Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo has urged his people not to heed conspiracy theories casting doubt on vaccination programme as the country prepares to start its Covid vaccine rollout this week. Mr Akufo-Addo said some doubted the efficacy of jabs, and others believed that vaccines were created to wipe out the …
Read More »Okonjo-Iweala starts work as World Trade Organization ruler
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian-American, starts work as the new head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Monday. Former finance and foreign minister of Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the first woman and first African to run the WTO. According to the new leader, tackling the health and economic consequences of …
Read More »Restrictions eased in South Africa as covid cases decline
Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African president announced that restrictions established in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic will be lowered from level three to level one. He said that restrictions put in place over the holiday period had succeeded in reducing infections levels from 90,000 a week …
Read More »After Ghana, Ivory Coast receives doses of the covax jab
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 …
Read More »The first anti-covid vaccines will arrive in Kenya next week
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 …
Read More »President Macky Sall takes Covid jab live on TV
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 …
Read More »Algeria receives doses of Chinese Sinopharm vaccine
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 …
Read More »Vaccination campaign to start March 2 in Ghana
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 …
Read More »EU leaders meet to speed up vaccine rollout in race against variants
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 …
Read More »Zimbabwe set to receive doses of the covid-19 vaccine from China
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 …
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