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Ministries Team Up Against New Covid-19 Infections
December 9, 2020
The Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs, as chairperson of the Covid-19 Ad-Hoc Inter-Ministerial Task Force, presented an update report on the country’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak, which was adopted by Cabinet.
Cabinet was advised that the country now has 10 547 confirmed Covid-19 cases compared to the 9 714 reported last week. A total of 8 698 people had recovered from the disease. The national recovery rate stands at 82 percent while 9 018 of the Covid-19 positive cases are attributable to local transmissions. It is regrettable that some 281 lives were lost to the pandemic. Of concern, however, is the increase in the number of new cases detected, from 594 recorded in week 47 to 833 in week 48. ....

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