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Malawi’s new female THE AFRICAN STORY cabinet ministers vow to push for jobs for women page 4 Botswana Resorts To Fuel ISSUE NUMBER 728 VOLUME 2 13 -19 JULY 2020 Rationing As chronic fuel shortages persist page 6 BOTSWANA TO CONCLUDE ON CAUSE OF ELEPHANT DEATHS 2 Echo Report Echo Newspaper 13 - 19 July 2020 THE AFRICAN STORY News, Finance, Travel and Sport Telephone: (267) 391 2305 E-mail: newsdesk@echo. co.bw Advertising Telephone: (267) 3922 655 E-mail: [email protected] Sales & Marketing Manager Ruele Ramoeng [email protected] Editor Bright Kholi [email protected] Head of Design Ame Kolobetso [email protected] Botswana To Conclude On Distribution & Circulation Mogapi Ketletseng [email protected] Cause Of Elephant Deaths Echo is published by YMH Publishing YMH Publishing, By Bokani King mortalities have been recorded government’s next course of frequent the area. The village Unit 3, Kgale Court, Plot 128, in that country. action in addressing the situation leadership and community GIFP, Gaborone Postal address: The government of Botswana The government received the of dying elephants. has been engaged to share the P O BOX 840, hopes to make a breakthrough first set of results on Thursday During a media tour to Seronga indigenous knowledge on the Gaborone, this week in the mystery last week from a laboratory in on Thursday last week, Acting species in the area. Botswana surrounding the deaths of Zimbabwe. Acting Permanent Director in the Department of Meanwhile the Department of Telephone: (267) 3922 655 hundreds of its elephant herd Secretary in the ministry of Wildlife and National Parks Dr Wildlife has begun an exercise to E-mail: [email protected] www.echo.co.bw in the Seronga area, up the Environment, Natural Resources Cyril Taolo said samples collected remove tasks from the carcasses Panhandle of the Okavango Conservation and Tourism, had been sent to South Africa and had by Friday removed 124 DISCLAIMER: Delta. Dr Oldman Oduetse Koboto and Canada for further analysis. tasks. This is done concurrently Echo Newspaper welcomes This follows the arrival of the said on Friday they will be Taolo told the media that the with the ongoing aerial survey, concise letters from readers. long-awaited scientific results expecting another set from private sector has played a vital which is aimed at determining Letters must carry the full name and address of on the possible causes of the another of results this week role in the process by absorbing whether more animals are still the sender. Letters must samples taken from carcasses to corroborate the ones they some of the costs of transporting succumbing. and identifying conform to the laws of that died of the mysterious received from Zimbabwe and the samples outside the country. fresh carcasses Botswana and to the Press disease and from live animals other stakeholders. The deaths were first on The mortalities are currently Council of Botswana’s Code that exhibited symptoms of an He indicated that they will reported on April 25th and have only confined to elephants, as no Of Ethics. Letters will also be edited for length, libel and unknown disease. As of Friday, then be in a position to announce been confined to the Panhandle in other species have been found language. last week, the officially tally the results after validation and the Okavango Sub district mainly dead. Communities in the area of dead elephants was pegged taking into consideration the around Seronga, Gunotsoga, have also been cautioned against at 281. analysis and investigations done Beetsha and Eretsha villages. getting in contact with carcasses. Although the affected area on the ground. Scientific test Since, the first carcasses were These elephant mortalities have shares the border with Namibia’s conducted initially in Botswana found, Seronga Village which attracted a huge international Caprivi Strip which is home have ruled out Anthrax as a has a small airstrip has become conservation attention, to the famous Bambwata cause. the most visited in the area as generating a lot of theories on National Reserve, authorities Dr Koboto has further said delegations from government, the possible cause the deaths. have revealed that no elephant the results will determine media and private researchers Apartments available For Sale / For Rent (Furnished and Unfurnished) We have the best furnished apartments Plot 4921, Unit 6, the city has got to offer. See Gaborone from the top of the The Village Health & Recreation tallest building in Botswana. Club, Village, Gaborone Sky Apartments is your home away from home. 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Initial analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immunization in the African Region suggests that millions of African children are likely to be negatively impacted, as routine immunization services and vaccination campaigns for polio, cholera, measles, yellow fever, meningitis and human papilloma virus have been disrupted. WHO calls for Equitable access to Despite these challenges, RITAG members also noted significant milestones and future COVID-19 vaccines in Africa markers of progress. For example, there have been The World Health Organization diagnostics, therapeutics and manufacturing, and regulatory, vaccine in countries where it is tremendous gains in the fight (WHO) in Africa joined vaccines. It brings together supply and distribution systems; needed to ensure that it will be against wild poliovirus, and immunization experts in urging leaders of government, global building workforce skills and effective. With more than 215 the African Region is expected the international community health organizations civil knowledge; enhancing outreach 000 cases, South Africa accounts to be officially certified free of and countries in Africa to take society groups, businesses services; and listening to for 43% of the continent’s wild poliovirus in August 2020. concrete actions to ensure and philanthropies to form a community concerns to counter total cases. Clinical trials The Democratic Republic of equitable access to COVID-19 plan for an equitable response misinformation. must be performed according the Congo also announced the vaccines, as researchers around to the COVID-19 pandemic. Globally, there are nearly 150 to international and national end of its 10th Ebola outbreak the world race to find effective WHO is collaborating with COVID-19 vaccine candidates scientific and ethical standards, in eastern DRC, which was the protection against the virus. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and and currently 19 are in clinical which include informed consent worst in its history. An effective “It is clear that as the the Coalition for Epidemic trials. South Africa is the first for any participant. vaccine was a key tool in the international community Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) country on the continent to “I encourage more countries response. comes together to develop to ensure a fair allocation of start a clinical trial with the in the region to join these trials Dr Moeti spoke about safe and effective vaccines and vaccines to all countries, aiming University of Witwatersrand in so that the contexts and immune COVID-19 vaccine development therapeutics for COVID-19, to deliver 2 billion doses globally Johannesburg testing a vaccine response of populations in Africa in Africa during a virtual press equity must be a central focus of for high-risk populations, developed by the Oxford Jenner are factored in to studies,” conference today organized by these efforts,” said Dr Matshidiso including 1 billion for low and Institute in the United Kingdom.

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