The boss of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has sent his congratulations to Samia Suluhu Hassan, the Tanzanian new president, saying he hopes they can work together to tackle coronavirus. “I look forward to working with you to keep people safe from Covid-19, end the pandemic and …
Read More »COVID-19: Brazil exceeds 90,000 reported cases in 24 hours
Brazil recorded this Wednesday 90,303 new cases of Covid-19 contamination in 24 hours, a record, as well as 2,648 new deaths, bringing the daily average over the last seven days to 2017, the highest since the start of the pandemic. With these two new records, this country of 212 million …
Read More »Tanzania mourns its President John magufuli
John Magufuli the Tanzanian president is no longer. The announcement has been done by the country’s Vice-president . In an address on state television on Wednesday, Samia Suluhu Hassan the Vice-president said he died from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. “It is with deep regret that …
Read More »Zimbabwe receives second batch of Sinopharm vaccine
Zimbabwe on Tuesday received a second batch of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines. It includes a Chinese donation of 200,000 doses and 144,000 doses bought by the government, and comes four weeks after the arrival of the first batch, BBC News reports. President Emmerson Mnangagwa was at the airport in the capital, …
Read More »AstraZeneca vaccine suspended in France for 24 hours
After Denmark, Norway, Bulgaria, Iceland, Thailand, Ireland and Netherland and Germany, France also suspends Astrazeneca vaccines, but for 24 hours. Emmanuel Macron the French president announced this Monday, March 15, 2021, the suspension of the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in France. This decision was taken as a precaution while …
Read More »Netherlands suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine
The Netherlands join the list of countries to suspend the use of Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccines due to concerns about possible side effects. The Dutch government said the move, which will last until at least 29 March, was a precaution, BBC News reports. The Republic of Ireland earlier made a similar decision …
Read More »Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga tested positive for coronavirus
Raila Odinga, the Kenyan opposition leader has been placed under quarantine after returning positive tests for coronavirus on Thursday evening. Mr Odinga was admitted to hospital on Tuesday in the capital, Nairobi, after developing fatigue, according to his family. “He’s responding well to the treatment he is receiving… and remains …
Read More »Tanzania minister dismisses ‘missing president’ fears
Tanzania’s justice minister has dismissed concerns about the whereabouts of President John Magufuli, who has not been seen in public for nearly two weeks. Mwigulu Nchemba said Mr Magufuli was not a TV presenter or leader of a jogging club so he didn’t need to post selfies of himself every …
Read More »The first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine is 50% effective
While vaccination against Covid-19 should begin on March 10 in Togo, a study already shows that the first dose of the vaccine “AstraZeneca” provides 30 to 50% protection against the virus. Very effective against severe forms of the Coronavirus, according to recently published studies, it is carried out in two …
Read More »Muhammadu Buhari urges Nigerians to be vaccinated
After being immunized against the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, Muhammadu Buhari the Nigerian president urged all “eligible Nigerian” to be vaccinated against the virus as soon as possible. At a media event in Abuja, Buhari himself was earlier vaccinated using the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of …
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