Global Coronavirus Updates, August 14: Caracas Governor dies of COVID; Mexico to help with vaccine production

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Global Coronavirus Updates, August 14: Caracas Governor dies of COVID;
Mexico to help with vaccine production


 


Coronavirus Global Updates: The global number of novel coronavirus cases
stood at 20,778,947 on Friday, with the death toll rising to 753,283,
according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The United States reported
the highest number of cases, with more than 5 million infections
(5,248,678). The US is followed by Brazil (3,164,785 cases) and India
(2,396,637).

The US has also reported the highest number of deaths (167,097) due to the
infection. It is followed by Brazil (104,201) and Mexico (55,293). Globally,
nearly 13 million people (12,935,209) have recovered from COVID-19, the most
from Brazil (2,520,182).

Here are the latest developments around the world:


 


Governor of Venezuela's capital district dies of COVID-19


Dario Vivas, the Governor of Venezuela's Caracas capital district and strong
ally of President Nicolas Maduro, died on Thursday of COVID-19 at the age of
70. Vivas, a senior member of the ruling socialist party, had posted on
Twitter on July 19 that he had tested positive for the disease and was going
into self-isolation.

"He died in combat . taking care of his health and all of us in this
difficult battle against the Covid-19
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ronavirus-covid19-what-is-a-pandemic-6309727/> pandemic," Vice-President
Delcy Rodriguez said. Vivas is the first top-level Venezuelan government
official to die of the virus, though several have tested positive.

 


Mexico to help produce a Covid-19 vaccine


Mexico, which hosts over half a million coronavirus cases and 55,000 deaths,
will help produce a vaccine that could be distributed in the region next
year, authorities said Thursday. The government said the real number of
infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases. In
partnership with the Mexican and Argentine governments, pharmaceutical
company AstraZeneca Plc said it plans to initially produce 150 million doses
of a coronavirus vaccine in early 2021 and eventually make at least 400
million for distribution throughout the region.

 

 
Ruth Irumva, right, is tested for COVID-19 at a testing center in the
capital Kigali, Rwanda, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. (AP Photo)

 


Germany's confirmed cases rise by 1,449


The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 1,449 to
221,413, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases
showed on Friday. The reported death toll rose by 14 to 9,225.

 


New Zealand reports 12 new confirmed cases


New Zealand Friday reported 12 new cases of coronavirus, as the country
awaited an announcement from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on whether a
lockdown in its biggest city, Auckland, will be eased or extended. Auckland,
home to 1.7 million people, was put under lockdown on Wednesday, hours after
four new cases were discovered.

Thirty-eight people linked to the virus cluster have already been moved into
quarantine facilities, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said in
a media briefing in Wellington. The country reported 13 confirmed cases of
COVID-19 a day earlier.

 

 
People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus walk across a
pedestrian bridge during a rainstorm in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.
(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

 


North Korea lifts lockdown in border town


North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lifted a three-week lockdown in the city of
Kaesong and nearby areas, after a man who defected to the South returned to
the border town last month showing coronavirus symptoms, state media said on
Friday. Kim made the decision at a politburo meeting convened to discuss the
government's efforts to prevent a coronavirus outbreak, as well as the
response to heavy rain and flooding, state news agency KCNA reported.

North Korea has said it has no confirmed cases of the coronavirus, but Kim
said last month that the virus "could be said to have entered" the country
and imposed the lockdown after the man was reported to have symptoms. Later,
test results of the man were "inconclusive", according to the World Health
Organisation.

 

 
People order food on the opening day of the first Beijing outlet of the U.S.
fast food chain Shake Shack after an outbreak of the coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) in Beijing, China August 12, 2020. (REUTERS/Thomas Peter)

 


Peru surpasses 500,000 cases


Peru surpassed half a million coronavirus cases and has the highest death
toll in Latin America. There have been 507,996 confirmed cases and 25,648
related deaths, vice health minister Luis Suarez said at a news conference.
The Andean country has the highest coronavirus death rate in Latin America
at 78.6 per 100,000 people, a Reuters tally showed, surpassing hard-hit
regional neighbors Chile and Brazil.

President Martin Vizcarra, speaking at a public event Thursday to pay
tribute to 120 doctors who have died from COVID-19, blamed the recent spike
in infections on an uptick in social and sporting events and a lax attitude
by the public.

 


UK imposes 14-day quarantine on arrivals from France




 
Customers at a cafe enjoy lunch in the sunshine in Christchurch, New
Zealand, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

 

The United Kingdom will impose a 14-day quarantine on all arrivals from
France on Saturday because COVID-19 infection rates there are too high,
transport minister Grant Shapps said on Thursday. The government, wary of a
second wave of the novel coronavirus, also added the Netherlands, Malta, and
three other countries to its quarantine list. Spain and Belgium have already
been added in recent weeks. The French Foreign Ministry gave no immediate
reaction.

 

 

 

 

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 21 million - latest updates

 

Global cases of the coronavirus crossed the grim milestone of 21-million
mark, according to a tracking portal.

 

United States is the worst affected country with over 5.4 million cases
followed by Brazil and India with over 3.2 million and 2.4 million reported
infections, respectively.

 

UK imposes 14-day quarantine on arrivals from France, Netherlands and others

 

Britain will impose a 14-day quarantine on all arrivals from France, the
Netherlands, Malta and three other countries, transport minister Grant
Shapps said, citing rising Covid-19 infection rates.

 

"Data shows we need to remove France, the Netherlands, Monaco, Malta, Turks
& Caicos & Aruba from our list of #coronavirus Travel Corridors to keep
infection rates DOWN," Shapps said on Twitter.

 

"If you arrive in the UK after 0400 Saturday from these destinations, you
will need to self-isolate for 14 days."

 

Turkey reports 1,243 new cases

 

Turkey confirmed 1,243 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the tally to
245,635.

 

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said 968 more patients recovered over
the past 24 hours, pushing the total number of recoveries to 228,057.

 

The death toll in the country reached 5,912 as 21 more people lost their
lives over the past day.

 

EU reserves 400 million vaccine doses

 

The European Union said it had reserved up to 400 million doses of a
potential new coronavirus vaccine being developed by US giant Johnson &
Johnson.

 

Preliminary talks concluded Friday for a first purchase of 200 million doses
followed by an equal number later, a statement said.

 

"The envisaged contract with Johnson & Johnson would provide for the
possibility for all EU Member States to purchase the vaccine, as well as to
donate to lower and middle-income countries," it said.

 

The bloc said it was in "intensive discussions" with other manufacturers for
potential vaccines.

 

US CDC reports 5,176,018 coronavirus cases

 

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 5,176,018
cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 56,307 cases from its previous
count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 1,497 to 165,148.

 

The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as
Covid-19, caused by a new coronavirus, as of 4 pm ET on Aug. 12 versus its
previous report a day earlier.

 

The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual
states.

 

Spain's daily infections spike to 2,935, not yet second wave

 

Spain reported 2,935 new virus infections, the highest number since the
country's lockdown ended and up from 1,690 recorded the previous day,
although officials argued the situation remained manageable.

 

The Madrid region, which failed to report its data the previous day due to
technical difficulties, led the tally with 842 new infections in the 24
hours to Thursday, followed by the Basque Country, with 545 cases.

 

"The number of known cases keeps rising in Spain, but it is a mild rise that
allows the implementation of control measures," health emergency coordinator
Fernando Simon told reporters, adding that the localised outbreaks did not
amount to a second wave of infections that many expect in the autumn.

 

France reports new post-lockdown peak in daily cases

 

The French health ministry reported 2,669 new virus infections over the past
24 hours, setting a new post-lockdown daily high for the second day in a row
and taking the country's cumulative total of cases to 209,365.

 

The seven-day moving average of new infections, which averages out weekly
data reporting irregularities, increased to 1,962, a total that has doubled
over the last two weeks and is at levels not seen since the end of April.

 

AstraZeneca could begin vaccine production in early 2021

 

The production of a Covid-19 vaccine under an agreement between the Mexican
and Argentine governments and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca could begin
in the first quarter of 2021.

 

Sylvia Varela, head of AstraZeneca Mexico, said at the Mexican president's
daily news conference that Phase III trials were expected to conclude by
November or December.

 

The company plans to initially produce 150 million doses for distribution in
Latin America, and eventually make at least 400 million doses for the
region, she added.

 

Indonesia capital extends social restriction measures

 

Indonesia's capital Jakarta extended its social restrictions to stem surging
coronavirus transmission as the country reported 2,098 new cases, its
governor said.

 

Indonesia has reported 132,816 virus infections and 5,968 deaths. Jakarta
logged 608 new cases, bringing the total to 27,761, the most in Indonesia's
34 provinces, according to central government data.

 

Governor Anies Baswedan extended restrictions which see restaurants, places
of worship and public transportation operate at limited capacity, to Aug.
27.

 

Israeli hospital trials super-quick saliva test

 

A newly has developed saliva test aims to determine in less than a second
whether or not you are infected with the novel coronavirus, Israel's largest
medical centre said.

 

Patients rinse their mouth with a saline wash and spit into a vial. This is
then examined by a small spectral device that, in simple terms, shines light
on the specimen and analyses the reaction to see if it is consistent with
Covid-19.

 

With machine learning it gets more accurate over time.

 

The centre said in an initial clinical trial involving hundreds of patients,
the new artificial intelligence-based device identified evidence of the
virus in the body at a 95 percent success rate.

 

UK will be "ruthless" over quarantine

 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his government was prepared to be
ruthless with even its closest partners over Covid-19 quarantine rules,
after he was asked whether France would be removed from the government's
safe-travel list.

 

Britain has in recent weeks imposed a 14-day quarantine period for arrivals
from countries like Spain and Belgium, responding to rising infections and
fears of a second wave of the virus, having initially declared them safe for
travel.

 

"We've got to be absolutely ruthless about this, even with our closest and
dearest friends and partners around the world," Johnson told reporters on a
visit to Northern Ireland.

 

EU wraps up talks with Johnson & Johnson to buy potential vaccine

 

The European Commission said it had concluded preliminary talks with US
pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson for an advance purchase deal of a
potential Covid-19 vaccine the company is developing.

 

The EU executive arm said this could pave the way for the signing of a
contract that would allow EU countries to buy the vaccines or donate to
developing countries.

 

Polish resort offers guests free tests as cases spike

 

A Polish holiday resort is offering free virus tests to guests as cases
spike nationally.

 

In the past week, daily case numbers have exceeded 800 on three occasions,
breaking records for Poland.

 

Zawiaty, a resort in the northern region of Kaszuby, decided to hire Geneme,
a private genetic testing company, to help it administer the tests every
Saturday.

 

As guests drive up, they are given a test kit by staff. They then administer
the test swab themselves under the supervision of a hotel worker trained by
Geneme. Results are processed within an hour with on-site lab equipment.

 

Guests are retested throughout their stay.

 

Italy orders virus tests on Croatia, Greece, Malta, Spain arrivals

 

Italy has imposed mandatory coronavirus testing for all travellers arriving
from Croatia, Greece, Malta and Spain, and banned all visitors  from
Colombia, in a bid to rein in new infections.

 

"We must continue to be cautious in order to protect the results obtained
thanks to sacrifices made by all in recent months," Health Minister Roberto
Speranza said after issuing the new rules, which will last until September
7, late Wednesday.

 

Health authorities worry in particular that Italians returning from
vacations abroad may be bringing home the virus and passing it on when
people are crowding outdoors, on beaches, at festivals or parties during the
summer. 

 

Travellers arriving at an airport, port or border crossing can choose from a
number of options, including rapid tests on the spot, or the presentation of
a certificate obtained within the last 72 hours which shows they are
Covid-19 free.

 

Greece reports first case in island camp

 

Greece reported its first virus infection in one of its overcrowded asylum
seeker camps.

 

A 35-year-old man from Yemen living at the camp of Vial on the island of
Chios tested positive, a migration ministry official told AFP.

 

"The man has been quarantined at the local hospital. Another 30 people are
undergoing tests," the official said.

 

There are over 3,800 people living inside the Vial camp, over three times
its nominal capacity.

 

Several non-fatal coronavirus cases have surfaced in Greek camps on the
mainland, including 150 infections at a migrant hotel in the Peloponnese in
April.

 

Two Spanish regions impose smoking ban to curb spread

 

Spain's Canary Islands said it would ban smoking outdoors when social
distancing cannot be guaranteed to curb the virus, a day after Galicia took
a similar measure.

 

The smoking ban will come into effect on Friday along with mandatory wearing
of face masks in all public spaces, Canaries regional leader Angel Victor
Torres said. 

 

The Canary Islands, a tourism hotspot off northwest Africa, had been the
only Spanish region where it was not obligatory to use face masks.

 

Officials in regions including Madrid and Andalusia said they were
considering similar smoking restrictions.

 

Vietnam reports 25 infections, 3 deaths

 

Vietnam's health ministry reported 25 more virus infections and three
additional deaths, bringing the total number of cases in the Southeast Asian
country to 905, with 20 fatalities.

 

More than 430 of the total cases are linked to the central city of Danang,
where the new outbreak began late last month.

 

The ministry said 133,340 people are being quarantined in the country,
including 5,361 at hospitals, 25,043 at centralised quarantine centres and
the rest at home. 

 

Iran's death toll passes 19,000 as new cases spike

 

Iran has recorded 174 deaths and 2,625 new cases to take its death toll to
more than 19,000 and total cases to 336,324, the health ministry said.

 

"In the past 24 hours, 2,625 new cases have been recorded," ministry
spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state TV.

 

Iran is one of the worst-hit countries from the outbreak in the Middle East.

 

Hong Kong reports 69 new cases 

 

Hong Kong reported 69 new cases, of which 65 were locally transmitted, as
authorities cautioned the global financial hub still faced a critical period
to control the virus, which has seen a resurgence since early July.

 

Since late January, more than 4,200 people have been infected in Hong Kong,
65 of whom have died. Thursday's figure was up slightly from Wednesday's 62
cases.

 

Philippines reports 4,002 more infections, 23 deaths

 

The Philippines' health ministry reported 4,002 more novel coronavirus
infections and 23 additional deaths in the country.

 

The ministry said total number of confirmed cases in the Philippines had
risen to 147,526, the highest in Southeast Asia, while confirmed deaths had
reached 2,426.

 

The Philippines plans to launch clinical trials for a Russian coronavirus
vaccine in October after Russia became the first country to grant regulatory
approval for a Covid-19 vaccine, drawing safety concerns over the frantic
pace of its development. 

 

Indonesia reports 2,098 new infections, 65 deaths

 

Indonesia reported 2,098 new infections, taking the total number of cases in
the Southeast Asian country to 132,816, data from the country's health
ministry showed.

 

The data also showed 65 additional deaths, taking the total to 5,968.

 

Russia's cases surpass 907,000

 

Russia reported 5,057 new cases, bringing its nationwide tally to 907,758,
the fourth largest caseload in the world.

 

Russia's coronavirus task force said 124 people had died over the last 24
hours, pushing its official death toll to 15,384. 

 

UN says 43 percent of schools lack water, soap

 

The United Nations estimates that 43 percent of schools around the world
don't have access to water and soap for basic hand-washing.

 

The new report comes as countries wrestle with when and how to safely open
schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

The report by the World Health Organization and UNICEF says more than
one-third of the 818 million children around the globe who lacked basic
hand-washing facilities at their schools last year are in sub-Saharan
Africa.

 

The report says authorities must balance health concerns with economic and
social ones in deciding on opening schools, and it notes the negative
effects that long closures have on children.

 

The report also says one in three schools around the world have limited or
no drinking water service.

 

Africa CDC begins study into virus antibodies

 

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a continent-wide
study has begun into antibodies to the coronavirus after evidence indicated
that more people have been infected than official numbers show.

 

Director John Nkengasong told reporters the study will include all African
countries, but the ones showing interest to start in the coming weeks are
Liberia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Nigeria and Morocco.

 

That's after surveys in Mozambique found antibodies in 5 percent of
households in the city of Nampula and 2.5 percent in the city of Pemba. And
yet Mozambique has just 2,481 confirmed cases.

 

Nkengasong says "what is important is far fewer people are coming down with
the disease. How many people are infected and asymptomatic on our continent?
We don't know that."

 

Africa's young population, with a median age of 19, has been called a
possible factor.

 

Greece investigates cases at retirement home

 

A Greek prosecutor has ordered an investigation into a string of infections
at a retirement home in northern Greece, where 33 of the 150 residents and
three staff members have tested positive for Covid-19.

 

Authorities say 20 people from the home at Asvestochori, a village outside
the northern city of Thessaloniki, were taken to a hospital on Wednesday
with mild symptoms. The disease is believed to have been spread by a staff
member who caught it from a relative who had visited a popular holiday
resort.

 

The investigation was ordered Thursday.

 

Greece has seen a major rise in Covid-19 infections, which reached 262 on
Wednesday, the highest since the virus outbreak.

 

The country of 11 million has registered about 6,200 confirmed cases, and
216 deaths.

 

Bhutan imposes first nationwide virus lockdown

 

The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has imposed its first nationwide lockdown
due to a virus infection in a returning traveller who had been released from
quarantine.

 

The government issued a stay-at-home order for its approximately 750,000
people, and all schools, offices and commercial establishments were closed.

 

The government's statement said the lockdown would be enforced from five to
21 days "to identify and isolate all positive cases, immediately breaking
the chain of transmission".

 

The 27-year-old Bhutanese woman returning from Kuwait tested negative in
mandatory quarantine for arriving travellers.

 

But between her discharge from quarantine and her positive test result
Monday, she is believed to have travelled extensively in Bhutan.

 

The tourism-dependent country closed its borders to foreign travellers in
March after an American tourist was hospitalised with Covid-19. Bhutan's 113
reported infections were all quarantined travellers, except for one with
conflicting test results.

 

North Korea ramps up virus measures

 

Temperature checks, hand sanitisers and face masks are being enforced across
Pyongyang's public transport system as North Korea intensifies its fight
against the coronavirus pandemic.

 

North Korea, whose crumbling health system would struggle to cope with a
major outbreak, has long insisted it has not had cases of the disease.

 

But it raised its state of emergency to the maximum level in July, saying it
had discovered what it called the country's first suspected virus case, a
former defector returning from the South.

 

Pyongyang had yet to confirm whether he tested positive, but such a source
might be more diplomatically convenient for the North than if the virus
arrived from China, its key ally, where it first emerged.

 

Pictures Wednesday showed passengers, all with face coverings,  lining up
for hand sanitiser before boarding buses in Pyongyang.

 

At the capital's railway station, visitors in face masks had their
temperature checked before being allowed to enter the building.

 

India's sets another one-day record for new cases

 

India reported another record daily rise in infections, as the country's
death toll from Covid-19 surpassed 47,000.

 

Infections grew by 66,999 to reach a total of nearly 2.4 million to date,
India's health ministry said.

 

The country, with the world's third-biggest caseload behind the US and
Brazil, has now reported a jump of 50,000 cases or more each day for 15
straight days.

 

Ukraine sees record daily high in new cases

 

Ukraine records a record daily jump of 1,592 cases, the national council of
security and defence said.

 

The number of infections has increased sharply in Ukraine in the past two
months as authorities have eased some restrictions, allowing cafes, churches
and public transport to reopen.

 

Germany's confirmed cases rise by 1,445 to 219,964

 

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 1,445 to
219,964, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed.

 

The reported death toll rose by 4 to 9,211, the tally showed.  

 

Virus cases slow in China

 

New locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus reported in China have
fallen into the single digits, but Hong Kong is seeing another rise in
hospitalizations and deaths.

 

China's National Health Commission said Thursday that eight new cases were
registered in the last 24 hours in the northwestern region of Xinjiang,
whose main city of Urumqi has enacted lockdown measures and travel
restrictions to control China's latest outbreak. An additional 11 cases were
brought by Chinese returning from overseas.

 

Brazil records 1,175 deaths

 

Brazil registered 55,155 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 1,175
deaths, the health ministry said.

 

Brazil now has 3,164,785 confirmed cases and 104,201 deaths.

 

New Zealand PM expects virus cluster to grow further

 

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said she expected the
coronavirus cluster in the country to grow further before slowing down, as
the Pacific nation reported an additional 13 new cases from domestic
transmission.

 

"As we all learnt from our first experience with Covid, once you identify a
cluster, it grows before it slows. We should expect that to be the case
here," Ardern told a media briefing in Wellington on Thursday.

 

The discovery of four infected family members in Auckland two days ago
shocked a country that had not recorded a case for more than three months.

 

Mainland China reports 19 new cases

 

China has reported 19 new coronavirus cases on the mainland on August 12,
down from 25 on the previous day, the country's health authority has said.

 

The National Health Commission said on Thursday in its daily bulletin that
11 of the new cases were imported versus 16 a day earlier.

 

It also said 20 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases had been found on
Wednesday, the same as the day before.

 

China's total number of cases now stands at 84,756. The official death toll
is unchanged at 4,634

 

Mexico's cases near 500,000

 

Mexico's health ministry has reported 5,858 new confirmed cases of
coronavirus infection and 737 additional fatalities, bringing the total in
the country to 498,380 cases and 54,666 deaths.

 

Australia's Victoria reports 278 new cases

 

Australia's second-most populous state of Victoria has said eight people had
died from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours a day after recording the
deadliest day of the pandemic with 21 casualties.

 

The state reported 278 new daily infections on Thursday, compared with 410
on Wednesday.

 

A cluster of infections in Melbourne, the Victorian capital and Australia's
second-largest city, forced authorities last week to impose a night curfew,
tighten restrictions on people's daily movements and order large parts of
state economy to close.

 

Trump releases recommendations for reopening US schools

 

US President Donald Trump has released eight recommendations for reopening
US schools amid the coronavirus pandemic, including that masks be used when
social distancing is not possible.

 

Trump said at a White House press briefing that the federal government would
provide 125 million reusable masks to school districts around the country. 

 

Walt Disney World actors to return to work 

 

Actors who had objected to Walt Disney Co's proposed coronavirus safeguards
at the Walt Disney World theme park have reached an agreement to return to
work after the company offered Covid-19 tests, according to a union
statement. 

 

Actors' Equity Association said Disney had committed to providing Covid-19
tests at the Florida theme park for its members, who cannot wear protective
masks while performing. 

 

 

Zimbabwe COVID19 Update

 

Covid-19: Foot operated hand washing innovation keeps rural community safe


Rural communities have taken heed of Government's call to observe the World
Health Organisation (WHO) Covid-19 guidelines and have come up with
different innovations to ensure they are safe from the novel virus.

 

Most rural communities now practice regular handwashing with most installing
foot operated water points at the entrance of their homesteads.

 

A visit to some rural communities in Gutaurare area in Mutare recently
revealed that households and business premises at the growth points had
invested in handwashing facilities.

 

Gwaku Villager, Mrs Netsai Ndikudzei Muuduri said the practice was meant to
protect families from contracting or spreading the Covid-19.

 

"We use soap and clean water to wash our hands. The water and soap solution
is placed in a five litre container. We have designed this in a way that
instead of using hands we use our feet to operate the system.

 

"The water container is usually placed at an ideal place like at the gate or
the front yard to make sure that every visitor can easily utilize it. Here
in the rural areas we cannot afford to buy sanitizers so it is cheaper for
us to mix soap and water and do our hand washing routine. We know it's very
difficult not to greet people using hands here. Hence, if water is readily
available like this, we wash our hands soon after to prevent the spread of
corona virus," added Muuduri.

 

She said they do not have access to the newspaper for Covid-19 information
because of the costs.

 

 

"We access most news about Covid-19, through the radio and on our phones,"
she said.

 

Another woman from the same area, Mrs Agnes Muradzikwa said the idea of
having this hand washing model was brought by the community health workers.

 

"The community health workers here have made it mandatory for each and every
household to install these hand washing devices noticing that many people
were no longer washing their hands. This was a leading cause of typhoid,
cholera and the recent Covid-19 infections. We are happy with it. It's very
easy to install and is user-friendly," she said.

 

She added that they wash their hands after visiting the toilets, community
meetings or even when they are coming from the nearby shopping centres to do
their groceries.

 

"The hands are the major transmitters of Covid-19. When shopping people tend
to touch different items.  We are no longer going to funerals in huge
numbers to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

 

"Village heads are always advising people on the dangers of huge
gatherings," she added.

 

 

Frequent and proper hand hygiene is one of the most important measures that
can be used to prevent the Covid-19 virus.

 

As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads across the globe, millions of people are
heeding the advice of health experts to wash their hands. But for three
billion people around the world who do not have access to clean water and
soap, this small action to prevent infection remains out of reach.

 

The World Bank is working closely with countries and partners to ensure
communities have access to fixed and portable hand washing facilities, soap
or alcohol-based hand rubs, and reliable water supplies.

 

As of August 13, Zimbabwe had lost 122 people due to Covid-19. There were 4
893 positive cases, 173 936 screened and 1 620 recoveries.

 

 

 

 

 

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