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India needs at least 38 million masks to fight coronavirus-agency document
By Reuters,
1602, March 28, 2020 (EAT)
India needs at least 38 million masks and 6.2 million pieces of personal protective equipment as it confronts the spread of coronavirus, and has appro...
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South African woman quarantined in Nakuru commits suicide
By Kiprotich Kimetto,
1434, March 27, 2020 (EAT)
A 27-year-old woman from South Africa has committed suicide at the Kenya Industrial Training Institute (KITI) in Nakuru where she had been placed unde...
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Gov’t: All 239 passengers on China Southern plane tested negative for coronavirus
By Dzuya Walter,
1344, March 27, 2020 (EAT)
The government of Kenya now says none of the 239 passengers who arrived in the country last month aboard a Chinese Southern Airlines plane have tested...
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More layoffs for Australian sport amid coronavirus shutdown
By Matthews Mutai,
1317, March 27, 2020 (EAT)
Australia’s soccer federation laid off most of its staff on Friday as domestic sports battled to stay afloat during the national lockdown to contain...
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South Africa records two coronavirus deaths
By Ian Omondi,
1233, March 27, 2020 (EAT)
South Africa on Friday recorded the first deaths resulting from Covid-19, the country’s Health Minister Dr. Zwelini Mkhize has announced. Dr. Mkh...
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Kenya records first coronavirus death
By Ian Omondi,
1957, March 26, 2020 (EAT)
One of the patients who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in Kenya has died, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has announced. ...
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OPINION: Stock up ventilators to manage COVID-19
By Citizen Reporter,
1054, March 26, 2020 (EAT)
By Dr. Steve Adudans We have entered a dangerous stage in our effort to keep the COVID-19 at bay. Our preventive and containment efforts are fallin...
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Van Niekerk looks for positives in Tokyo postponement
By Reuters,
1300, March 25, 2020 (EAT)
Olympic 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk says that while the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus outbreak was a “downer” th...
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64 Ethiopians found dead in shipping container in Mozambique
By CNN,
1144, March 25, 2020 (EAT)
The bodies of 64 male migrants were discovered Tuesday in a sealed shipping container at a checkpoint in Tete, Mozambique, according to the UN's Inter...
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Coronavirus cases in South Africa rise to 709 from 554
By Reuters,
1107, March 25, 2020 (EAT)
South Africa’s number of coronavirus cases has risen to 709, from 554 on Tuesday, health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Wednesday. “We are now a...
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Coronavirus may be killing more men than women, here’s why
By CNN,
1239, March 25, 2020 (EAT)
Smoking, drinking, general poor health: Researchers say these are some of the factors that could explain why more men seem to be dying from coronavir...
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Heavy rains expected in these areas as Met. department warns of flash floods
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1945, March 24, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenya Meteorological Department has warned that there will be heavy rainfall in different parts of the country from Tuesday March 24 to Saturday, ...
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EAC to deploy mobile laboratories, coronavirus test kits to partner states
By Kimeli Arap Kemei,
907, March 25, 2020 (EAT)
The East African Community Secretariat is in the process of deploying mobile laboratories and coronavirus test kits to all Partner States. Each Par...
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Kiambu: Four under forced quarantine after flying in from Germany, Sweden
By Wanja Mbugua,
1225, March 24, 2020 (EAT)
Four people from different villages in Gatundu South, Kiambu County, are now under forced quarantine after jetting back into Kenya from other countrie...
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South African President announces three-week lockdown over coronavirus
By Reuters,
916, March 24, 2020 (EAT)
South Africa will enforce a three-week lockdown over coronavirus, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Monday. In a televised address to the nation,...
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Coronavirus: Harambee Stars coach Igendia in self quarantine
By Citizen Reporter,
956, March 23, 2020 (EAT)
Harambee Stars Strength and Conditioning coach Michael Igendia is in self quarantine. Igendia recently returned to the country from South Africa wh...
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Botswana President Eric Masisi self-isolates after trip to Namibia
By Agencies,
835, March 23, 2020 (EAT)
Botswana President Eric Masisi is in self-isolation for 14 days after a trip to Namibia where three people tested positive for the novel coronavirus. ...
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Panic buying, lockdowns may drive world food inflation – FAO
By Reuters,
1018, March 22, 2020 (EAT)
Lockdowns and panic food buying due to the coronavirus pandemic could ignite world food inflation even though there are ample supplies of staple grain...
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Nearly 1 billion people confined to homes globally due to coronavirus
By Tonny Ndungu,
1912, March 21, 2020 (EAT)
Close to one billion people worldwide were confined to their homes on Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll shot past 11,000 and U.S. states r...
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Embu residents now forced to eat locusts since the govt’ has abandoned them- MCAs say
By Anthony Ndwiga,
1013, March 22, 2020 (EAT)
Embu Ward Representatives have expressed disappointment with the National Government’s saying it has completely abandoned the fight against desert l...
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