UPDATE ON COVID-19: SOUTH AFRICA SUSPENDS OXFORD/ASTRAZENECA COVID VACCINE ROLL-OUT
South Africa has suspended the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in its immunisation programme until a committee of scientists
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HEALTH
CONGO-KINSHASA: RETURN OF EBOLA IN NORTH KIVU IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Sunday announced that a new case of
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GHANA: UPDATE ON COVID-19 : 17 MILLION CITIZENS TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 BY JUNE – PRESIDENT AKUFO ADDO
Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the country is on course to get at least 17.6 million citizens
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GHANA: COVID-19 – LET’S PARTNER TO PROMOTE INDIGENOUS MEDICINES – DAASEBRE PROF. EMERITUS OTI BOATENG TELLS INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER TO GHANA
By Jerry John Akornor/www.africanakua.com, Ghana Omanhene of New Juaben Traditional Area and Former Government’s statistitian, Daasebre Professor Emeritus Oti Boateng,
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UPDATE ON CORONAVIRUS: NEW COVID-19 VARIANTS INCREASING THE RATE OF INFECTION IN AFRICA SO FAST
COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging in Africa as new, more contagious variants of the virus spread to additional countries.
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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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