By Morgan Winsor and Erin Schumaker, ABC News
May 12, 2021 | 7:00 AM
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(NEW YORK) As India, the second-most populous country in the world, grapples with a devastating second wave of COVID-19 infections that has pushed its health system to the brink of collapse, officials in Africa, the world’s second-largest continent, are on high alert.
“What’s happening in India must not happen here,” Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa, said at a virtual press briefing last Thursday. “If we prepare now, we will not pay the price later.”
The more than 414,000 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 recorded in India last Thursday was the highest single-day count by any nation during the pandemic. But the alarming spike is a relatively new phenomenon there. Until late February, India was considered a success story, with experts surmising that declining infections might be due to the South Asian country’s warm climat
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Authorities are investigating a video obtained by ABC News that showed an ICU in India where 11 people died after a truck delivering oxygen was 10 minutes late. Guerchom Ndebo/Getty Images
As India, the second-most populous country in the world, grapples with a devastating second wave of COVID-19 infections that has pushed its health system to the brink of collapse, officials in Africa, the world s second-largest continent, are on high alert. What’s happening in India must not happen here, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization s regional director for Africa, said at a virtual press briefing last Thursday. If we prepare now, we will not pay the price later.
(NEW YORK) — As India, the second-most populous country in the world, grapples with a devastating second wave of COVID-19 infections that has pushed its health system to the brink of collapse, officials in Africa, the world’s second-largest continent, are on high alert. “What’s happening in India must not happen here,” Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the [.]
Mr. Tolbert Nyenswah, former director, NPHIL
An audit report by the General Auditing Commission (GAC) one of Liberia’s key integrity institutions, has named former Director-General of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) Mr. Tolbert Nyensawh for double-dipping as well as other financial and administrative malpractices.
According to the GAC report released recently, the former NPHIL boss received salaries from NPHIL and the Ministry of Health amounting to US$24,000.00 and L$624,000.00, a report Mr. Nyeswah has refuted, claiming that the allegations in the report are complete fallacies that lack facts.
GAC is the independent constitutional external auditor of Liberia, which supports Legislative oversight over the management of public resources. It also serves the people of Liberia by conducting quality and timely financial, compliance and performance audits.
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