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Photo: RNZ / Johnny Blades British Covid-19 variant detected in Wallis and Futuna The authorities in Wallis and Futuna say the British variant of Covid-19 has been detected in the territory. Since the first community case was diagnosed 10 days ago, the number of cases has risen to 186. 10 people are in hospital, one of whom is in intensive care. The French prefect says 18000 doses of the Moderna vaccine will be made available to fight the pandemic. PNG govt reports new Covid-19 deaths Five new Covid-19 related deaths have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea. This brings the country's Covid dea...

Govt approves anti-parasitic COVID-19 drug BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA/RICHARD MUPONDE GOVERNMENT has approved mass importation of the veterinary anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, as it battles the second wave of COVID-19 infections which have rattled President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration after killing five government ministers. Robert Mudyiradima, the acting Health secretary wrote to the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) acting director-general Robert Rukwata directing that the drug be approved for use in the treatment of COVID-19 and that it could not “deny them (COVID-19 ...

A healthy Chiwenga resurfaces BY BLESSED MHLANGA/HARRIET CHIKANDWA A HEALTHY-LOOKING Acting President Constantino Chiwenga resurfaced in public to bury three heroes at the national shrine, following a week of speculation about his health and whereabouts. Reports suggested that Chiwenga, who is also Health minister, had fallen ill while the government said President Emmerson Mnangagwa had ordered him to take some rest, two days after taking over as Acting President because he was looking worse for wear. In his remarks while burying Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo, Transport minister Joe...

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C) – Corrections Services officially welcomed 17 new Probation and Parole Officers to the Department after they took the oath of office Friday morning during a swearing in ceremony at the Department of Public Safety & Corrections Headquarters in Baton Rouge. Department of Public Safety and Corrections Secretary Jimmy Le Blanc provided the graduates with a virtual address, and Probation and Parole Director Bobby “Jamie” Lee Jr. addressed the graduates before administering the oath of office. P.O.S.T. Ac...

Eight prisoners released on medical grounds Karachi January 3, 2021 The Sindh home department, in light of a Supreme Court order in a human rights case, has released eight prisoners on medical grounds. A notification, issued on Saturday, reads, “Pursuant to the order dated July 27, 2018 passed by the honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan in a human rights case and the decision of the provincial cabinet taken in its meeting held on December 9, 2020, the following convicted prisoners are hereby released and early discharged from Sindh prisons on account of being terminally ill and suffering ...