NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT TO START DOMESTIC VACCINE PRODUCTION TO TACKLE COVID-19
The Nigerian government has announced a 10 billion naira (about $25.3 million) fund to support domestic vaccine production to tackle
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MUSEVENI DECLARED ELECTION WINNER IN UGANDA AS RIVAL BOBI WINE ALLEGES FRAUD
Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has won a sixth term in office, according to an official tally from Thursday’s election, as his
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COVID-19: SOUTH AFRICA BUYS 1.5 MILLION DOSES OF ASTRAZENECA VACCINE
SOUTH Africa says it will import 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to inoculate the country’s health workers. This
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SOUTH AFRICA: UK SCIENTISTS WORRIED VACCINES MAY NOT WORK ON SOUTH AFRICAN CORONAVIRUS VARIANT – ITV
Scientists are not fully confident that Covid-19 vaccines will work on a new variant of the coronavirus found in South
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DIASPORA: THOUSANDS TESTED IN THAILAND’S WORST COVID OUTBREAK
By: Linah Alsaafin Thailand has seen its worst outbreak of the coronavirus yet after hundreds of cases were traced to the
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NO ONE IS SECURE UNTIL ALL OF US ARE SECURE: UN EXPERTS DECRY COVID VACCINE HOARDING
UN human rights experts on Monday criticised countries that are trying to monopolise any future vaccine against Covid-19, saying the
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MOZAMBIQUE: EU TO PROVIDE GOVERNMENT WITH $116M IN CORONAVIRUS AID
The EU will provide Mozambique with €100m in coronavirus-related aid, EU ambassador Antonio Sanchez-Benedito Gaspar said on Monday. The EU
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LET’S END HIV BY 2030 – GHANA AIDS COMMISSION
By: Jerry Akornor/www.africanakua.com, Ghana Ghana AIDS Commission says it will scale up measures to strengthen health systems, finance HIV services
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GHANA: WITHDRAW PHYSICIANS FROM LAB NOW- GAMLS TO KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL BOARD
By: Jerry Akornor/www.africanakua.com, Ghana Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) has called on the Board and Management of the
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GHANA: PUT WATER SACHETS UNDER YOUR BRAZIER TO AVOID LITTERING – U/E REGIONAL MINISTER URGES
By: Jerry Akornor/www.africanakua.com, Ghana The Upper East Regional Minister, Paulina Patience Abayage, has admonished the people of Bolgatanga to always
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