covid 19

Covid-19: Vaccine Delivery, Rollout Gather Pace in Africa

Covid-19: Vaccine Delivery, Rollout Gather Pace in Africa

The first Covid-19 vaccination campaign in Africa kicked off in Ivory Coast on Monday with the administration of doses from… Read More

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Russian Vaccine 3 Times More Expensive in Africa

Africa will be paying more for Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine than it is for Oxford/AstraZeneca, Novavax, and other ‘western’… Read More

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Nigeria to Get 4M Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine Next Week

Nigeria will get 4 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine next week in the first tranche of Covax facility consignment to… Read More

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Ghana Receives First Shipment of Covid-19 Vaccine through Covax

Ghana this week became the first African country to receive a shipment of coronavirus vaccines through the World Health Organisation’s… Read More

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Revamping Nigeria’s Education System During and Beyond Covid-19

Before the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic stalled learning for students in Nigeria, the nation’s education system was facing an epidemic of… Read More

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Standard Bank Gets Global Award for SME Support Amid Covid

Standard Bank has been recognised among the top banks globally in its efforts to provide relief to local small and… Read More

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Covid-19: UK Reaches Vaccination Target, Administers First Doses to 15M People

The United Kingdom said Sunday that it had reached its goal of giving at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot to… Read More

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Africa’s Recovery From Covid-19 Will be Slow

Whereas rich countries aim to vaccinate most people by the middle of this year, John Nkengasong, the head of Africa… Read More

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Arthritis Drug Can Prevent Covid-19 Deaths – Study

A drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, tocilizumab, could reduce the number of deaths from the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) disease… Read More

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Covid-19: South Africa Mulls Swapping AstraZeneca Vaccine

The move by South Africa to trade the AstraZeneca jab comes as the government tries to tame the fast-spreading variant.… Read More

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Covid-19: Pfizer to Cut Vaccine Production Time By 50%

American drugmaker Pfizer has said it plans to reduce the amount of time it takes to produce a batch of… Read More

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Covid Crisis is Fuelling Food Price Rises for World’s Poorest

The world’s food systems endured numerous shocks in 2020, from economic impacts on producers and consumers to desert locust swarms… Read More

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