New York City Hall officially announced on Tuesday the restriction of access to restaurants, gyms and shows to people vaccinated against Covid-19. The announcement comes directly from New York City Hall through a statement issued on Tuesday. It will be necessary, gradually from August 16 according to AFP, to be …
Read More »COVID-19: Nigeria records outbreak of covid-19 contamination
Nigeria has recorded 505 new cases of Covid-19 infections and three deaths. This comes as the government places at least six states on the red list over a possible surge and fears of a third wave. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says fresh infections were reported in 14 …
Read More »Ivory Coast: Alassane Ouattara self-isolates after contact with a person positive for covid
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara is in self-isolation after being in contact with someone who had tested positive for Covid-19, the presidency has said. The name of the person was not revealed. President Ouattara has encouraged the Ivorian population to get vaccinated while respecting the protection measures in place in …
Read More »Tanzania launches nationwide vaccination campaign
Tanzania officially launches its immunization programm. The country has opened 550 vaccination centres in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The country, which is facing a third wave of the pandemic, has received a million doses of the single-jab Johnson & Johnson vaccine from the US under …
Read More »Towards a 3rd dose of vaccine in Israel, Germany and elsewhere
Germany announced on Monday that it will offer, as of September 1, the administration of a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine to elderly and vulnerable populations, as well as to people who have not received a vaccine to messenger RNA. The country is following in the footsteps of Israel, which …
Read More »COVID-19: Tunisia now records more than 20,000 deaths
The coronavirus pandemic continues to claim victims in Tunisia. Authorities say they have exceeded 20,000 deaths this weekend. But indicators give hope for an improvement in the situation. With more than 100 deaths recorded every day, Tunisia has one of the highest death rates in Africa. However, this Monday, August …
Read More »COVID-19: Chinese city of Wuhan affected by Delta variant
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 …
Read More »COVID-19: cases surge, second wave of virus in Indonesia peaked
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 …
Read More »Covid-19: French people demonstrate against the health pass
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 …
Read More »COVID-19: Burundi accepts vaccines but does not recommend them
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 …
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