Southern Africa's tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho on Wednesday reported news of its first case of COVID-19, making it the last African country to report the disease. Southern Africa's tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho on Wednesday confirmed its first case of COVID-19, making it the last African country to report the disease. The ministry on Wednesday said it conducted 81 coronavirus tests on travellers from neighbouring South Africa and Saudi Arabia, of which one was positive, while the results of 301 other tests are awaited. The patient is a Lesotho national studying in Saudi Arabia.With the announcement, all 54 countries in Africa have now reported and confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus   Lesotho's health ministry said one person who recently arrived in the country had tested positive but was not showing signs of being ill. The patient was in isolation The country which boasts a population of about 2 million people is surrounded by South Africa, which has the highe...

The United States Embassy has warned American citizens in Tanzania on the high risk of Corona virus in the country. In an advisory shared via email, the Embassy warns that the risk of contracting the virus is very high in Daresalaam. It also notes that the Tanzanian government is not forthcoming with information on the true extent of the virus in the country.  The embassy also claims that the hospitals in the country are overwhelmed and seeking medical care could be very difficult. It has advised its staff and citizens to stay at home unless going out to buy food. The revelation comes days after the Australian High Commission in Kenya advised its citizens in East Africa to leave as soon as flights are available or risk being stuck for a long period of time.  More cases of covid-19 are being recorded as coming from Tanzania in Kenya, Zambia and Uganda.  On Monday, 9 Kenyan truck drivers tested positive for the virus after returning from Tanzania. In Nakonde, along the ...

On Tuesday, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, announced news that he had tested positive for coronavirus. He becomes the fifth senior Russian official to test positive for the virus. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says he is hospitalized with the coronavirus. Peskov, a key aide of Russian President Putin, told the Interfax news agency on Tuesday, “Yes, I’ve gotten sick. I’m being treated.” Also infected was Peskov’s wife, Olympic ice dancing champion Tatyana Navka. She told reporters that Peskov’s condition was “satisfactory” and that the couple decided to enter the hospital so as not to expose the rest of their family. “He brought it (the virus) from work,” Navka was quoted as saying by the Daily Storm online outlet. Peskov, 52, has been Putin’s spokesman since 2008, but started working him with in the early 2000s. ALSO READ usa whitehouse millitary attendant test positive for corona virus According to Peskov, he last met Putin face-to-fa...

Gilead Sciences has struck a licensing agreement with five generic drugmakers to make antiviral drug remdesivir for 127 countries, not including the United States, the company announced Tuesday.  Drugmakers Mylan, Cipla, Ferozsons Laboratories, Hetero Labs and Jubilant Lifesciences will manufacture remdesivir for distribution in "low-income and lower-middle-income countries, as well as several upper-middle- and high-income countries" that face health-care obstacles amid the coronavirus pandemic, the company said.  SEE ALSO REMDESIVIR IS THE NEW DRUG BEING USED TO TREAT CORONAVIRUS The deal is "royalty-free" until the World Health Organization says the Covid-19 outbreak is no longer a global health crisis or "until a pharmaceutical product other than remdesivir or a vaccine is approved to treat or prevent Covid-19, whichever is earlier," the company said.  The Food and Drug Administration on May 1 granted emergency use authorization for Gilead's remdesi...

The novel Coronavirus pandemic effects seems to have been felt on every continent if not every country.In Africa continent the worst stricken country is still South Africa which forced President Ramaphosa to implement  total lockdown earlier in the country.In East Africa ,both Rwanda and Uganda had issued a lockdown directive but the two presidents loosened the belt and easened the order to their people.Tanzania has been lately critisized of how they are combating and dealing with the whole matter of Coronavirus.However,things seems to have worsened and lost control in Somalia, a country which is known to be poor, sorrounded by terror and has below expectations health sector with less than 5 icu beds in the country.The country also doesnt have the ability to conduct the covid-19 tests, samples are sent outside the country and await results . Somalia,which is at other times referred to as the Horn of Africa today broken the record after reporting the highest numb...

Montenegro has advertised and branded itself as a holiday destination for tourists or anybody who wants a vacation free from lockdown and the coronavirus stress, Montenegero prime minister said ,  the coronavirus pandemic will soon no longer pose a threat, with its premier saying the small Adriatic nation will prepare for the tourism season in coming few weeks. "Montenegro is on its way to becoming a CoronaFree destination!" tweeted Prime Minister Dusko Markovic on Sunday.The government in Podgorica recently indicated that it expects the holiday season to start on 1st July.   Duško Marković @DuskoMarkovicCG # Montenegro is on its way to becoming a # CoronaFree destination! Taking care of health, in the weeks to come we will prepare our country for tourist season, continuation of investments and new partnerships to mitigate negative effects of the crisis ASAP. # CoronaInfoCG

The total Number of Coronavirus cases in the world has hit 4,032,867. And killing more than 276000 persons , while as at now more 1.35 million patients have recovered as per 9th,  may,  2020 statistics. United states still remains the most hit country with 1,322,164 confirmed positive cases and with over 78,000 deaths, USA remains the country with highest mortality rate since the first case was reported. There has been 223749 recoveries reported in the USA. President Donald Trump reiterating his stand about China involvement in the spread of Coronavirus virus. What he terms as 'Wuhan virus'. Most states are still observing lockdowns but there have been numerous calls to easen on such directives. It remains to be seen the next move from the world superpower to fully control the spread which keeps on increasing each day . United Kingdom has recorded 211,364 positive Coronavirus cases, with 31,241 deaths from Coronavirus. UK is among the most hit countries worldwide...

 Coronavirus global pandemic that has upended the world looks like it is here to stay for a while and the government of Kenya is looking for all possible ways of protecting its citizens from the deadly novel virus. According to the Star,  government is now planning to enforce a 3PM curfew in Nairobi's CBD to reduce congestion and discourage people from going to work as it has been witnessed lately hence increasing the infection rates. “The government knows well that if it closes the town by 3 pm very few people will go to town, the curfew may also be extended within the estates,” Nairobi County Executive Committee Member for Health Hitan Majevdia was quoted by the Star Newspaper. Kenya is grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic with 18 counties so far repirting cases but Nairobi is the epicenter of the virus. The country has so far recorded 607 Covid-19 cases, the highest in the region(East Africa) with 29 fatalities from the virus being reported. And with Kenyan...

NAIROBI, Kenya, today May,  8, 2020– Fourteen people including an 11-month-old baby have tested positive for COVID-19 out of the 922 samples tested in the last 24 hours raising the the total tally of confirmed cases in the country to 621. “The spread of the cases by estates is spread out as follows; four (4) are from Kasarani, two (2) from Makadara, and one from each of the following estates; 5 Umoja 1, South C, Irigu in Dagoretti South, Machakos and mandatory quarantine. The three in  Mombasa are from Likoni while the one case indentified in Machakos emanated from Athi River,” he said during the covid-19 press briefing news. However, the CAS announced that five patients had been discharged having recovered from the viral disease bringing the total recoveries in the country to 202. “These are achievements that we must celebrate. This would not have been possible without the dedication and commitment of our healthcare workers. I want to thank them for their courage and spirit...

A United states military aide who works at the White House, tested positive for coronavirus, the White House reported on Thursday 7 but President Donald Trump has tested negative, an official confirmed the news. The incidence comes after Trump reversed course on winding down the White House coronavirus task force, saying he had "no idea" how "popular" and "respected" it had become, and teased that his administration will be adding a few more members to the panel by next week, whom he suggested they will provide economic expertise on "opening our country." The announcement was made ahead of another dire loss and need of jobs,  claims reported on Thursday morning. More than 33 million Americans who had now filed for unemployment since the deadly pandemic opened its doors to businesses and forced most Americans to stay home . As more states begin to ease restrictions, even as the country's infection rate continues to climb, many A...

In regards to tests done at Rome's infectious-disease Spallanzani Hospital, the coronavirus vaccine has antibodies generated in mice that work on human cells. All of the vaccine candidates currently being developed are based on the genetic material of DNA protein 'spike'. Italy has claimed that it has successfully developed the world's first coronavirus vaccine that works on humans, Arab News site has reported. Tests carried out at Rome's infectious-disease Spallanzani Hospital, the covid-19 vaccine has antibodies generated in mice that block multiplication of coronavirus on human cells . “This is the most advanced stage of testing of a candidate vaccine created in Italy,” Luigi Aurisicchio, CEO of Takis, the firm developing the medication told Italian news agency ANSA in a report. Laughbase.blogspot.com has not independently verified the news “Human tests are expected to start after this summer,” said Aurisicchio. Scientists used mice to test the ...

The FDA has granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) for remdesivir to treat hospitalized adults and children with suspected or laboratory-confirmed SARS CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 disease EUA facilitates broader use of remdesivir, enabling access at additional hospitals across the country Severe COVID-19 disease is defined as patients with an oxygen saturation (SpO2) ≤94% on room air or requiring supplemental oxygen or requiring mechanical ventilation or requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) An experimental drug — and one of the world’s best hopes for treating COVID-19 — could shorten the time to recovery from coronavirus infection, according to the largest and most rigorous clinical trial of the compound yet. The drug, called remdesivir, interferes with the replication of some viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, which is responsible for the current pandemic. On 29 April, Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NI...

Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Rashid Aman announced on Thursday that the total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Kenya had risen to 396. Giving the ministry's daily update on new infections following the testing of 777 new samples, Dr Aman said 12 more people had tested positive for the coronavirus. He said seven were in Mombasa, three in Nairobi, one in Kitui and one in Wajir. The case in Wajir was its first since Kenya confirmed its first case of Covid-19 on March 13. The ministry further announced that two more patients had died, raising Kenya's death toll to 17. Since the first case was reported in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019, at least 3,234,915 people worldwide had been infected by April 30. The total number of deaths worldwide was 228,598 and that of recoveries at 1,009,290. The number of active cases stood at 1,997,027, with three per cent or 59,776 of them being critical and the rest mild. Worldometer's count showed that the n...