Covid-19: Angola records one more death and 18 new infections

 The health authorities have registered another death and 18 positive cases in the last 24 hours. Among the newly infected, according to Health Minister Sílvia Lutucuta, who was speaking at the usual press conference on the pandemic update, are six pregnant women.

The patients are between 14 and 69 years old.

With the newly infected, the country has an overall 950 positive cases, with 41 deaths, 242 recovered and 667 active (15 severe, 8 critical and two requiring hemodialysis).

Covid-19: Chinese arrive in Angola to set up laboratories

The Health minister, Sílvia Lutucuta, Monday here announced the arrival of a team of Chinese technicians belonging to BGI company, responsible for the supply and assembly of laboratories in six provinces Angola.

The laboratories will be installed in the provinces of Luanda, Uíge, Lunda Norte and Huambo.

Each laboratory has the capacity to process 1000 analyses daily.

With the acquisition of these laboratories, the country will have high capacity laboratory equipment for testing Covid-19 and other viral diseases, the minister said.

Angola has six Covid-19 testing laboratories installed at the National Institute of Research and Health (INIS), Hospital Central Military, Hospital Esperança, National Institute for the Fight against AIDS, Clínica Girassol and Clínica Luanda Medical Center, all concentrated in the capital of the country, with capacity to process 600 samples/day.

Covid-19: Number of companies seeking economic relief soars in Angola

The number of companies interested in the Angolan government's economic relief program has increased from 184 to 218 in the last 22 days, and it is estimated it could reach 500 by August.

Huíla: Young workers in a factory

WHO says coronavirus by far its worst global health emergency

The new coronavirus pandemic that has infected more than 16 million people is easily the worst global health emergency the World Health Organization (WHO) has faced, its director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.

Only with strict adherence to health measures, from wearing masks to avoiding crowds, would the world manage to beat it, Tedros added at a virtual news briefing in Geneva.

“Where these measures are followed, cases go down. Where they are not, cases go up,” he said, praising Canada, China, Germany and South Korea for controlling outbreaks.

Resurgences of the coronavirus in various regions, including where nations thought they had controlled the disease, are alarming the world, with deaths nearing 650,000.

WHO emergencies program head Mike Ryan said far more important than definitions of second waves, new peaks and localised clusters, was the need for nations around the world to keep up strict health restrictions such as physical distancing.

“What is clear is pressure on the virus pushes the numbers down. Release that pressure and cases creep back up,” he said, acknowledging, however, that it was virtually impossible for nations to keep borders shut for the foreseeable future.

Tedros emphasised the priority remained saving lives.

“We have to suppress transmission but at the same time we have to identify the vulnerable groups and save lives, keeping the death rates if possible to zero, if not to a minimum,” he said, praising Japan and Australia in that respect.

Source: reuters.com

Compendium for regional and International Legal Instruments for Women and Girls Education

STEM Wahandisi La Femme Webinar on the Compendium for regional and International Legal Instruments for Women and Girls Education.

This is a Compendium of existing legal instruments on inclusive approach towards girls and
women’s education and institutions responsible for the implementation of the right-based and inclusive approach.

Date: 1.08.2020
Time: 3:00 pm EAT

What is the individual contribution of African citizens to Africa's development?

We have just finished our webinar on this outstanding topic: What is the individual contribution of African citizens to Africa's development?

CONVERSATION GUIDE

1st Phase. Introduction to live and generic approach to the theme (Conceptualize and establish a relationship between citizenship and development). 

2nd Phase. Current status of citizenship in Africa and more specifically in Angola.

How can we individually contribute to Africa's development?

3rd Phase. The causes that contribute to the deficient exercise of citizenship in Africa / Angola. To point ways and alternatives to overcome the difficulties that it will cite, outside of a revolution, if possible.

The role of youth in this process, and how it can impact state policy.

4th Phase. How to face the politics of fear?

How to improve the debate between African leaders and citizens?

What can each citizen in their daily lives do to improve these situations?

Extra questions for Sofonie Dala

Dear Sofonie Dala, according to your resume we have decided to elaborate these questions, which will be addressed to you during the debate.

Phase 2 - We know that you won the AUCIEFFA (African Union / Center for Girls and Women's Education in Africa - AU / CIEFFA) ideas contest. Can you tell us a little bit about this organization? How to access this institution? And how this type of organization helps to qualify the exercise of citizenship by Africans.

Phase 3 - You are a Peace Ambassador from the global peace chain. Can you tell us about this organization? How to become a member of the organization? How has this organization helped young Africans with regard to qualified action in society?

Phase 4 - We know that African youth find it difficult to discuss social problems as a team. Since you are a media executive, how can alternative media (social networks) help deconstruct this mentality?

Phase 4- You led a campaign recently that collected donations to help vulnerable people in this phase, under the motto “We are stronger than covid-19", after that you won a certificate from Unicef. What is needed to create these campaigns?

Can you teach us how to create a blog?

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