Eswatini
Eswatini king touts Taiwan drug as virus cure
King Mswati III thanked the Taiwanese president for sending the medication and said the government would "immediately" procure it for the rest of the country.
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SA Weather Service says storm Eloise a cyclone
The Beira coastline in Mozambique is bracing for the arrival of Cyclone Eloise.
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Still no arrests after Mpumalanga govt official killed
The provincial community safety department's spokesperson Joseph Mabuza was killed when a van crashed into his bike on the N4 in December 2018.
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Ramaphosa sends condolences on passing of Eswatini PM Ambrose Dlamini
Dlamini died on Sunday at a Johannesburg hospital four weeks after he tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Eswatini PM Ambrose Dlamini dies after contracting COVID-19
His deputy Themba Masuku said the PM passed away on Sunday afternoon.
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Eswatini PM moved to South Africa for COVID-19 treatment
The country's 52-year-old premier, Ambrose Dlamini, announced on 16 November that he had tested positive but that he felt well and was asymptomatic.
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eSwatini govt says new cybercrime bill won’t limit press freedom
The Computer Crime and Cybercrime bill is expected to be tabled in Parliament soon.
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eSwatini PM: Bigger neighbours could've done more to help in COVID-19 fight
Ambrose Dlamini told foreign journalists that countries in the region should have cooperated more closely and leveraged their strength to help smaller countries buy personal protective equipment.
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eSwatini sticks to 2-month-old alcohol sales ban amid COVID-19
The government there said it's still deciding about whether it should be dropped.
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Eswatini unveils stimulus plan for virus-hit economy
The stimulus package will be earmarked for nearly 100 projects in tourism, agriculture, mining and manufacturing among other sectors.
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Eswatini records second COVID-19 death
The country's minister of health Lizzie Nkosi has also confirmed four new cases, bringing the country's total to 123.
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Eswatini records 20 new COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 91
The country has embarked on a mass drive to disinfect areas of high traffic, including the market, national court, bus depots, public toilets and police posts in Manzini as well.
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eSwatini students repatriated from USA, UK and Canada now under quarantine
The kingdom now has 40 confirmed coronavirus cases while 10 people have since recovered.
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eSwatini COVID-19 infections now at 24, with 1 death
The country's minister of health said investigations were being conducted to determine how a woman from Manzini contracted the virus even though she didn’t travel or come into contact with anyone known to be positive.
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eSwatini records 2 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country’s total to 19
Minister of Health Lizzie Nkosi said 20 of the contacts had been traced and tested, 11 were negative while nine were waiting for test results.
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eSwatini extends COVID-19 partial lockdown by 3 more weeks, cases reach 16
Health Minister Lizzie Nkosi said the latest case was a woman who had travelled to KwaZulu-Natal.
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eSwatini confirms 10th COVID-19 case
While the country’s ministry of health said that all its cases were mild, many of them had travelled to South Africa.
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ESwatini confirms 3 coronavirus cases, global number surpasses 300,000
Two patients recently returned to the small, land-locked country from Europe while the ministry is investigating how the third patient contracted the virus.
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eSwatini reports first confirmed case of coronavirus
A 33-year-old woman who returned from the United States at the end of last month, and then travelled to Lesotho before going back home to eSwatini, is in self-isolation.
