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The government of Ghana has announced that all visitors must be fully vaccinated against covid-19 from midnight Sunday before being allowed to enter the country. In a statement, the government said Ghanaians who intend to return to the country within the next fortnight are exempt, but will be vaccinated upon …

The Nigerian government has announced that a million of doses of coronavirus vaccines in the country expired last month and said they had been withdrawn before then and will be destroyed. The government said in the statement that it “now politely declines all vaccine donations with short shelf life or …

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the country is preparing for more hospital admissions, as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in the country. President Ramaphosa says the number of daily infections has increased five- fold over the last week and has urged South Africans to get …

A next pandemic is likely to be “worse”, warns on Monday the British scientist Sarah Gilbert, co-creator of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, calling for investment in research to be better prepared for this eventuality. “This won’t be the last time a virus threatens our lives and livelihoods. The truth …

Nigeria is now added to the British travel red list as the new coronavirus variant Omicron is wreaking havoc in the west african country. Britain has imposed strict testing and quarantine restrictions on people wishing to enter the country. Southern African countries have already been added to the travel red …

The health authorities of Zimbabwe confirmed the presence of the Omicron coronavirus variant and the country is experiencing a high increase in COVID cases. “We are now in a particularly dangerous period once again, where the fourth wave is slowly visiting us with the identification of the B.1.1.529 or the …

South Africa has seen a sharp rise in coronavirus infections across the country since Monday, as the Omicron variant is wreaking havoc, health officials said. Some 8,500 Covid infections have been registered in the last 24 hours. South Africa was the first country to detect the new variant, Omicron which …

The Nigerian government has announced that all civilian workers should receive their doses of covid vaccine as several cases of the Omicron variant have been detected. In absence of proof of vaccination, officials are invited to submit the results of PCR tests dating from 72 hours before being allowed access …

Some travellers from South Africa who arrived in Nigeria last week have been tested positive to the Omicron variant, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced. In a press release, the body warns that it is a matter of “when, not if” more cases are identified. The NCDC …

The South African Head of State, Cyril Ramaphosa has said he was disappointed by African leaders who have followed western countries in suspending flights to and from southern African states after the discovery of a new coronavirus variant. He said it was unfortunate, and that he would have preferred if …