Coronavirus

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 …

John Simbachawene, the Tanzanian ambassador to Kenya has warned Kenyan media against “misleading reporting” about how his country was dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. He also accused Kenyan media, which broadcast in the neighbouring country, of causing panic in Tanzania, saying they should be factual. The envoy’s comments come after …

Ghanean authoritiies received the first batch of Covid-19 vaccine doses distributed by the global vaccine sharing initiative, Covax. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef, a plane carrying 600,000 doses of the of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine landed in Accra, the capital on Wednesday. “These 600,000 Covax vaccines are …

The Rwandan President Paul Kagame has faulted the “hypocrisy and double standards” in the global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. President Kagame made the comments in a tweet after the World Health Organization (WHO) director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said deals between rich nations and vaccine manufacturers had made it hard to …

For few days, according to rumors, the inner circle of the Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni would have been immunized against the coronavirus pandemic. The Ugandan health minister Jane Aceng in a Tweet denied reports that top government officials have been vaccinated against Covid-19 before the country formally receives vaccines. Minister …

According to the Mozambican health ministry, heath workers will be the first people to be vaccinated against the coronvirus pandemic once national supplies arrive at the end of this week. Benigna Matsinhe, Mozambique’s Deputy National Director of Public Health, made the announcement at a press conference on Monday, but did …

In a statement, Macky Sall the Senegalese president said the country is offering Gambia and Guinea-Bissau 10,000 vaccines each “as a form of African solidarity” Senegal recently purchased its first 200,000 doses from Sinopharm and national rollout began on Tuesday. In Gambia, more than 4,500 people are known to have …

Authorities in Senegal announced fighting misinformation over covid-19 vaccines and launched a vaccinaton campaign this Tuesday. In order to serve as an example and reassure the public on the safety of the vaccines, Senegal’s Health Minister Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr was first in line to be vaccinated. The country in fact …