Health workers are vital to the global response to COVID-19. With resources stretched to the limit and health systems under immense pressure, countries need more health workers on the ground to tackle the pandemic while continuing to provide other essential health services. Ethiopia has been preparing its health workforce to respond to COVID-19, build a resilient health system and move a step closer towards health for all.

02 December 2020 — Forty-six (46) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2820 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to five thousand, nine hundred, and ninety-four (5994). To date, five thousand, five hundred, and seventy-five (5575) patients have recovered, including thirty-one (31) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is three hundred and sixty-nine (369) and fifty (50) deaths. The new death is a man Rwandan of 45 years old in Kigali.

WHO in the African Region has been implementing a four-year initiative, launched in January 2019, to enhance existing efforts for reducing preventable maternal morbidity and mortality. It emphasizes on eliminating maternal deaths due to unsafe abortion, as an important contributor to the reduction of maternal mortality in the African Region. The Initiative focuses on the provision of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) services within the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) framework.

01 December 2020 — Fourteen (14) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2820 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to five thousand, nine hundred, and forty-eight (5948). To date, five thousand, five hundred, and forty-four (5544) patients have recovered, including twenty-eight (28) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is three hundred and fifty-five (355) and forty-nine (49) deaths. 

The new cases are in Kigali (4), Musanze (9), and Rubavu (1); heightened vigilance is required everywhere. 

By Vivian Mugarisi

30 November 2020 — Fifteen (15) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2196 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to five thousand, nine hundred, and thirty-four (5934). To date, five thousand, five hundred, and sixteen (5516) patients have recovered, including thirty-six (36) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is three hundred and sixty-nine (369) and forty-nine (49) deaths. The new death is a woman Rwandan of 40 years old in Kigali.

29 November 2020 — Twenty-eight (28) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2054 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to five thousand, nine hundred, and nineteen (5919). To date, five thousand, three hundred, and eighty (5480) patients have recovered, with no one in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is three hundred and ninety-one (391) and forty-eight (48) deaths. The new death is a woman Rwandan of 25 years old in Kigali.

Juba, South Sudan - The Korean Government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Korean Embassy donated COVID19 laboratory testing and extraction kits to the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to boost the country’s testing capacity to combat and control COVID-19.

The donation to South Sudan was made in November 2020, through the Korean Embassy in cooperation with WHO.

The Rwanda Ministry of Health officially received on 26th November 2020, equipment and infrastructure constructed and rehabilitated with WHO Rwanda support under the Japanese grant of US$ 1 million for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and other public health emergencies. Present at the Handover ceremony were Dr Daniel Ngamije, the Minister of Health, HE. Masahiro IMAI, the Ambassador of Japan in Rwanda and Dr Kasonde Mwinga, WHO Representative, Rwanda Country Office.