covid 19 vaccine
-
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s Government Approves J&J COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use
Zimbabwe’s government on Wednesday approved the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, after banning it earlier as the…
Read More » -
Tanzania
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan Kicks Off COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Wednesday launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the country, reported Africa News. The government…
Read More » -
Tanzania
Tanzanian Government To Begin COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign On Wednesday
Tanzanian Health Minister Dr. Dorothy Gwajima on Monday announced the government will begin the COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Wednesday, July…
Read More » -
Health
Pfizer, BioNTech To Produce COVID-19 Vaccine With South African Company
Pfizer and BioNTech on Wednesday announced they have collaborated with South African company Biovac for the production of COVID-19 vaccines…
Read More » -
South Sudan
South Sudanese Gov’t Shuts COVID-19 Vaccination Centers After Exhausting Vaccines
South Sudanese health authorities said they have closed down COVID-19 vaccination centers after it exhausted all the AstraZeneca vaccine doses…
Read More » -
Nigeria
Nigerian Government To Receive Millions Of Doses Of Covid-19 Vaccine From COVAX
The Nigerian government is expecting to receive about 3,930,910 doses of Pfizer-Bio-N Tech COVID-19 vaccine in donation from the United…
Read More » -
Health
WHO Chief Warns World Is In Very Dangerous Period Of COVID-19 Pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday warned that the world was in a very dangerous…
Read More » -
Health
WHO Warns Third Wave Of COVID-19 Cases Spreading Faster In Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned the third wave of Covid-19 cases is spreading faster in Africa as…
Read More » -
South Africa
WHO In Talks To Set Up Tech Transfer Hub To Make COVID-19 Vaccines In South Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced it is in talks with a South African consortium to set up…
Read More » -
Rwanda
Rwandan President Says Africa Building Partnerships To Make Covid-19 Vaccine
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday said African nations are trying to establish partnerships to enable the production of COVID-19…
Read More » -
Health
South African President Ramaphosa Urges G7 Countries To Fill In COVID-19 Funding Gap
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called out the Group of Seven countries (G7) to meet their commitments and help…
Read More » -
Health
Africa CDC Mulls Over Partnerships To Ramp Up COVID-19 Vaccination In Africa
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Tuesday said it is willing to have strategic partnerships…
Read More » -
Health
WHO Warns Eight African Countries Seeing Sharp Rise In COVID-19 Cases
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned eight African countries have witnessed a sharp rise in new coronavirus cases,…
Read More » -
Health
France President Emmanuel Macron Vows To Help Africa Make More COVID-19 Vaccines
President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Friday said his government will invest in increasing the production of COVID-19 vaccines in…
Read More » -
Health
WHO Says Africa Needs 20 Million Second AstraZeneca Vaccine Doses In Six Weeks
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said African countries need at least 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19…
Read More » -
Health
WHO Head Says Just Over 25 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered In Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday said Africa has administered just over 25 million doses…
Read More » -
Ghana
Ghana Health Service To Issue COVID-19 Vaccination Cards With Holograms
Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Tuesday said the government will issue enhanced COVID-19 vaccination cards to people who get their…
Read More » -
South Africa
South African Health Minister Announces Phase Two Of COVID-19 Vaccination Drive
The South African National Health Council, led by the Minister of Health Dr. Zweli Mkhize, has announced the launch of…
Read More » -
Nigeria
Nigerian Government Decides To Delay Local Production Of COVID-19 Vaccine
The Nigerian government on Tuesday said it has decided to delay the production of the COVID-19 vaccine in the country…
Read More » -
South Africa
South African President Warns Of Vaccine Apparthied As Rich Nations Hog Vaccine
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said if richer nations continue to hog on coronavirus vaccine doses while hundreds…
Read More » -
Madagascar
Madagascar Begins COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign As Infection Numbers Surge
Madagascar government on Monday started its Covid-19 vaccination campaign with Health Minister Jean Louis Hanitrala Rakotovao among the first to…
Read More » -
Egypt
Egyptian Company To Start Manufacturing China’s Sinovac Covid-19 Vaccine In June
Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed on Sunday said the country will start local production of 60 million doses of the…
Read More » -
Health
WHO Warns Delay In Supply Of COVID-19 Vaccine To Africa Could Ignite Fresh Waves
A World Health Organization (WHO) official on Thursday warned the delay in supply of COVID-19 vaccine doses to African countries…
Read More » -
Mauritania
Mauritania Receives First COVID-19 Vaccine Shipment Via France Donation
Mauritania received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines donated by Europe and delivered through the COVAX initiative on Monday at…
Read More » -
South Africa
South African Health Authorities To Continue With J&J Vaccine As Cabinet Lifts Suspension
South African health authorities have decided to resume the COVID-19 vaccination drive with Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine doses after a…
Read More »