Rwanda’s capital city will remain locked down for seven more days, the government said on Tuesday. Businesses will now reopen on February 8 under strict guidelines as the government moves to ease the current measures. A ban on public transport will also be lifted. Kigali was shut down two weeks …
Read More »20 percent of Africans can be vaccinated by end of year said WHO
On Thursday, the World Health Organization said at least 20 percent of the continent can expect to be immunized against coronavirus by the end of the year Only a handful of Africans have been vaccinated against COVID-19, which is a stark difference when compared to richer nations, as African countries …
Read More »Ellen Sirleaf does not agree with ‘wealthy countries’ in the supply of vaccine
The former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the co-chair of a panel reviewing the world’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, has expressed her disappointment at the way rich countries are monopolising supplies of Covid-19’s vaccines. She told an online briefing of the World Health Organization that vaccine rollout in poorer …
Read More »Tedros Adhanom warns of ‘moral failure’ in vaccine distribution
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the world is on the verge of what he called a catastrophic moral failure over the way Covid-19 vaccines are being shared out to global populations. Speaking at the WHO’s executive board meeting, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said many wealthy …
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