Health

Mozambique on Monday recorded its first day of zero Covid-19 infections since the outbreak of the disease in the country in March 2020. The country also recorded zero Covid deaths and zero hospitalisation in 24 hours throughout the country. “Some 18 people remain hospitalized across the country,” the health ministry …

The American vaccine manufacturer Moderna announced on Monday the construction of its first African vaccine factory in Kenya, after signing a preliminary agreement with this country which provides for the production of 500 million doses per year. The company plans to invest $500 million in this factory, which will produce …

Kenyan health authorities on Sunday declared a yellow fever outbreak after the death of three people and the detection of 15 other suspected cases in the northern county of Isiolo. The health ministry said it had dispatched a rapid response team to the area and others in a bid to …

Nearly 2.9 million children in Malawi will be vaccinated against polio, after a three-year-old girl fell ill in the capital, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF in Malawi announced on Thursday. Malawi declared a polio outbreak two weeks ago after tests confirmed the infection and showed the strain was linked …

French Prime Minister, Jean Castex announced the end of the obligation to wear a mask, with the exception of transport, and the “suspension” of the vaccination pass from March 14. “The situation is improving thanks to our collective efforts, thanks to measures we have taken […], the conditions are met …

Nigerian singer Yemi Alade becomes the global ambassador for a pan-African campaign in partnership with the Africa Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Mastercard to encourage Africans to get vaccinated against Covid-19 pandemic. The campaign, titled It’s Up to Us, warns that Africans are being “left behind” when it comes …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to London shortly for the latest in a series of routine medical checkups, his spokesman, Femi Adesina said on Tuesday. Buhari, 79, has been dogged by questions over his health after he spent more than 100 days in London in 2017 receiving treatment for …

Uganda plans to impose fines on people who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who fail to pay could be sent to prison under a new public health law which lawmakers are scrutinising, parliament said on Tuesday. Only 16 million Ugandans have received their doses out of a …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that six African countries will be given the revolutionary mRNA technology to set up their own vaccine production centres. The WHO said this was intended to help the continent gain self-reliance in the face of the Covid pandemic. Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South …

The Tanzanian president has announced that the country plans to produce its own vaccine against coronavirus and other diseases in the country. During a visit to European Union Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said the country was also aiming to export vaccines to countries …