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Kenya's COVID-19 cases near 170,000 amid fears of a possible 4th wave

FILE PHOTO: Passengers on board a train on the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway in Kenya wear masks in line with government-imposed measures to curb spread of COVID-19, July 13, 2020. /VCG The number o

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Kenya records 86 new COVID infections, positivity rate at 3.1pc

The number of new COVID-19 infections in Kenya rose by 86 to 165,465 following the analysis of 2,789 samples for the disease in the past 24 hours on Sunday. /Xinhua The number of new COVID-19

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Kenya's positivity rate at 3.6pc as it records 66 new COVID cases

Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe also reported 12 more deaths but explained that one occurred over the last one month while 11 were late death reports confirmed during the audit of facility records

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Jordan health minister quits after oxygen outage kills 6 patients

A man receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Amman, Jordan, on Jan. 13, 2021. /Xinhua Jordan's health minister resigned on Saturday after six people died following an o

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Jordan health minister resigns after oxygen outage kills six patients

Jordan's health minister resigned on Saturday after six people died following an oxygen outage in a hospital treating coronavirus patients and police were deployed to hold back angry relatives, state

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COVID19 in Kenya: 337 infections reported on Tuesday

Kenya's ministry of health on Tuesday reported that 337 people tested positive to the coronavirus disease, out of a sample size of 2,924 tested in the last 24 hours. The total confirmed positive

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Israeli medics dress as clowns to cheer up COVID-19 patients

Some COVID-19 wards in Israel were filled with smiles and laughter as doctors dressed up as clowns to cheer up the patients. /VCG Termed "dream doctors" or "care clowns," the medics are

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The US surpasses 17 million coronavirus cases

There have been at least 17,000,408 cases of COVID-19 in the United States and at least 307,770 deaths as a result of coronavirus since the pandemic started. /Getty Images There have been at l

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Kenya records 552 new COVID-19 infections, total cases stand at 93,405

Minister for Health in Kenya, Mutahi Kagwe. /VCG Kenya's health ministry on Thursday confirmed 552 new cases of COVID-19 from 7,013 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of

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Kenya records 727 new COVID-19 cases

Kenya's health ministry on Tuesday confirmed 727 new cases of COVID-19 from 4,913 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of confirmed positive infections to 78,512. /Getty Image

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Kenya records 413 new COVID-19 cases

The Kenyan Ministry Of Health on Monday said 413 people tested positive for COVID-19 from a sample size of 3,489 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing to 77,785 the total number of confirmed infe

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50,658 recoveries from COVID-19 as Kenya records 1,459 infections

Health workers in personal protective equipment (PPE) record the details of residents, as they stand at a social distance from each other, during a Covid-19 testing drive at Olympic Primary Schoo

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China urges community-level hospitals to improve services for elderly people

China's community-level medical institutions were asked to improve inpatient wards and provide more beds for the elderly, according to a circular released by the Natio

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Tokyo's COVID-19 cases drop below 200 for 1st time in 5 days, concerns remain

The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed 119 new COVID-19 infections in the capital on Monday with the number of daily cases dropping below the 200-mark for the firs

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U.S. May retail sales surge 17.7% biggest monthly jump ever

U.S. retail sales surged by 17.7 percent last month as more businesses were allowed to reopen amid the relaxing of lockdowns, reversing a record plunge of 16.4 percent in April, data from the U.S.

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Feature: Argentine hospital battles COVID-19 with supplies from China

A public hospital in the Argentine town of Ezeiza, located in southern Greater Buenos Aires, has been battling the novel coronavirus pandemic from the frontlines, arme

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Italy maintains declining trend in active COVID-19 cases after easing lockdown

Italy on Tuesday maintained a declining trend in active COVID-19 infections and intensive care cases, one day after it eased the national lockdown, according to the la