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በአፍሪካ ባጠቃላይ 5 ሺህ 143 ሰዎች በኮሮና ቫይረስ ተጠቅተዋል፡፡
ከነዚህ ውስጥ 319 ሰዎች ሲያገግሙ 172 ሰዎች ደግሞ ህይወታቸው ማለፉን የአፍሪካ በሽታ መቆጣጠር ማዕከል አስታውቋል፡፡
ደቡብ አፍሪካ በርካታ ዜጎቿ የተጠቁባት የአህጉሩ ቀዳሚ ሀገር ስትሆን 1 ሺህ 326 ዜጎቿ በቫይረሱ በቫይረሱ ሲያዙ የ 3 ሰዎች ህይወት ደግሞ አልፏል፡፡
በመቀጠል ብዙ ዜጎቻቸው በቫይረሱ የተጠቁባቸው ሀገራት ከሰሜን አፍሪካ ሲሆኑ ግብፅ 656፣ አልጄርያ 584፣ እና ሞሮኮ 534 ዜጎቻቸው በቫይረሱ ተጠቅተዋል፡፡
ግብፅ 41፣አልጄርያ 35፣ሞሮኮ 33 ዜጎቻቸውን በኮሮና ቫይረስ ምክንያት አጥተዋል፡፡
በጎረቤት ኤርትራ በኮሮና ቫይረስ የተያዘው ሰው ቁጥር፤ 12 የደረሰ ሲሆን ያገገመም ሟችም እስካሁን የለም፡፡
ቦትስዋና፣ብሩንዲ፣ኮሞሮስ፣ሌሶቶ፣ማላዊ፣ ሳኦ ቶሜና ፕሪንሲፔ፣ሴራሊዮን፣ደቡብ ሱዳን እና ምዕራብ ሰሀራ እስካሁን ኮሮና ቫይረስ ያልገባባቸው ሀገራት ናቸው፡፡

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ሴራሊዬን የመጀመሪያውን የኮሮና ቫይረስ ተጠቂ ማግኘቷን አስታወቀች።እንደ ሲጂቲኤን አፍሪካ ዘገባ ሴራሊዬን ከአፍሪካ ኮቪድ-19 ወደ ግዛቷ መግባቱን ዘግይታ ያረጋገጠች ሃገር ሆናለች፡፡

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India reports first coronavirus cases in Assam and Jharkhand.
Now 29 states/UTs reporting cases.

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UK reports 3,009 new cases of coronavirus and 381 new deaths.
A total of 25,150 cases and 1,789 deaths.

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Ethiopian Airlines, which grounded 60pc of its international passenger fleet, is set to use all of its passenger planes for cargo shipments. http://ow.ly/12QJ50z0H71

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Tunisia releases 1,420 prisoners over coronavirus

there are now 1353 confirmed cases in South Africa. Total number of tests 39 500

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Bad news from the UK:

- Record number of new cases
- Record number of new deaths
- Fatality rate at all-time high
UK reports 3,009 new cases of coronavirus and 381 new deaths.
A total of 25,150 cases and 1,789 deaths.

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March 31, 2020

17:22
COVID-19: Soweto residents defy social distancing measures

17:20
Billionaire donates $3.6m towards Ethiopia's coronavirus combat
https://www.africanews.com/2020/03/31/e ... tials-etc/

16:06
Ethiopia, Uganda lead in global searches for coronavirus info: Google

16:00
Lagosians express concerns as coronavirus lockdown kicks in

14:50
Coronavirus arena: Kenya's Kipchoge urges people to stay home, stay fit

14:19
Six African nations spared of COVID-19

13:51
COVID-19: Lagos, Brazzaville lockdown begins

13:35
Stay away in Zimbabwe as coronavirus lockdown kicks in

12:35
Sierra Leone confirms index case of coronavirus

12:24
Locked down in Uganda: surviving coronavirus Kampala-style

11:25
Coronavirus: Zimbabwe, Nigeria adopt cash-transfers to most vulnerable

11:10
Eritrea coronavirus lockdown: govt bans lay offs, utility bills postponed (I'm very proud of my Eritrean government in its handling of the epidemic)
https://www.africanews.com/2020/03/31/e ... arantined/


https://www.africanews.com/2020/03/30/c ... countries/

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The death toll in the United States from the new coronavirus outbreak has surpassed the official tally in China, with more than more 3,400 fatalities recorded, according to data collected by the Johns Hopkins University.

That means the US now has the third highest death toll after Italy and Spain, and the highest number of coronavirus cases in the world with more than 175,000.

Further restrictions on movement are being considered in the US to curb the spread of the virus, with the country now reporting twice the number of cases as China where the outbreak began late last year.

Spain, the United Kingdom and France each reported their biggest overnight jump in deaths since the start of the pandemic.

Around the world, more than 820,000 people have been confirmed to have the virus, and at least 174,000 have recovered. More than 40,000 people have died.

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Oman reports its first death from coronavirus

Oman's health ministry reported its first death from coronavirus, a 72-year-old Omani man, state TV said on Twitter.

Oman reported as of March 31, 192 coronavirus cases in the sultanate.

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Teenager dies in London after testing positive for coronavirus

A 13-year-old boy in London who tested positive for coronavirus has died, a UK hospital said.

"Sadly, a 13-year old boy who tested positive for COVID-19 has passed away, and our thoughts and condolences are with the family at this time," King's College Hospital said in a statement.

"The death has been referred to the coroner and no further comment will be made."
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Tunisia extends lockdown by two weeks

Tunisia will extend a lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus by two weeks to April 19, the presidency said in a statement.

Tunisia has confirmed 362 cases of the coronavirus and nine deaths and has imposed a general lockdown for over a week, preventing people from leaving their homes except to buy necessities or work in certain jobs.
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Burundi confirms first 2 cases

The tiny East African nation of Burundi has confirmed its first two coronavirus cases, the health ministry said in a statement.

Both men were Burundian. One, 56, had recently returned from neighbouring Rwanda and the other, 42, had recently returned from Dubai, the statement posted on Twitter said.
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Turkey's coronavirus death toll exceeds 200

More than 200 people have died from COVID-19 in Turkey, which has ramped up tests to more than 15,000 a day, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced.

Koca shared the latest figures on Twitter, saying that 46 people had died in the last 24 hours, which raised the country's overall toll to 214.

With 2,704 more cases of the novel coronavirus, the total has reached 13,531.
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Qatar reports 88 new cases of coronavirus

Qatar's health ministry reported 88 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, taking its total number of infections to 781, as it also announced a second death from the virus.

A total of 62 people have so far recovered from COVID-19, the ministry said in its daily update.

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የኮሮና ወረርሽኝን የሚመለከቱ ዜናዎች፦
• በዓለም ዙሪያ በኮሮና ተህዋሲ ከ 809 000 በላይ ሰዎች የተያዙ ሲሆን ከ 39 500 በላይ ሰዎች በበሽታው ሞተዋል።
• በመላው አፍሪካ በኮሮና ተሕዋሲ የተጠቁ ሰዎች ቁጥር ከ5000 በለጠ። የአፍሪካ በሽታ መከላከያ እና መቆጣጠሪያ ማዕከል እንዳስታወቀው ተሕዋሲው እስካሁን 47 ሃገራትን አዳርሷል።
• ደቡብ አፍሪካ ቤት ለቤት የተሕዋሲው ምርመራ ልትጀምር መሆኑን የሀገሪቱ ፕሬዚዳንት ሲሪል ራማፎሳ ትናንት ሰኞ ምሽት አስታውቀዋል። ደቡብ አፍሪካ ለነደፈችው የቤት ለቤት የምርመራ ዘመቻ 10 ሺ ያህል የመስክ ሰራተኞችን እንደሚሰማሩ ራማፎሳ ገልጸዋል።
• ስጳኝ በኮሮና ወረርሽኝ በ24 ሰዓት ውስጥ ከፍተኛውን የሟቾች ቁጥር አስመዘገበች። የስጳኝ ጤና ሚንስቴር እንዳስታወቀዉ በ 24 ሰዓት ውስጥ ብቻ የ849 ሰዎች ሕይወት አልፏል።
• የጀርመን የዱር እንስሳት ማቆያ ማዕከላት መንግሥት የ100 ሚሊዮን ዩሮ ድጋፍ እንዲያደርግላቸው ጠየቁ። ማዕከላቱ ጥያቄውን ያቀረቡት የኮሮና ተሕዋሲ ወረርሽኝ ባሳደረው ተጽዕኖ ከጎብኚዎች የሚያገኙት ገቢ መቋረጡን ተከትሎ ነው።

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ስለ ኮረና ተሕዋሲ (ቫይረስ) እና ኮቪድ 19 ባሕሪያት፤ ጥንቃቄና መከላከያዉ የዓለም የጤና ድርጅት (WHO) የሰጣቸዉ ምክሮች።
• የኮቪድ-19 ቫይረስ ሞቃታማ እና እርጥበት የአየር ጠባይ ባለባቸው አካባቢዎችም ሊተላለፍ ይችላል
• በረዶዋማ እና ቀዝቃዛማ የአየር ጠባይ አዲሱን የኮሮና ቫይረስ ሊያጠፋ አይችልም። ውጫዊው የአየር ሁኔታ ምንም ይሁን ምን መደበኛው የሰውነታችን የሙቀት መጠን ከ 36.5 °C እስከ 37 °C ያህል ሆኖ ይቆያል።
• ሙቅ በሆነ ውኃ ገንዳ ውስጥ መዘፍዘፍም ከኮሮና ቫይረስ አይከላከልም። ይልቁንስ የሚመከረው ቶሎ ቶሎ እጅን በሳሙና እና ውኃ በደንብ መታጠብን ነው።
• አዲሱ የኮሮና ቫይረስ በወባ ትንኝ ወይም ቢንቢ አማካኝነት ከአንድ ሰው ወደ ሌላኛው አይተላለፍም። በሽታው የሚተላለፈው በበሽታው የተያዘ ሰው በሚስል ወይም በሚያስነጥስበት አልያም ከአፉ እና ከአፍንጫው በሚወጡ ፈሳሾች ነው።
• የሰውነት ሙቀት መለኪያ መሣሪያዎች አንድ ሰው መደበኛ የሰውነት ሙቀቱ ከፍ ብሎ እንደሁ ለመለካት አገልግሎት ላይ ሊውሉ ይችላሉ። ይሁንና መሣሪያው በበሽታ የተያዘውን ሰው ለመለየት አይረዳም። ምክንያቱም በቫይረሱ የተያዙ ሰዎች የትኩሳት ምልዕክት እስኪያሳዩ ከ 2 እስከ 10 ቀናት ሊወስድ ይችላል።
• አልኮል ወይም ክሎሪን መላ ሰውነትን በመቀባት ሰውነት ውስጥ ዘልቆ የገባ ቫይረስን ለመከላከል አይረዳም። እንደዚህ አይነት ነገሮችን ሲጠቀሙ ደግሞ ዓይን እና አፍ ውስጥ እንዳይገቡ መጠንቀቅ ያስፈልጋል። ይሁንና አልኮል እና ክሎሪን ብዙ ሰዎች የሚነኳቸውን ወለሎች ለማፅዳት አገልግሎት ላይ ሊውሉ ይችላሉ።
• የጉንፋን ወይም ሌሎች የመከላከያ ክትባቶች ከዚህኛው ቫይረስ ሊከላከሉ አይችሉም። ይህ ቫይረስ አዲስ እና ከሌሎች የተለየ ስለሆነ የራሱ ክትባት ያስፈልገዋል።
• ጨዋማ የአፍንጫ ስፕሬይ (ርጭት) በመጠቀም የኮሮና ቫይረስን መከላከል አይቻልም። ይሁንና አልፎ አልፎ ይህንን የተጠቀሙ እና ጉንፋን የያዛቸው ሰዎች በቶሎ ሲሻላቸው ተስተውሏል።
• ነጭ ሽንኩርት አንዳንድ ፀረ-ተሕዋሲ ንጥረ-ነገር ሊኖረው የሚችል ጤናማ ምግብ ነው። ሆኖም ነጭ ሽንኩርት መብላት ሰዎችን ከአዲሱ የኮሮና ቫይረስ እንደሚከላከል የተረጋገጠ መረጃ የለም።
• በየትኛውም የዕድሜ ክልል ውስጥ ያሉ ሰዎች በአዲሱ የኮሮና ቫይረስ ሊጠቁ ይችላሉ። አዛውንቶች እና ቀደም ሲል እንደ አስም ፣ የስኳር በሽታ ፣ የልብ ህመም ያላቸው ሰዎች በቫይረሱ ለመጠቃት የበለጠ ተጋላጭ ሲሆኑ ይስተዋላል ፡፡
• አንቲባዮቲክስ መውሰድ ኮሮናን አይከላከልም። አንቲባዮቲክስ የሚወሰደው ባክቴሪያን ለመከላከል እንጂ ቫይረንስ ለመከላከል አይረዳም። ይሁንና በኮቪድ 19 የተያዙ ሰዎች ተያያዥ የባክቴሪያ በሽታዎች ገጥሟቸው ከሆነ አንቲባዮቲክስ እንዲወስዱ ሊደረግ ይችላል።

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US tourists tested positive after Mexico spring break

A group of 28 US tourists who returned to Texas from the Mexican beach resort of Cabo San Lucas have tested positive for coronavirus, the city of Austin said in a statement.

"About a week and a half ago, approximately 70 people in their 20's departed in a chartered plane for a spring break trip. Some of the group returned on separate commercial flights. Currently, 28 young adults on this trip have tested positive for COVID-19 and dozens more are under public health investigation," the statement said.
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NY governor: 'Your stupid actions don't just affect you'

"New York Governor Andrew Cuomo blasted those ignoring strict social distancing orders to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, a day after crowds gathered to catch a glimpse of the USNS Comfort docking in New York Harbor.

'You want to go out and act stupid for yourself that's one thing. But your stupid actions don't just affect you. You come home and can infect someone else and even cause death for them,' Cuomo said during his daily briefing.

People gathered on the west side of Manhattan yesterday, taking photos, clapping and waving the American flag at the US Navy's floating hospital equipped with 1000-beds to treat COVID-19 patients."

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France reports record 499 deaths in 24 hours

France reported its highest daily number of deaths from coronavirus since the epidemic began, saying 499 more people had died in hospital to bring the toll to 3,523.

There are now 22,757 people hospitalised in France with COVID-19, with 5,565 of them in intensive care, health official Jerome Salomon told reporters in his daily update.

The French death toll includes only those who died in hospital and not those who died at home or in old people's homes.

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First case in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine

Rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine has reported the first case of the coronavirus, the health minister of the self-proclaimed republic, Olga Dolgoshapko, told reporters in Donetsk.

The conflict in eastern Ukraine, pitting Moscow-backed rebels against the Ukraine government, has killed more than 13,000 people since 2014.

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Dutch schools, restaurants to stay shut till April 28

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said all schools, restaurants, and gyms would remain closed until at least April 28.

Rutte's government on March 15 had ordered schools closed until April 6. A ban on public gatherings was strengthened last week and extended until June.

"Even after April 28 it will be a while before we get back to normal, don't make plans for the May holidays," Rutte told a news conference in The Hague, at which he also urged people to adhere to social distancing rules.

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Saudi minister tells Muslims to wait on making Hajj plans

Saudi Arabia is urging Muslims to wait before making plans to attend the annual Hajj pilgrimage until there is more clarity about the coronavirus pandemic, the kingdom's minister for Hajj and Umrah said, according to state television.

Some 2.5 million pilgrims usually flock to the holiest sites of Islam in Mecca and Medina each year for the week-long ritual.

In addition to closing mosques, Saudi Arabia has already halted international flights and suspended the year-round Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca.

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US death toll exceeds China tally

The number of deaths in the US from coronavirus has surpassed those in China, where the pandemic began in December, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.

There have been 3,415 deaths in the US from the virus, the Baltimore-based university reported, more than the 3,309 in China.

There are 175,067 confirmed coronavirus cases in the US, the university said, the most of any country in the world.

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Ethiopia postpones August elections due to coronavirus

August polls were seen as a key test of the reformist agenda of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Ethiopia has postponed parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for August due to the coronavirus outbreak, the electoral commission has announced.

The August polls had been seen as a key test of the reformist agenda of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in what was once one of the continent's most repressive nations.

"Because of issues related to the coronavirus, the board has decided it can't conduct the election as planned... so it has decided to void that calendar and suspend all activities," the poll body said in a statement on Tuesday.

It said a new date would be given "when the pandemic is over".

Jawar Mohammed, a leading opposition politician, told AFP news agency that a new calendar "cannot be done by the ruling party alone".

Ethiopia has recorded 25 cases of COVID-19 and federal and regional officials have introduced a range of measures intended to curb its spread, including banning large gatherings and restricting travel.

These measures would have prevented the timely completion of activities like voter registration and the recruitment and training of observers, the election commission said.

Ethiopia is Africa's second-most populous nation. When Abiy took power in 2018, he promised to liberalise the state-run economy and introduced reforms that saw thousands of political prisoners released.

He had promised to hold free and fair elections in August when his party would have faced a stiff challenge from many ethnically-based parties newly emboldened by his reforms.

SOURCE: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/ ... 02471.html

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More than 830 new deaths in Italy

The death toll from coronavirus in Italy has climbed by 837 to 12,428, the Civil Protection Agency said, with the daily tally rising, albeit slightly, for a second day running.

The number of new cases was broadly steady, growing by 4,053 against 4,050 on Monday, and bringing total infections since the outbreak came to light on February 21 to 105,792.

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New York death toll up, more than 9,000 new cases

The death toll in New York state has risen to 1,550 from 1,218 the previous day, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.

The number of confirmed cases also jumped by 9,298 to hit 75,795.

"The virus is more powerful, more dangerous than we expected," Cuomo told a daily news briefing. "We're still going up the mountain, the main battle is on top of the mountain."
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Brother of NY governor tests positive

Chris Cuomo, the brother of New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo, has tested positive for coronavirus.

Cuomo, who is a CNN anchor, said he is in quarantine in his basement and will continue to work from home.

"I have been exposed to people in recent days who have subsequently tested positive and I had fevers, chills and shortness of breath," he wrote on Twitter. "I just hope I didn't give it to the kids and Cristina. That would make me feel worse than this illness!"

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UK coronavirus deaths climb to 1,789

Britain has reported a record daily coronavirus toll of 381, more than double the number of deaths posted in the previous 24 hours.

"As of 5pm (1600 GMT) on 30 March, of those hospitalised in the UK, 1,789 have sadly died," the health ministry said on its Twitter page, up from 1,408 on Monday.

The number of confirmed cases rose by 14 percent to 25,150 as of Tuesday at 0800 GMT, the Department for Health and Social Care said.

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Lockdowns may have saved 59,000 lives in Europe: study

Strict containment measures might have already saved up to 59,000 lives across 11 European countries battling the spread of the new coronavirus, experts in the UK say.

Basing their modelling on the numbers of recorded deaths from COVID-19, researchers from Imperial College London said most countries it looked at had likely dramatically reduced the rate at which the virus spreads.

Using the experiences of countries with the most advanced epidemics like Italy and Spain, the study compared actual fatality rates with an estimate of what would have happened with no measures such as school closures, event cancellations and lockdowns.
More than a third of the world's population is now under lockdown as an increasing number of countries implement sweeping measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Before and after satellite images show the impact of the measures on cities worldwide.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/ ... 25569.html

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101-year-old Dutch woman, who was born during the Spanish flu, has recovered from coronavirus illness.

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Four new cases of COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 3 in the FCT and 1 in Lagos , there are 139 confirmed cases of COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths

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እስካሁን ድረስ በአፍሪካ ምን ያህል ሰዎች በኮቪድ-19 መያዛቸው ታወቀ። በየትኞቹ አገራት ምን ያህል ሕሙማን ተገኙ? ምን ያህል ሞትስ ተመዘገበ? ማስፈንጠሪየዓውን በመጨዓን ብቻ የየወቅቱን መረጃ ማግኘት ይችላሉ
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