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Jun

2022

Somali president tests positive for COVID-19

SOMALI President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was in self-isolation. Abdikarim Ali Kaar, Mohamud's spokesperson, said the president had returned to Somalia on Friday from a trip to the United Arab Emirates. The official Somali president's Twitter account shows a video of him meeting the president of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, with both men wearing masks, dated June 22. He also met Somalis based in the UAE. "My fellow citizens, I would like to inform you that today I tested positive for COVID-19. So far, I have no symptoms but I…

Jun

2022

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Morocco’s king tests positive for COVID

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KING Mohammed VI of Morocco has tested positive for COVID-19 but has exhibited no symptoms, his doctor said on Thursday. The king will be on sick leave for a couple of days, his doctor Lahcen Belyamani said in a statement carried by state media. King Mohammed, who holds sweeping powers, has headed the Muslim world's longest-serving dynasty since 1999.

Jul

2021

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FACTBOX-COVID-19 outbreaks at the Olympics

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THE Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, will be held under unprecedented conditions including tight quarantine rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infections. Nevertheless, a number of cases have emerged among athletes and other people involved with the Games. Following is a list of cases, in chronological order. JUNE 20 - A coach with Uganda's squad tests positive on arrival at Narita airport and is quarantined at a government-designated facility. The rest of the team heads by bus for their host city, Izumisano, near Osaka in western Japan. JUNE 23 - A Ugandan…

Jul

2021

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Nigerian in Tokyo hospital with COVID-19

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A member of the Nigerian Olympics delegation who tested positive for the coronavirus at Japan's Narita airport on Thursday evening has been admitted to a Tokyo hospital, TV Asahi reported. The person, in their 60s, had only light symptoms but was hospitalised because of their advanced age and pre-existing conditions, TV Asahi said, adding that it was the first COVID-19 hospitalisation of an Olympics-related visitor. The person's gender and other details were not disclosed.

Jul

2021

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Tunisian parliament speaker contracts COVID-19

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THE speaker of Tunisia's parliament and the leader of the Islamist Ennahda Party, Rached Ghannouchi, has contracted COVID-19, an advisor to Ghannouchi has told Reuters. Ghannouchi, 80, is at home and will work remotely, the advisor said. Ghannouchi, the leader of the biggest party in the parliament, received two doses of an anti-COVID vaccine this year. Tunisia is seeing a significant increase in COVID-19 cases, with intensive care wards almost full, health authorities said, after successfully containing the virus in the first wave last year. In total, Tunisia has recorded more than 500,000 coronavirus cases and about 16,500 deaths.

Jul

2021

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Algerian prime minister infected with COVID-19

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NEWLY-appointed Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane is infected with COVID-19, according to the Algerian state TV. The prime minister, who had just formed his new government on Wednesday, will quarantine for seven days, but will continue performing his duties virtually, state TV said. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered his government to reimpose physical distancing and mask-wearing measures across the country on Saturday, as well as to speed up a vaccination drive to cope with a surge in infection cases, it said. The North African country has so far reported 145,296 confirmed cases of coronavirus including 3,824 deaths.

Jun

2021

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Bafana wins, despite Covid-19 problems

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE South African national football team - Bafana Bafana - overcame setbacks induced by COVID-19 to defeat the visiting Ugandan national team 3-2 in a friendly match at Orlando Stadium, Soweto, yesterday. Bafana took on the cranes without its assistant coach and six players. Hellman Mkhelele, the assistant coach, led the team in the absence of Hugo Broos, the national coach who missed the match. Bafana Bafana's three goals were scored by debutant Evidence Makgopa, who netted a brace and Bongokuhle Hlongwane. Ibrahim Orit and Abdu Lumala scored for The Cranes. One of the team’s assistant coach…

Jun

2021

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Ghana player tests positive for COVID-19

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A player on Ghana's Under-24 team has tested positive for the novel coronavirus after arriving in Japan for a friendly match, the Japan Football Association (JFA) has announced. The player had been isolated from the rest of the squad and staff, who are themselves isolated at a designated facility, the JFA said in a statement. The news comes just two days after the JFA cancelled a friendly match against Jamaica as 10 of their players were unable to board a flight to Japan due to coronavirus testing issues. Japan is battling a fourth wave of COVID-19 just 50 days before…

Jun

2021

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Chile midfielder Vidal recovering from COVID-19 in hospital

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CHILE and Inter Milan midfielder Arturo Vidal is recovering in hospital after contracting COVID-19, the Chilean national team has announced. A statement said that the 34-year-old tested positive for the virus after initially being hospitalised with severe tonsilitis. "The medical team of the Chilean national team emphasises that at the request of the player Arturo Vidal, it is announced that he has been diagnosed positive for Covid," a statement on the Chile national team website said. "Arturo has been hospitalised and isolated from the group for more than 72 hours in a preventive measure indicated by the medical team, due…

May

2021

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Gauteng Health MEC infected with COVID-19

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE politician leading Gauteng’s war against COVID-19 has been infected by the virus, three months after she had been vaccinated. Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi, who has mild COVID-19, has gone into self-isolation at her home. Mokgethi was among the first people in the province to receive the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. In a statement, the Gauteng provincial government advised all the people that have been in contact with Mokgethi to self-isolate and test, if necessary. “The Health MEC was one of the first people to receive the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, under the Sisonke Programme in…