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Africa sounds alarm over Delta variant

Africa sounds alarm over Delta variant By EDITH MUTETHYA in Nairobi, Kenya | China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-03 11:38 A health worker administers a nasal swab at a COVID-19 mobile testing site in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday. WALDO SWIEGERS/BLOOMBERG/GETTY IMAGES The Delta variant has attributed to surging numbers of COVID-19 infection cases in some African countries, with experts fearing it may bring disastrous consequences to the continent. According to the World Health Organization, the variant has been reported in three of the five countries reporting the highest caseloads for the week ending on June 27. It is also dominant in South Africa, which accounted for more than half of Africa s cases in the same period.

KEMRI warns Kenyans of fourth COVID-19 wave from Mid-July

KEMRI warns Kenyans of fourth COVID-19 wave from Mid-July Tuko 16 hrs ago Japhet Ruto The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has asked Kenyans to brace themselves for a fourth wave of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic from mid-July. In a statement on Thursday, July 1, the state corporation said the infections would be fuelled by the highly infectious delta variant linked to India. According to the study by KEMRI conducted between November 2020 and June 2021 in several counties across the country, an additional 4,300 hospitalisations and 580 deaths from the Delta variant are expected. © 2021 SOPA Images NAIROBI, KENYA - 2021/03/29: Commuters scramble to board public transportation home minutes before the new 8pm-4am curfew takes effect.

Early Release - SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Pregnant and Postpartum Women, Kenya, 2020–2021 - Volume 27, Number 9—September 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal

1, Bryan O. Nyawanda, Eunice Oreri, Sascha Ellington, Clayton Onyango, and Gideon O. Emukule Author affiliations: Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya (N.A. Otieno, B.O. Nyawanda); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (E. Azziz-Baumgartner, S. Ellington); Ministry of Health, Siaya, Kenya (E. Oreri); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kisumu, Kenya (C. Onyango); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya (G.O. Emukule) Abstract We determined incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and influenza virus infections among pregnant and postpartum women and their infants in Kenya during 2020–2021. Incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was highest among pregnant women, followed by postpartum women and infants. No influenza virus infections were identified.

Vaccine geopolitics to affect travel for low income countries

Vaccine geopolitics to affect travel for low income countries
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