According to the South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize,the country will on Monday receive one million Covid-19 vaccine doses from India. The AstraZeneca doses would undergo technical processes on arrival, including quality assurance, he said. “These processes will take a minimum of 10 days and a maximum of 14 days …
Read More »Seychelles says you can visit, but only if vaccinated against Covid-19
Seychelles’ beaches may not be teeming with visitors now but the country’s hotel owners are getting ready. The Indian Ocean archipelago, whose economy is dependent on tourism, this month began welcoming people who have received the Covid-19 vaccine to visit. Hotel director Terry Sandapin does not expect business to go …
Read More »Cyril Ramaphosa disagrees with rich nations attitude in the supply of Covid-19 vaccines
The South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has condemned so-called vaccine nationalism by the world’s wealthiest countries. Addressing the World Economic Forum online, he said some governments had ordered far more coronavirus vaccines than they needed. Without naming any countries, he appealed to them to release surplus stocks so that others …
Read More »Mali chooses AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to immunize its population
AstraZeneca vaccine is the one choosen by the Malian government to fight against the covid-19 pandemic in the country. The government intends to immunize 4.2 million people by the start of April. Health minister Fanta Siby said on Friday that the vaccination would first target medical staff, the elderly and …
Read More »Doses of Oxford vaccine are expected in Kenya next month
According to the Reuters news agency, Kenya expects to receive 24 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Astrazeneca and Oxford University next month. Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe said the vaccines were ordered through an African Union (AU) initiative. The British Foreign minister, Dominic Raab, who is in the …
Read More »Sinovac: Brazil results show Chinese vaccine 50.4% effective
A coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac has been found to be 50.4% effective in Brazilian clinical trials, according to the latest results released by researchers. It shows the vaccine is significantly less effective than previous data suggested – barely over the 50% needed for regulatory approval. The Chinese vaccine …
Read More »Coronavirus: How India is readying for its massive vaccine drive
On January 16th, India will begin what will be one of the world’s biggest inoculation programmes, aimed at protecting its 1.3 billion people from Covid-19. The government plans to vaccinate 300 million people by early August. It will begin with an estimated 10 million health workers, followed by policemen, soldiers, …
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