Jamaican Government turns to the Diaspora for help tackling COVID 19
The funds raised through The Jarrett Foundation COVID-19 Oxygen Equipment Appeal will help to purchase much-needed medical equipment
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UK health minister says: COVID booster advice should come imminently
The government announced new measures at the weekend to try to slow the spread of the variant
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Burundi reopens schools after Covid break
Schools re-opened in Burundi on Thursday after being closed due to the pandemic and summer season holidays, because the Burundian Health...
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South Africa: Pop-up vaccination centres boost number of jabs
At the busy taxi stand close to Soweto's Chris Hani Baragwanath sanatorium, a medical expert with a megaphone referred to as out to...
Dominica Confirms First COVID-19 Death; Strict lockdown curfew extended
Due to the continuous spike in cases and the recorded death, the government announced a further extension of the Emergency Powers Curfew
Ivory Coast Confirms first Ebola Case in 25 years; and starts Vaccination’s
A case of Ebola virus has been confirmed in Ivory Coast for the first time in 25 years, the country’s Health Minister Dimba has confirmed
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Covid-19: Morocco opens smart vaccination centre
Labelled the smart Vaccinodrome by local media, the site’s objective is to vaccinate between 3,000-4,000 people a day
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Power of youth: amid COVID-19 pandemic, Africa is embracing a brighter future
The COVID-19 outbreak repercussions on the socio-economic futures of young people in Africa are every day more challenging. As a...
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Why the government still does not provide BAME Britons protection from coronavirus?
More than a third of coronavirus intensive care patients are from ethnic minorities. A third of coronavirus patients in intensive care...
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UK BAME groups deal with more barriers in avoiding coronavirus
Runnymede Trust finds employment, reliance on public transport and crowded households are all risk factors. People from black, Asian and...
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South Africa destabilised by inequality and poverty in COVID-19 response
When coronavirus patients started arriving at South Africa’s government-run Thelle Mogoerane Hospital, workers scrambled to set up...
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Tests for COVID-19 for Brazil descendants of escaped slaves
Escaped slaves in Brazil seeking to live freely often set up communities called quilombos where their former owners could not find them....
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Obesity increases risks of death from the pandemic, especially for BAME people says the government
People who are obese or overweight are at increased risk of death or severe illness from COVID-19, a report by Public Health England...
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'Inhumane' migrant fruit-picker camps denounced by UN in Spain after fires
The United Nations official censured Spanish authorities for allowing seasonal strawberry pickers to live in “inhumane” and potentially...
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Hundreds of Afghan students took the university entrance test on a huge lowland
Not even Covid-19 and none of the difficulties that the pandemic brought can stop the craving for knowledge and the desire to give...
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Diversity in clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine
A group of physicians and scientists last week urged the American government to include Black, Latino and indigenous Americans in the...
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All-girls robotics team designs low-cost anti-COVID ventilator in Afghanistan
In the eastern Afghan city of Herat, 18-year-old high school student Somaya Faruqi adjusts a suction cap as she puts the finishing...
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