January 28, 2021 - HealthTimes

New COVID-19 Variants Fuelling Africa’s Second Wave

January 28, 2021 Healthtimes

COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging in Africa as new, more contagious variants of the virus spread to additional countries. Staff Reporter Over 175 000 new COVID-19 cases and more than 6200 deaths were reported in Africa in the last week while infections rose by 50% on the continent between 29 December 2020 and 25 January 2021 when compared with the previous four weeks. In the past week, there has been a small dip in cases in South Africa, but 22 countries continue to see their case numbers surge. Deaths…

Hepatitis C Diagnostics and Treatment Boost For Low & Middle-Income Countries

January 28, 2021 Michael Gwarisa

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has highlighted progress in accelerating access to hepatitis C diagnostics and treatment in low- and middle-income countries at the back of reduced cost for treatment and improved diagnostics systems. By Staff Reporter Many low- and middle-income countries have reduced suffering from hepatitis C owing to increased access to testing and treatment. According to WHO, some achieved a 20-fold increase in the number of people treated with safe and effective direct-acting retroviral drugs between 2015 and 2018, according to the Global progress report on accelerating access…

#JUSTINE: ZRP Enforces Tighter Lockdown Measures

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 Healthtimes

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have announced more stricter lockdown measures following reports that certain individuals and businesses were now operating in violation of Statutory Instrument 10 of 2021 which barred all non essential service providers to operate during the current Level (IV) of National Lockdown. HealthTimes According to a Memorundum under the subject Tightening Of Enforcements And Issuance Of Business Confirmation And Exemption Letters addressed to addressed to all Officers Commanding Police Districts, Harare, there has been increasing cases of lockdown rules violations by companies and individuals. “Some companies…