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Nigeria currently has over 15,000 active COVID-19 infections amid surge in new cases and spread of the Delta variant. Here are five...

Okowa said the state government would continue to collaborate with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and development partners. | Pulse Nigeria

• • Federal Govt, states’ officials meet next week, plan how coronavirus cash will be spent The Federal Government is set to release N36bn to states as part of measures to curb the rising COVID-19 cases and prevent the third wave of the virus. The Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Joseph Ngbea, who disclosed this in an interview with one of  our correspondents on Wednesday, stated that the Federal Government promised to release the fund before the end of this month. Ngbea also indicated that state commissioners of health would meet  next week with the Presidenti...

The World Bank has increased its support for Cabo Verde’s covid-19 response plan to €17.6 million from April 2020, closing a third additional financing for the purchase of tests, protective equipment and vaccines, among others. The agreement, signed on 3 July between the Cabo Verdean state and the International Development Association (IDA), of the World Bank Group, provides further funding, amounting to seven million SDRs (Special Drawing Rights, equivalent to €8.43 million), to be repaid by Caby Verde by June 2061. Of this total additional funding, €6 million will be...

COVID-19 in Ghana: Raising awareness, promoting safety and protecting essential services Format Psychosocial support, wheelchairs, and protective gear were provided to over 20,000 persons with disabilities  For Ghana, COVID-19 is exacerbating poverty and disproportionately impacting the poor and vulnerable. Economic growth has slowed, and the labor market has been hard hit—77 percent of the population reported a decline in household income during the first three months of the pandemic. The crisis is also threatening to disrupt the provision of essential health services due to barrie...