Coronavirus - Kenya: COVID-19 updates (24 November 2020)

Today 727 people have tested positive for the virus, from a sample size of 4,913 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing to 78,512 the number of confirmed positive cases in the country. The cumulative tests are now 848,016. From the cases 705 are Kenyans while 22 are foreigners.

Coronavirus - Africa: COVID-19 Update (24 November 2020)

Over 2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent - with more than 1.7 million recoveries & 49,000 deaths cumulatively. View country figures & more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard: http://arcg.is/XvuSX.

United States provides US$119 Million to World Food Programme (WFP) for School Meals in Five Countries

The latest awards, which take effect this month, see WFP’s programmes in Cote d’Ivoire, Laos, Nepal and Rwanda receiving US$25 million each

As classrooms around the developing world begin to re-open, the U.N. World Food Programme is receiving US$119 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide school meals in five countries in Asia and Africa. “Yet again, USDA demonstrates real leadership in reaching school-age children in the developing world with…

Coronavirus - Sierra Leone: COVID-19 update (23 November 2020)

New cases: 1 Total Confirmed: 2,406 Deaths: 74 Recovered: 1,828 Total in quarantine: 92 Dischardged from quarantine: 12,118

Coronavirus - Malawi: COVID-19 Daily Information Update (23rd November 2020)

New cases: 6 Total confirmed cases: 6009 Total active cases: 282 Total recovered: 5443 (2 New) Total number of tests conducted: 71970 (1287 New) Total deaths: 185 (0 New)

Coronavirus: Deep losses continue into 2021

The COVID-19 crisis challenged the industry for its very survival in 2020

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced a revised outlook for airline industry performance in 2020 and 2021. Deep industry losses will continue into 2021, even though performance is expected to improve over the period of the forecast. A net loss of $118.5 billion is expected for 2020 (deeper than…

Coronavirus - South Africa: COVID-19 statistics in South Africa (23 November 2020)

Tests conducted: 5305343 Positive cases identified: 769759 Total recoveries: 711195 Total deaths: 20968 New cases: 2080

Coronavirus - South Africa: COVID-19 update for South Africa (23 November 2020)

COVID-19 Update: A total of 14377 tests were conducted since the last report, with 2080 new cases. We report 65 more COVID-19 related deaths bringing the total number of deaths to 20968. Click here to view report: https://buff.ly/33aYtyJ

Coronavirus - Kenya: Distribution of Cases by Counties (23 November 2020)

Distribution of the cases by Counties is as follows: Nairobi (229), Mombasa (46), Kiambu (22), Busia (18), Uasin Gishu (15), Kajiado (12), Machakos (12), Murang’a (9), Meru (9), Kisii (9), Kilifi (6), Nyeri (4), Kirinyaga (4), Embu (3), Kisumu (3), Laikipia (3), Kericho (2), Marsabit (2), Homabay (1), Elgeyo Marakwet (1), Nakuru (1), Kakamega (1) and…

Coronavirus - Namibia: German Embassy helps soup kitchen project in the South

As the region remains hard hit by drought, the communities need support to mitigate the additional hardship caused by the Covid-19 pandemic

The German Embassy supports the non-profit organization OANA Community Development Project in Warmbad, ǀǀKaras Region, in setting up a soup kitchen project that will benefit five villages in the south of Namibia. A total of 57,412 NAD (approx. EUR 2,960) from the Embassy’s micro project fund will serve as an…