When fever and body weakness gripped John Achuil, he feared it might be COVID-19. The symptoms were somehow familiar to ignore. The 28-year-old called a hotline number for help.

The rapid response team sent by the Public Health Emergency Operations Center in Rumbek in South Sudan’s Lakes State included an epidemiologist with polio expertise. The team ensured a test sample was collected correctly and taken for testing immediately. Following the positive diagnosis, Achuil was isolated and treated in a designated treatment facility.

14 October 2020 — Thirty-two (32) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1753 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to four thousand, nine hundred, and forty (4940). To date, four thousand, three hundred, and ninety-eight (4398) patients have recovered and been discharged, including two hundred, and sixty-eight (268) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is five hundred, and nine (509) and thirty-three (33) deaths. The new death is a man of 42 years old.

Abuja, 15 October 2020 – While combatting multiple public health challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Nigeria, with support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance will safely relaunch an accelerated series of mass preventive vaccination campaigns to protect Nigerians against yellow fever (YF).

13 October 2020 — Three (3) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1884 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to four thousand, nine hundred, and eight (4908). To date, four thousand, one hundred, and thirty (4130) patients have recovered and been discharged, including two hundred, and fifty-three (253) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is seven hundred, and forty-six (746) and thirty-two (32) deaths. 

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

Abuja, 13 October, 2020 - In a bid to improve the well-being of women, children, adolescents and the elderly in Nigeria, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire on 12 October 2020, launched the Nigeria Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent and Elderly Health Plus Nutrition (RMNCAEH+N), a multi-stakeholder partnership coordination platform which would harmonise the health interventions of the government and health partners to reduce wastage and channel funds to get the desired result to achieve Universal Health Care Coverage. 

12 October 2020 — Nine (9) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2149 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to four thousand, nine hundred, and five (4905). To date, three thousand, eight hundred, and seventy-seven (3877) patients have recovered and been discharged, including two hundred, and seventy-one (271) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is nine hundred, and ninety-six (996) and thirty-two (32) deaths. The new death is a male Rwandan of 51 years old.

As the world’s youngest country readied measures to prevent widespread COVID-19 infections, its years of conflict and natural disasters suddenly presented an unparalleled challenge: protecting thousands of displaced persons from COVID-19 within the sites set up over the past decade as refuge.  

11 October 2020 — Four (4) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2239 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to four thousand, eight hundred, and ninety-six (4896). To date, three thousand, six hundred, and six (3606) patients have recovered and been discharged, including forty (40) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, two hundred, and fifty-nine (1259) and thirty-one (31) deaths. The new death is a male Rwandan of 41 years old in Kigali.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has organized a training on Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) which started on 8 September 2020. So far, five sessions have been conducted and seven remain.