Coronavirus

Authorities in Nigeria have received from the US government, a donation of four million doses of Covid-19 vaccine. The US embassy in Nigeria says the donated vaccines are part of the “US pledge to initially provide at least 25 million of the 80 million doses globally to Africa”. Nigeria receives …

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Monday ruled out the use of a health pass to access public places despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The requirement for such a certificate has provoked protests in European countries since its inception. “In the case of Mexico, we are not going to ask …

Hundreds of thousands of residents were confined on Monday in China in the midst of an epidemic rebound, which has seen the Delta strain spread to the four corners of the country and reach the city of Wuhan, the first affected by the Covid-19 epidemic. China has virtually eradicated the …

Indonesia’s devastating second coronavirus wave, which saw the Southeast Asian country become the epicentre of Asia’s COVID-19 outbreak, has peaked, its health minister said Monday. Driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant, Indonesia has over the past month been faced with an exponential surge in coronavirus cases that has overwhelmed …

Joe Biden, the US President called on states as well as local governments to offer, out of the funds they have received, $ 100 to all people who get vaccinated in order to encourage the vaccination program. The president also issued a strict new vaccine requirement for US federal workers, …

French people will be in the streets in France, this Saturday, to demonstrate against the health pass project approved by parliament. Nearly 140,000 people are expected for the event. The anti-health passes are booming, and give even more voice since the government took its measures to contain the spread of …

The Delta variant of the covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc in the world. The latest covid-19 variant is now spreading to several provinces in China, including Beijing, authorities said on Thursday. The Delta strain is said to be more contagious. China, where Covid-19 was first detected at the end …

Authorities in Burundi have agreed to receive Covid-19 vaccines, but say they won’t urge people to get vaccinated. The announcement has been done by Dr Thaddée Ndikumana, the health minister. The minister said the vaccines were proposed by the World Bank and they decide “to welcome them” but “the government …

According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), the number of Nigerians experiencing hunger has doubled because of the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. In its report Between Hunger and the Virus, the Organization suggested that government cash transfers to vulnerable strata had failed to mitigate the effects of the pandemic …

A day after the announcement of the resumption of vaccination, Spanish health authorities said the death of a Spanish woman who had had blood clots was not linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine she had received some time before. “There is no cause / effect relationship between the administration of the …