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Showing posts with label COVID-19 Update. Show all posts
Showing posts with label COVID-19 Update. Show all posts
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Coronavirus in Africa-A Worldwide Pandemic

Hundreds of international flights have been canceled and
suspended, schools are closes, and there is a restriction limiting travelers
from coronavirus-hit countries or there is a ban from visiting some African
countries.
Nigeria has banned the entry of travelers from 13 different
countries including the US and UK- this was announced on Wednesday due to the
rise of cases in the country. "The Federal
Government of Nigeria has also suspended the issuance of visa on arrival to
travelers from these countries. All travelers returning from these countries
prior to the restriction will be in supervised self-isolation, monitored by the
NCDC and Port Health Services". The ban will be effective on the 20th
of March 2020 and will be revoked until further notice.
Health officials
have reported an addition of five cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria; therefore,
resulting to a total of eight confirmed cases, which one of the patients have
been recovered from the virus, “an Italian man on a business trip in the
country”, stated by the authorities.
Egypt has made an
announcement on suspending international flights starting on Thursday to
prevent the spread of the virus in the country. Also, Egypt has the highest number
of Coronavirus case in Africa. Meanwhile, other countries such as Djibouti is
yet to report any cases of Coronavirus; however, they have restricted the entry
of all international flights in the country, according to a statement made by
the US embassy in Djibouti. All international government officials are in support
of the travel bans across the world (Stephanie Busari and Bukola Adebayo, 2020)
.
REFERENCES:
Stephanie Busari, and B. A. (2020). Nigeria coronavirus: entry
ban for travelers from 13 countries as it announces five new cases - CNN.
Retrieved March 19, 2020, from https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/africa/nigeria-coronavirus-travel-restrictions-intl/index.html
Monday, March 16, 2020
United Kingdom Response To COVID-19:

The
prime minister of United Kingdom announced that the British government
officials will delay their response to address the outbreak of COVID-19, and warned
that Britons that they are facing the “worse public health crisis for a generation”
and they should be prepared “to lose their loved ones and family”. The United
Kingdom would not be taking the same measures as the result of the other to
tackle this rapid outbreak. The government later stated that “it doesn’t believe
that shutting down large scale gatherings and closing schools-like Italy, France,
Germany and Spain have done would be effective in preventing the spread of the
disease”(“UK
coronavirus response: What does Britain know that Europe doesn’t? - CNN,” 2020).
REFERENCES:
Coronavirus: UK measures defended after criticism - BBC News.
(2020). Retrieved March 16, 2020, from https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51865915
UK coronavirus
response: What does Britain know that Europe doesn’t? - CNN. (2020). Retrieved
March 16, 2020, from https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/13/uk/uk-coronavirus-response-boris-johnson-intl-gbr/index.html
Friday, March 13, 2020
100 New Cases in Canada- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Confirms Wife Positive with Coronavirus
Of recent, Canada has reported 100
cases of Novel Coronavirus disease, COVID-19. Ontario has a total of 42 cases,
British Columbia has 46, Quebec has 8 and Alberta has 19 cases of Coronavirus. A
former passenger of the Grand Princess cruise ship had been tested positive for
the disease. New Brunswick has confirmed its first case (YOUNG, 2020). Even though the outbreak of Coronavirus is
expected in Canada, the public health system has prepared a response mechanism
to the virus. The PHAC, together with the provincial, territorial and community
partners are constantly reevaluating the health risk to the public based on the
availability of evidence and research studies (“Coronavirus
disease (COVID-19): Outbreak update - Canada.ca,” n.d.). The risk to Canadian travelers abroad varies
on their destination, their age and health status. However, the Canadian government
suggest that people to prevent all travel or non-essential travel(Laframboise,
2020).

Angela, D. (2020). Justin Trudeau latest to
self-isolate as coronavirus has officials running the world from home - CNN.
Retrieved March 13, 2020, from
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/world/coronavirus-trudeau-politicians-infections-intl/index.html
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Outbreak update -
Canada.ca. (n.d.). Retrieved March 13, 2020, from
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html
Laframboise, K. (2020). Quebec calls for isolation of
all travellers returning from abroad to limit spread of coronavirus |
Globalnews.ca. Retrieved March 13, 2020, from
https://globalnews.ca/news/6665502/quebec-coronavirus-march-12/
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
COVID-19, A Decline In The Number Of Cases of COVID-19
New reports indicate that COVID-19 also known as Coronavirus has mounted to 3,123 deaths across the world. Also, there has been a confirmation that there are new cases of Coronavirus resulting to 91,783. NHC have received new reports statin that there are 119 cases in China on Tuesday within 31 provinces and Xinjiang, including 115 cases in Hubei province.
Furthermore, only four cases were reported on Tuesday outside Hubei, down from 890 on February 3rd, 2020. The NHC stated that there is a decrease in the number of coronavirus cases from the rest of the country. There are about 37 deaths in Hubei among the global death and one in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region according to NHC. In the meantime, there 143 suspected cases which were reported; in addition, 520 people are still suspected of having the virus across the world. However, on Tuesday, the number of severe cases had reduced by 390 to 6,416, while 2,652 people were medically discharged after recovery.
In whole, 80,270 cases have been confirmed on the mainland, of which 2,981 had died, 27,433 patients are still being treated and 49,856 patients were discharged after recovery (“Global coronavirus cases cross 90,000-mark, spread reduces in China as others see surge - World News,” 2020).
REFERENCES:
Global coronavirus cases
cross 90,000-mark, spread reduces in China as others see surge - World News.
(2020). Retrieved March 4, 2020, from
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/global-coronavirus-cases-cross-90-000-mark-1652239-2020-03-04
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