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]]>There is no longer a ban on large indoor gatherings such as religious services or a requirement to present a negative COVID-19 test for arriving air passengers.
Although restrictions have been lifted, Kenyans have been encouraged to adhere to Covid 19 safety measures like sanitizing and social distancing.
Face masks are no longer mandatory in public and all quarantine measures for confirmed COVID-19 cases have been halted with immediate effect. For the past month, the East African country’s COVID-19 test positivity rate has remained below 1%.
Nearly 29% of Kenyan adults are fully vaccinated, more than most countries in sub-Saharan Africa and this could have been a key motivator to removing the restrictions.
With a population of 54 million, Kenya recorded less than 35 daily COVID infections over the past week, according to government statistics. About 323,000 infections, and 5,600 deaths, have been recorded throughout the pandemic since 2020.
Kenya joins other countries like South Africa, Namibia, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Norway, Israel and El Salvador. South Africa led the pack earlier this year being the first South African country to remove their Covid 19 restrictions.
Zimbabwe is currently under a level two lockdown and has been so for months now since the Omicron variant entered the country. There has been a recent spike of new infections ranging from 200 to 700 since children returned to school. However, there haven’t been many deaths. The ministry of health claims that a total of 4 401 450 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 to date.
So why is Zimbabwe still under lockdown given the numbers? Although there is a lockdown, people pretty much do whatever they want whenever they want. There is no social distancing in public places especially in queues and in public transport.
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]]>At a ZEC training workshop in Chinhoyi, ZEC chairperson, Mr Emmanuel Magade, announced that the commission is committed to holding by-elections. This news was accepted with wide grins across Zimbabweans faces as they had lost hope over the occurrence of by-elections. The elections had been cancelled as a result of the Covid situation.
The board stated that there were 117 pending by elections. Everything is in place for the elections to be held however there is only one draw back. The ministry of Health and Child Care is yet to give ZEC the go ahead to hold these elections.
In sight of this, Magade stated:
“As soon as it becomes practically possible, and as soon as it becomes safe, we will hold the by-elections. We have nothing to hide as ZEC”
Following the conference where Magade announced that ZEC was ready to hold by-elections, ZEC shared the following on their twitter page:
ZEC Deputy Chair Commissioner E Magade addressing journalists in Chinhoyi says the Commission has since resumed some electoral activities such as voter registration, transfers and pre-delimitation fieldwork following its Covid 19 policy. pic.twitter.com/8O2nU8oSKb
— ZEC (@ZECzim) June 8, 2021
The Commission reiterated that the delays in holding these elections were not deliberate. As a result of Covid 19 regulations they were forced to push back the elections.
In preparation for the 2023 elections, ZEC has begun engaging stakeholders to inform them about the commission’s programmes and activities.
Further details on the by elections will be made available after the Ministry of Health has issued a go ahead to ZEC.
In regards to upcoming elections, Zanu PF pointed out that Chamisa’s party is running out of oxygen.
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]]>The mother of these nonuplets, Halima Cisse gave birth to them in Morocco. The Mali’s government acted immediately and flew to her to provide the needed specialist assistance. Of the nine babies five were girls and four boys. The father of the babies shared his joy in the following sentiments:
“I’m very happy. My wife and the babies are doing well”
The Guinness World Record for the most babies delivered at single birth who survived is currently held by a woman who gave birth to 8 babies.
Check out the images of the nonuplets below:
Mali’s health ministry revealed that an ultrasound previously carried out on the nonuplets’ mother had suggested that she was carrying seven babies. Needless to say that the additional two came as a surprise to both the parents and the ministry.
The ministry further congratulated the doctors of Mali and Morocco for their professionalism in handling this rare pregnancy case.
Long story short, that’s one very strong woman!
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