Coronavirus

Ivory Coast has become the second country after Ghana to receive coronavirus jabs as part of the global vaccine-sharing programme Covax. Half a million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were delivered from a plant in India. Ivorian Health Minister Eugene Aka Aouélé welcomed their arrival, saying the fight against the …

According to Kenyan health authorities, the country will receive its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines next week. Frontline health workers, security officers, teachers and vulnerable groups will be vaccinated first. The government has not detailed which particular vaccine it is acquiring. The health ministry had early this month said it …

Macky Sall, president of Senegal has taken his Covid-19 jab live on television. The West African state has inoculated more than 4,000 people since it launched its vaccination campaign two days ago, following the arrival of 200,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine. Macky Sall last week, said the government bought …

As reported by the state news agency , Algeria has received 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine donated by China. Read also: Eight found dead in Liberia flat after party The North African state launched its vaccination campaign in January, with 50,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V, and has since …

Ghana will begin its vaccination programm on March 2 with the 600,000 COVAX vaccines delivered to the country on Wednesday, February 24. The Ghanean minister of information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah issued a press statement yesterday, telling exactly how this would be done and those who would be taking the jabs …

European Union leaders will meet on Thursday to try to speed up the production and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in a race against the emergence of new variants that some fear could bring a third wave of the pandemic across the continent. They will also consider how to strike the …

Zimbabwe is set to receive a further 800,000 doses of the Covid-19 jab from China, indicating the « excellent relationship » between the two nations and the Asian giant’s willingness to give the southern African state « preferential treatment » amidst a global « stampede » for vaccines. The announcement was done by the Zimbabwean presidential …

Mozambican authorities received the first batch of 200,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses from the Chinese government. The vaccines by Sinopharm were received on Wednesday by Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario at the Maputo International Airport. The prime minister said the government was working on getting more Covid-19 vaccines. The vaccination …

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has broken his silence about allegations that some judges were bribed to seal the CR17 documents related to his 2017 ANC presidential campaign made by his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, last week. Jacob Zuma made an array of allegations against the Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, …

The American company that produces the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine says it’s ready to test a booster shot to target a variant of the virus first discovered in South Africa . The company says it’s ready to do human trials with several different strategies to see what gives more protection an …