COVID-19 vaccines touchdown in Sudan and Rwanda
In a boost for equitable distribution in Africa, 800,000 doses of the AstraZeneca shots touched down in Khartoum, making Sudan the first country in the Middle East and North Africa[Read More…]
COVID-19 Updates
UK defends Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine as South Africa suspends launch
South Africa on Sunday suspended Covid-19 vaccinations after a study showed the AstraZeneca/Oxford University inoculation failed to prevent mild and moderate cases of the virus variant that have appeared in[Read More…]
Be Firm Vaccines Are Inappropriate – Tanzanian President To Citizens
Tanzanian leader John Magufuli has seemingly denied his countrymen the right to be vaccinated as he constantly said there is no corona in the East African nation, ABC News reports.[Read More…]
Rwanda ranked 6th globally in Covid-19 management
Australian think tank Lowy Institute has placed Rwanda in sixth place in managing the Covid-19 pandemic and for making its information about the pandemic publicly accessible. The institute ranked 98[Read More…]
Southern Africa: SADC Loses Ten Cabinet Ministers to Covid-19 in Two Weeks
Dar es Salaam — When news came out in June last year that Burundi’s Ex-President Peirre Nkurunziza had succumbed to Covid-19, it was seen as mere hearsay. But six months[Read More…]
Biovac to distribute vaccines to S.Africa healthcare workers
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa has a three-month plan to import, store and distribute coronavirus vaccines for frontline healthcare workers through a contract with pharmaceutical company Biovac Institute, a letter[Read More…]
In 1st known primate case, gorillas test positive for virus at San Diego Zoo
8 gorillas believed to have virus and several have been coughing; appears infection came from member of zoo’s team SAN DIEGO (AP) — Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo[Read More…]
South Africans protesting against masks, vaccines head to court
Pretoria – Demonstrators, including supporters of Liberty Fighters Network (LFN), church members and individuals who are opposed to the wearing of masks, as well as those opposed to vaccines, are[Read More…]
Burundi closes borders again as COVID-19 cases on the rise
Burundi will close its land and water borders starting Monday and all passengers passing through the Bujumbura airport will be escorted by police, the government said Friday as COVID-19 cases[Read More…]
Israel, Health Ministry official: Vaccine may not work on South African COVID strain
Health Ministry department of public services director Sharon Alroy-Preis warns Knesset of dangers of South African COVID mutation. Health Ministry department of public services director Sharon Alroy-Preis warned that a new, more[Read More…]
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