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The wearing of masks in public in Namibia and negative PCR tests for vaccinated visitors are no longer required, President Hage Geingob said on Tuesday, as active COVID-19 cases fall to just a couple of hundred. Infections peaked at more than 30,000 per month in June 2021 but the southern …

Kenyan authorities have announced the lifting of coronavirus restrictions and are now allowing people not to wear face masks in open places. The health ministry said mandatory quarantine and isolation of confirmed cases are also removed. The government however encouraged people attending events indoors to wear face masks and while …

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer is set to supply Africa’s top health body with its coronavirus pill. The drug, Paxlovid, is intended for use soon after symptoms develop in people at high risk of severe disease. Africa CDC director John Nkengasong, said paperwork for the deal between the Africa Centres for Disease …

At least 60 people have tested positive for coronavirus among Nigerians evacuated from Ukraine, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has said. More than 700 Nigerians have returned home from Ukraine as the government hopes to evacuate approximately 5,000 citizens. “60 people among them have tested positive for the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Thousands of Moroccans took to the cities streets on Sunday, to demonstrate against rising prices and to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the launch of a major reform movement. Thousands of people demonstrated in the Moroccan cities of Rabat and Tangier, to protest against rising prices and to call for …

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 …