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Update COVID-19 21 September 2020

21 September 2020 — Eleven (11) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1448 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to four thousand, seven hundred, and twenty-two (4722). To date, two thousand, nine hundred, and seventy-three (2973) patients have recovered and been discharged, including twelve (12) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, seven hundred, and twenty-two (1722) and twenty-seven (27) deaths.  The new death is a male Rwandan of 58 years old in Kigali.

Village Health Teams look for COVID-19 patients House-to-House in Kanungu District

Kampala, 21 September 2020:- In Bwindi village in Kanungu district southwestern Uganda, a team of four masked Village Health Team (VHTs) members armed with pens, notebooks and forms go knocking door-to-door checking on the health of people in the community. They are accustomed to this routine as they have been doing it for the last six months when COVID-19 was confirmed in the country.

Update COVID-19 20 September 2020

20 September 2020 — Twenty-two (22) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1892 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to four thousand, seven hundred, and eleven (4711). To date, two thousand, nine hundred, and sixty-one (2961) patients have recovered and been discharged, including fifty-one (51) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, seven hundred, and twenty-four (1724) and twenty-six (26) deaths.  The new death is a female Rwandans of 26 years old in Kigali.

Update COVID-19 19 September 2020

19 September 2020 — Eighteen (18) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2272 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to four thousand, six hundred, and eighty-nine (4689). To date, two thousand, nine hundred, and ten (2910) patients have recovered and been discharged, including sixty-five (65) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, seven hundred, and fifty-three (1753) and twenty-six (26) deaths.  The new death is a female Rwandans of 26 years old in Kigali.

Update COVID-19 18 September 2020

18 September 2020 — Eighteen (18) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1549 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to four thousand, six hundred, and seventy-one (4671). To date, two thousand, eight hundred, and forty-five (2845) patients have recovered and been discharged, including twenty-eight (28) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, eight hundred, and one (1801) and twenty-five (25) deaths.  The new deaths are two male Rwandans of 80 and 29 years old respectively in Kigali.

Expert panel endorses protocol for COVID-19 herbal medicine clinical trials

The Regional Expert Committee on Traditional Medicine for COVID-19 formed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the African Union Commission for Social Affairs has endorsed a protocol for phase III clinical trials of herbal medicine for COVID-19 as well as a charter and terms of reference for the establishment of a data and safety monitoring board for herbal medicine clinical trials.

Update COVID-19 17 September 2020

17 September 2020 — Nineteen (19) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2097 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to four thousand, six hundred, and fifty-three (4653). To date, two thousand, eight hundred, and seventeen (2817) patients have recovered and been discharged, including twenty-eight (28) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, eight hundred, and thirteen (1813) and twenty-three (23) deaths.  The new death is a male Rwandan of 48 years old in Kigali.

Update COVID-19 16 September 2020

16 September 2020 — Ten (10) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1603 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to four thousand, six hundred, and thirty-four (4634). To date, two thousand, seven hundred, and eighty-nine (2789) patients have recovered and been discharged, including twenty-two (22) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, eight hundred, and twenty-three (1823) and twenty-two (22) deaths.  

World patient Safety Day –COVID-19 pandemic amplifies importance of health workers’ ...

Abuja, 17 September, 2020 - When Nigeria recorded its first COVID-19 case in February, Dr Abdullahi Ibrahim, the officer- in- charge at the Primary Healthcare centre in Byazhin, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory held a meeting with all the staff and stressed the need to always wear the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), perform the necessary hand hygiene to protect themselves and adhere to respiratory etiquette, while attending to patients.