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British Covid-19 variant detected in Wallis and Futuna
The authorities in Wallis and Futuna say the British variant of Covid-19 has been detected in the territory.
Since the first community case was diagnosed 10 days ago, the number of cases has risen to 186.
10 people are in hospital, one of whom is in intensive care.
The French prefect says 18000 doses of the Moderna vaccine will be made available to fight the pandemic.
PNG govt reports new Covid-19 deaths
Five new Covid-19 related deaths have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea.
This brings the country s Covid death toll to 26.
CAP calls for federal prison changes, one year after inmate death
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Govt approves anti-parasitic COVID-19 drug
BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA/RICHARD MUPONDE
GOVERNMENT has approved mass importation of the veterinary anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, as it battles the second wave of COVID-19 infections which have rattled President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration after killing five government ministers.
Robert Mudyiradima, the acting Health secretary wrote to the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) acting director-general Robert Rukwata directing that the drug be approved for use in the treatment of COVID-19 and that it could not “deny them (COVID-19 sufferers) effective treatment
regimes”.
“It is in this regard that authority is granted for you to proceed under section 75 of the Medicines and Allied Substances Control Act to allow importation and use of these medicines under the supervision and guidance you outlined,” Mudyiradima wrote on January 26.
A healthy Chiwenga resurfaces
BY BLESSED MHLANGA/HARRIET CHIKANDWA
A HEALTHY-LOOKING Acting President Constantino Chiwenga resurfaced in public to bury three heroes at the national shrine, following a week of speculation about his health and whereabouts.
Reports suggested that Chiwenga, who is also Health minister, had fallen ill while the government said President Emmerson Mnangagwa had ordered him to take some rest, two days after taking over as Acting President because he was looking worse for wear.
In his remarks while burying Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo, Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza and former Prisons and Corrections Services Commissioner-General Paradzai Zimondi all victims of COVID-19 Chiwenga addressed the damage the pandemic was wreaking on Zimbabwe.
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C) – Corrections Services officially welcomed 17 new Probation and Parole Officers to the Department after they took the oath of office Friday morning during a swearing in ceremony at the Department of Public Safety & Corrections Headquarters in Baton Rouge.
Department of Public Safety and Corrections Secretary Jimmy Le Blanc provided the graduates with a virtual address, and Probation and Parole Director Bobby “Jamie” Lee Jr. addressed the graduates before administering the oath of office. P.O.S.T. Academy Director Joshua Smith also spoke during the ceremony.
“Congratulations to the newest members of our Probation and Parole team,” said Secretary Le Blanc. “These new officers will play a critical role in Louisiana’s criminal justice system, supervising offenders and helping them successfully reintegrate into society.”
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