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  IF THE DEAD COULD SEE by OSUKA If the dead could see!!? Sea of lies conveyed! Lying defencelessly, In their casket, Waiting... Waiting to be thrown deep, Deep in six-inch prison, Never to see again, As his blood is being bled, His Assets, taken, taken by his bloody brothers. All promises made, broken, Brotherhood, Forgotten, widow, Forsaken. Children, Forgotten. hungry and Angry, they are. Landless, in their own land Beggars, in their own home. Come... come and collect This bucket of tears, Tears of pain, and nothing more Pain ignored, and never more… IF only the dead could see... END May God give all the widows and orphans strength to endure difficulties they are facing and bless their future.

15 April 2020 As at today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is 2506. The total number of tests conducted to date is 90 515. The provincial breakdown is as follows: GAUTENG 930 WESTERN CAPE 657 KWAZULU – NATAL 519 EASTERN CAPE 199 FREE STATE 97 LIMPOPO 25 NORTH WEST 23 MPUMALANGA 22 NORTHERN CAPE 16 UNALLOCATED 18 It is with sadness that we report 7 new COVID-19 related deaths. Six of these deaths are from KwaZulu and one of them is from the Gauteng. We convey our condolences to the families and also appreciate the committed health workers who were treating these patients. PROVINCE SEX AGE D A T E O F DEATH COMMOBIDIRTIES KZN FEMALE 71 10/04/20 D I A B E T E S , HYPERTENSION, RENAL FAILURE KZN MALE 79 10/04/20 UNKNOWN KZN FEMALE 86 09/04/20 HYPERTENSION KZN MALE 91 12/04/20 DIABETES KZN FEMALE 73 13/04/20 D I A B E T E S , HYPERTENSION KZN FEMALE 79 13/04/20 UNKNOWN GAUTENG MALE 50 13/04/20 CHRONIC ASTHMA Meanwhile Kenya has recorded a total of 22...

The seemingly impossible ideas are born and  executed at a time of crisis.  Due shortage of coronavirus test kits. KEMRI is developing rapid point of need  test kits. Rapid test kits takes less time of around 15 minutes and it's easy to use thus will boast the testing numbers per day and enable mass testing   source   source   source . It will be ready in two weeks time. The breakthrough was praised by world health organisation. Ethiopia is using traditional medicine experts to develop covid 19 treatment.  source Ghana professor is also developing a low cost ventilators.  source  This efforts should be evidence that Africa can achieve much if we decide.

x picture courtesy  Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered    severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2  (SARS-CoV-2)  in the late 2019.  Sars-CoV-2 shares between 80% and 90% of its genetic material with the virus that caused Sars – hence its name.   The first outbreak happened in Wuhan City,China in form of increased Pneumonia cases. The alarm was first raised by the late n eurosurgeon DR. Liu Zhimin, he succumbed to the same pandemic on 18th  Feb 2020.  Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience  mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.  Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness.   it  was declared a  public health emergency of internatio...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most significant global public health problems in many developing countries due to overuse of antibiotics, widespread availability of counterfeit or substandard medicines and poor infection prevention and control measures. Anti microbial resistance (AMR) pathogens already claim 700,000 lives each year, worldwide and thousands of lives are being claimed in Kenya due lack of effective drugs. (Andrew Jacob et al 2019) .   Research shows that a continued rise in AMR could lead to 10 million deaths every year and a 3% reduction in gross domestic product by the year 2050 (Global health CDC-Kenya 2018). Researchers have discovered a high prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in the East Africa nation due to over-use of antimicrobial agents (Naval Research laboratory 2017). “Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within a wide range of infectious agents is a growing public health threat of broad concern to countries and mu...

K ENYA has confirmed the first death from Corona virus disease. as at 26th march . Total confirmed cases were 31 with 1 recovery.   Patient's details include... 1. Gender- male, 2. Age-66 years, 3. Previous medical condition- Diabetes. 4.Nationality- Kenyan 5. Traveled from SouthAfrica on 13th March 2020 Research shows that people aged above 60 years are the most vulnerable with this COVID 19 disease. Conditions such as heart diseases, respiratory conditions, diabetes, hypertension and cancer makes you more vulnerable. Stay safe. The message is clear , let's protect our parents and grand parents by avoiding contact with them. those running from towns to up-country. you are not doing them any good. remember you (Young aged) you can have it without knowing but transmit it to the old whose chances of survival are much lower than you. This disease knows no border. Stay where you are, 1. Wash your hands continuously with soap and clean water, 2. Avoid crowded places...

Coronavirus disease (COVID 19) is an infectious disease caused by corona virus classified as pandemic due to its wide spread around the world. As at 21 st March a total of 266,073 confirmed positive cases were reported by world health organization (WHO) with Europe having the majority of the cases which was reported to     be 128, 541.   Italy’s increasing mortalities due COVID 19 disease is surprising the world. Fatalities are increasing day after day. On 19th March 475 deaths were reported, 625 on 20th and 793 on 21st. Italy has ~ 9% mortality rate compared to global estimate of 3.4% by WHO and incidence rate of ~12.4%. Total confirmed cases are 53,378 as at 21st March 2020 with 4825 confirmed fatalities. The death has surpassed those in China. They are currently estimated to be 3255 cases. According to research done by Aljazeera among other researchers, COVID 19 deaths were found to be highly depended on demographic factors and immune system of individuals. ...