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Dec
04
2020
By The African Mirror
U.S. Supreme Court sides with challenge to California’s COVID-19 religious service curbs

U.S. Supreme Court sides with challenge to California’s COVID-19 religious service curbs

RELIGION
LAWRENCE HURLEY  THE U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a blow to California Governor Gavin Newsom's pandemic-related ban on indoor religious services, siding with a church that defied the policy and challenged it as unconstitutional religious discrimination. The decision followed a similar action by the justices on November 25 that backed Christian and Jewish houses of worship that challenged New York state restrictions in coronavirus hot spots. California Governor Gavin Newsom The justices, with no noted dissents, set aside a lower court ruling that rejected a challenge to Newsom's policy by Harvest Rock Church Inc, which has several campuses in the…
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Dec
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Eswatini’s Prime Minister moved to South African hospital for coronavirus treatment

Eswatini’s Prime Minister moved to South African hospital for coronavirus treatment

COVID-19
ESWATINI Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini, who tested positive for COVID-19 two weeks ago, has been transferred to a hospital in neighbouring South Africa for further treatment, the tiny absolute monarchy's government has announced. The country's Deputy Prime Minister, Themba Masuku, said in a statement Dlamini was moved to "guide and fast track his recovery". The southern African nation of around 1.2 million people has so far recorded 6,419 positive cases of the highly infectious respiratory disease, with 122 confirmed deaths, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). - Thomson Reuters Foundation.    
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Nov
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Battles won – and lost – against AIDS hold valuable lessons for managing COVID-19

Battles won – and lost – against AIDS hold valuable lessons for managing COVID-19

COVID-19
WORLD AIDS Day this year finds us still deep amid another pandemic – COVID-19. LINDA-GAIL BEKKER, Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town The highly infectious novel coronavirus has swept across the world, devastating health systems and laying waste to economies as governments introduced drastic measures to contain the spread. Not since the HIV/AIDS pandemic of the 1990s have countries faced such a common health threat. This explains why UNAIDS has selected the theme “Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility” for this year’s World…
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Nov
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Quality research in Africa matters more than ever — for the whole world

Quality research in Africa matters more than ever — for the whole world

SCIENCE, TECH AND INNOVATION
WE are at a unique moment in history. Two particular, ongoing events stand out. COVID-19 is one. The other is a long-overdue recognition of inequities among people in the US and worldwide, as exemplified by the Black Lives Matter movement. These issues provide a useful, timely lens through which to consider the role and value of African research. THOMAS KARIUKI, Director of programmes, African Academy of Sciences ELIZABETH MARINCOLA, Senior Advisor, African Academy of Sciences There are many levels on which the future of the world, not just Africa’s, rests on African research. First, Africa represents the youngest and fastest-growing…
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Nov
27
2020
By The African Mirror
Sixty km queues as COVID turns Kenyan border crossing into lorry park

Sixty km queues as COVID turns Kenyan border crossing into lorry park

COVID-19
BAZ RATNER THE queue of lorries snakes down the narrow tarmac road, stretching back as far as the eye can see on both sides of a sign that reads: "Welcome to Busia, the gateway to east and central Africa". Before COVID-19, Kenyan driver Joseph Kimani used to reckon with a five-hour wait to cross from there into Uganda with his cargo of diesel. Now the queue on the Kenyan side, which he and other drivers say extends for upwards of 60 km (37 miles), take five days to clear and, for them, life on the road has become literally that.…
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Nov
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Wear a black armband, or ribbon in respect of victims of COVID-19 and gender-based violence and femicide

Wear a black armband, or ribbon in respect of victims of COVID-19 and gender-based violence and femicide

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
DAVID MABUZA  THIS year has been a very difficult year for all of us. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic early this year across the world brought about unprecedented disruptions and anxieties that are significantly impacting our lives and livelihoods. Here at home, we have had to muster our collective efforts and resources to fight the spread, and the negative impacts, of COVID-19. We have had to ensure that our health care system has the capacity to carry the increasing burden of treatment for those infected by COVID-19 to save lives while ensuring that the provision of normal health care…
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Nov
25
2020
By The African Mirror
As winter approaches, Egypt braces for second coronavirus wave

As winter approaches, Egypt braces for second coronavirus wave

COVID-19
IN Egypt's bustling capital people pack shops, cafes and public transport, many of them disregarding the rules that they should wear face masks in these spaces and keep one meter apart. Official warnings about a second wave of coronavirus infections are widely dismissed. Egypt's first wave of COVID-19 subsided in the summer and restrictions on movement were gradually relaxed. Up to now, the population of more than 100 million appears to have been spared the surge in infections seen in European countries. However, officially confirmed infections, which give a partial picture due to limited PCR testing and the exclusion of…
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Nov
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Is belief in God a delusion?

Is belief in God a delusion?

RELIGION
AS the pandemic raged in April, churchgoers in Ohio defied warnings not to congregate. Some argued that their religion conferred them immunity from COVID-19. In one memorable CNN clip, a woman insisted she would not catch the virus because she was “covered in Jesus’ blood”. RYAN MCKAY, Professor of Psychology, Royal Holloway ROBERT ROSS, Research Fellow in Philosophy, Macquarie University Some weeks later, the cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker commented on the dangers of evangelical religious belief in the coronavirus era. Writing on Facebook, he said: “Belief in an afterlife is a malignant delusion since it devalues actual lives and discourages…
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Nov
23
2020
By The African Mirror
W.H.O envoy fears third wave, calls Europe response to COVID-19 ‘incomplete’

W.H.O envoy fears third wave, calls Europe response to COVID-19 ‘incomplete’

COVID-19
A World Health Organization (WHO) special COVID-19 envoy predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021 if governments repeat what he said was a failure to do what was needed to prevent the second wave of infections. "They missed building up the necessary infrastructure during the summer months after they brought the first wave under the control," the WHO's David Nabarro said in an interview with Swiss newspapers. "Now we have the second wave. If they don't build the necessary infrastructure, we'll have a third wave early next year," said Nabarro, a Briton who campaigned unsuccessfully…
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