“Namibian President Hage Geingob and First Lady Monica Geingob have tested positive for COVID-19, the Namibian presidency said in a statement on Thursday. They were informed of their results on Wednesday evening.”
“Nigeria has directed its 36 states and federal capital to stop giving first doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines once they use half their current stock in order to safeguard supply for the second dose.”
“Our daily cases are growing exponentially. Our positivity rate is sitting at 21 percent.”
“President Cyril Ramaphosa has begun a period of self-quarantine following the positive COVID-19 diagnosis of a guest at a dinner attended by Ramaphosa on Saturday.”
“Gauteng Premier David Makhura has decided to remove embattled Health MEC Bandile Masuku. Two sources close to the matter said Makhura was ‘left without a choice’ and had to take action against Masuku, given the allegations of impropriety against him.”
“More than 550 pupils, teachers and support staff have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Eastern Cape, while 154 provincial schools have been temporarily closed, the education department said on Friday.”
“Cape Town will soon have a ‘Mass-Fatality Temporary Facility’ to refrigerate and store hundreds of patients who succumb to COVID-19… The makeshift morgue will be able to hold up to 770 dead bodies – at full capacity – and will be located at the Tygerberg Hospital’s sprawling estate in Cape Town’s northern suburbs.”
“The National Association of School Governing Bodies is calling for the immediate closure of schools in the Eastern Cape after 204 people, mainly pupils, tested positive at an Eastern Cape boarding school.”
“Government interventions, including the travel ban and lockdown, have potentially averted at least 20,000 deaths, says a top scientist.”
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