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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for a greater openness and reciprocity on vaccine exports, speaking in a newspaper interview about an ongoing row with Britain and the United States over vaccine deliveries, Reuters Agency reports. “I ask for greater openness as Europe is among the regions in …