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South African laboratory Afrigen Biologics said on Thursday it had used the publicly available sequence of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine to create its own version of the vaccine. According to the Director of the society, Petro Terblanche, the vaccine could be tested in humans before the end of this …

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned on Tuesday that the covid-19 pandemic is far from over as the Omicron variant seems to be less dangerous for leaders. Dr Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus said the Covid-19 “is far from over,” and warned against the idea that the Omicron …

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, voiced concern on Tuesday that some states are introducing blanket measures aimed at the Omicron coronavirus variant that he said were “not evidence-based or effective on their own”. Dr Tedros said these were penalising southern African countries that reported …

The Gates Foundation will offer $4 million to address the looming shortage of syringes for Covid-19 vaccination in Africa. This comes amid warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) that the shortage of crucial commodities such as syringes was slowing the rollout of Covid-19 vaccination campaign in the continent. Kenyan …

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused the death of more than 5 million people worldwide since the WHO office in China reported the onset of the disease at the end of 2019. This assessment, which takes into account the deaths recorded by the national health authorities, only represents a part of …

The World Health Organization (WHO) says more than 100,000 health workers have died since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and that millions are still unvaccinated. WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called the situation an indictment of the countries and companies that controlled global supply, and said members of the …

The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is horrified by the findings of an inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse by staff working in the Democratic Republic of Congo during an Ebola outbreak, BBC News reports. The allegations came to light a year ago following an investigation by the New …

The tracing of people who came into contact with Ivory Coast’s first Ebola case in 25 years has been completed, says the World Health Organization (WHO). “The woman travelled across the country for five days on arrival from Guinea before she was confirmed to have contracted Ebola”, BBC quoted the …

China on Friday rejected the call of the World Health Organization (WHO) for a new investigation on its territory to seek the origins of Covid-19, urging a “scientific” and not “political” approach. Pressure has increased on Beijing in recent hours over the pandemic, which has already claimed more than 4 …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved two versions of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, clearing the way for the vaccines to be shipped to African countries through the Covax scheme. Covax is a global initiative in which countries pool their resources to support the development of vaccines …