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“Some organisations indicated that they had spent about K95 on a single surgical mask while others bought them at K14. Why such a huge difference for the same product?”
It has been observed that mere face masks that cost K5 were being pegged at more than K35.
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I CAN’T GO ON BEGGING UGANDANS TO LIVE, SAYS MUSEVENI
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A M PA L A - President Yoweri Museveni has reiterated the need for Ugandans to police themselves in a bid to avoid the spread of c o ro n a virus.
President Museveni “We cannot go on begging people to live. That we call police to enforce (Covid-19 preventive measures)! Call police for what! All of us should enforce this on ourselves without having to bother the police,”
According to him, government will not continue begging Ugandans to live because he and his health experts have done enough to sensitise the public about the preventive measures against the spread of the virus that has so far infected 679 Ugandans. “We cannot go on begging people to live. That we call police to enforce (Covid-19 preventive measures)! Call police for what! All of us should enforce this on ourselves without having to bother the police,” he said. According to the president, truck drivers are being controlled at the entry border points. “However, within the population, there a r e those
infected. They are mainly from Elegu, Amuria and Rakai. This means that the locals are not following guidelines and the local leaders are not vigilant. “Let us be serious and defeat this small but dangerous enemy. Obulwade tebulina magulu ) the virus does not move on its own), but is transported (by people),” Museveni added on Thursday while addressing MPs during the budget reading. Museveni also noted that had it not been the emergencies government has faced in the last six months, especially because of Covid-19, the rate of economic growth would have been at least six percent per annum. The economy is estimated to grow by 3.1 percent this financial year ending June 30, 2020, slower than the average growth rate of 5.4 percent in the previous four years largely because of the impact of Covid-19 pandemic. - DAILY MONITOR.
Ethiopia moves children from streets to shelters to slow coronavirus ADDIS ABABA - When Olana Abdulsewud was woken by the police in Addis Ababa early one morning in March, the Ethiopian teenager was relieved.
Begging to survive on the streets had become increasingly tough for Olana, one of an estimated 10, 000 homeless children in Ethiopia’s capital, since the arrival of the new coronavirus. “As soon as the first case was registered, we were worried because people started to avoid us,” the
LONDON - The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could plunge an extra 395 million people into extreme poverty and swell the total number of those living on less than $1.90 a day worldwide to more than one billion, researchers said in a report yesterday.
The report - published by UNU-WIDER, part of the United Nations University - played through a number of scenarios, taking into account the World Bank’s various poverty lines - from extreme poverty, defined as living on $1.90 a day or less, to higher poverty lines of living on less than $5.50 a day. Under the worst scenario
17-year-old said. Authorities in Addis started rounding up street children in March to prevent them from contracting and spreading the virus - so far more than 4, 100 have been placed in shelters - and the drive is being ramped up as coronavirus cases rise nationwide. Ethiopia has recorded at least 2, 670 cases and 40 deaths, and its caseload has more than doubled since the start of June. “I was willing (to go to a shelter) because I want-
ed to save myself from the coronavirus,” Olana told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone from a shelter in the southern city of Hawassa. “I was really afraid.” Despite rapid growth in the past decade, inequality is stark in Ethiopia where a growing number of children have been driven from their homes - by poverty or neglect - and ended up begging or selling wares to survive life on the streets, charities said. – REUTERS.
Coronavirus crisis could see number of extreme poor rise to 1.1bn worldwide - researchers - a 20 percent contraction in per capita income or consumption - the number of those living in extreme poverty could rise to 1.12 billion. The same contraction applied to the $5.50 threshold among upper-middle income countries could see more than 3.7 billion people - or just over half the world’s population - live below this poverty line. “The outlook for the world’s poorest looks grim unless governments do
more and do it quickly and make up the daily loss of income the poor face,” said Andy Sumner, one of the report’s authors. “The result is progress on poverty reduction could be set back 20-30 years and making the UN goal of ending poverty look like a pipe dream.” The researchers from King’s College London and Australian National University also found that poverty would shift in its geographic
distribution. The region expected to see the biggest number of people at risk of plunging into extreme poverty was South Asia, mainly driven by populous India. This was followed by Sub-Saharan Africa where around a third of the rise would come from. On Monday, the World Bank said it expected 70-100 million people to be pushed into extreme poverty by the pandemic. – REUTERS.
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Covid-19 Pandemic Covid-19 stats - Africa 220,187
5,883
101,049
Confirmed cases
Deaths
Recovered
Country, Other Africa South Africa Egypt Nigeria Algeria Ghana Morocco Cameroon Sudan Senegal Djibouti Guinea DRC Ivory Coast Gabon Kenya Somalia Mayotte Ethiopia Mali Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea CAR Zambia Tunisia South Sudan Madagascar Niger Sierra Leone Burkina Faso Chad Mauritania Congo Uganda Tanzania Cabo Verde Sao Tome and Principe Réunion Togo Rwanda Malawi Mozambique Mauritius Liberia Eswatini Benin Zimbabwe Libya Comoros Angola Burundi Botswana Eritrea Gambia Namibia Seychelles Western Sahara Lesotho Total:
Total Cases 173,557 40,792 29,767 11,516 9,935 8,885 8,030 7,392 5,714 4,155 4,054 3,991 3,764 3,262 2,955 2,474 2,204 2,058 1,805 1,461 1,339 1,306 1,288 1,089 1,087 994 975 963 929 885 828 784 611 557 509 502 485
Total Deaths 4,801 848 1,126 323 690 38 208 205 333 45 26 23 81 35 21 79 79 25 19 85 8 12 4 7 49 10 7 65 47 53 66 39 20
479 465 410 393 352 337 334 300 261 237 209 132 86 63 40 39 26 25 11 9 4 173,557
1 13 2 4 2 10 30 3 3 4 5 2 4 1 1
21 5 12
1
1 4,801
IMF approves additional $111.06m to Rwanda to address Covid-19 pandemic NAIROBI - The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it had approved an additional $111.06 million disbursement to Rwanda to address the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the country’s economy. “Rwanda’s economic outlook has worsened since the approval of the first (Rapid Credit Facility) request on April 2, 2020, leading to a fur-
Total Recovered 77,162 21,311 7,756 3,535 6,453 3,189 7,215 4,575 1,825 2,276 1,685 2,512 512 1,584 818 643 418 1,523 262 806 53 200 23 912 969 6 201 860 580 760 633 65 179 82 183 239 68
Active Cases 91,594 18,633 20,885 7,658 2,792 5,658 607 2,612 3,556 1,834 2,343 1,456 3,171 1,643 2,116 1,752 1,707 510 1,524 570 1,278 1,094 1,261 170 69 978 767 38 302 72 129 680 412 475 305 258 405
Total Tests
411 239 280 51 114 322 176 201 151 31 52 55 18 33 23 39 20 16 11 6 2 77,162
67 213 128 338 236 5 128 96 107 202 152 75 64 29 16 0 5 9 0 2 2 91,594
17,200 21,812 72,510 5,049 12,096 129,768
820,675 135,000 71,336 223,065 269,649 401 49,180 33,492 14,407 29,228 15,689 90,875 7,600 131,368 3,483 1,500 8,268 15,881 28,236 54,150 3,356 12,907 6,099
7,654 99,092 1,307 175
6,551 35,794 50,920 8,193 10,000 284 24,006 1,873 4,005
1,515
ther downward revision in the 2020 GDP growth forecast from 5.1 to 2.0 percent due to deepening of the Covid-19 impact,” the IMF said in a statement. The funding brings total IMF Covid-19 support to Rwanda to $220.46 million, it said, and will help finance the country’s urgent balance of payments and budget needs. The implemented one of Africa’s strictest lockdowns to try to stem the spread of Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, including shuttering some businesses, closing borders and schools. – REUTERS.
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SUB-TOPIC: PHRASES LESSON #1: NOUN PHRASES AND VERB PHRASES TEACHER: Anthony Simukonde Definition Grammatical phrases are groups of two or more words that work together to perform a single grammatical function in a sentence. Unlike clauses, phrases do not contain both a subject and a predicate (although they sometimes function as one or the other). Phrases from the Parts of Speech Most of the parts of speech can be made into phrases by adding information that is directly associated with them. Eight common types of phrases are: noun, verb, gerund, infinitive, appositive, participial, prepositional and absolute. In this lesson, we will look at a breakdown of each type of phrase that is formed from a part of speech, including some examples of the various types of phrases and how each functions in a sentence. Noun Phrases A noun phrase consists of a noun plus any determiners or modifiers directly related to it. Noun phrases always have the grammatical function of nouns in a sentence. Noun phrase examples
How they appear in a sentence
a chair — determiner a + noun chair
I found a chair I would like to buy
her sweetly smiling child — determiner her + adverb sweetly + adjective (present participle) smiling + noun child
She gazed lovingly at her sweetly smiling child.
the blue car — determiner the + adjective red + noun car
The blue car belongs to me.
Verb Phrases A verb phrase can either be made up of an auxiliary verb and its main verb, or a verb plus any modifiers, objects, or complements. Verb phrases are used to form perfect or continuous verb tenses, to express modality, or as part (or all) of the predicate. How they appear in a sentence I am running late. (forms am running — auxiliary verb the present am + present continuous tense) participle running They have completed have completed — auxiliary work on the verb have + building. (forms the past participle completed present perfect tense) quickly ran to the bus — Alinani quickly ran to the adverb quickly + bus. (forms the verb ran + prepositional predicate) phrase to the bus plays the guitar — verb Simbule plays the guitar. plays + object (forms the predicate) the guitar Verb phrase examples
Identify the noun phrases in the following sentences. 1. Lukundo hopes to win the lottery. 2. He tried to solve the puzzle. 3. Did they enjoy the lesson? 4. The girl wants to go for a walk. 5. The boy refused being tested for Covid-19. Identify the verb phrases in the following sentences 1. The police have already been notified. 2. This time they should have been in Kitwe. 3. She has forgotten about their anniversary. 4. The doctor has given them a complete diagnosis. 5. The youths’ roles have not been clearly explained.