Do not hoard COVID-19 vaccines, South African President urges wealthy nations
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Tuesday wealthy countries should not hold onto excess stockpiles of COVID-19 vaccines, and that ...
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Egyptian medics receive first doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
Egypt has started vaccinating medical staff with Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in the northeastern province of Ismailia. ...
Zambia allocated 8.7mn COVID-19 vaccines from African Union
Zambia has been allocated 8.7 million doses of the 270 million COVID-19 vaccines secured this month by the African Union ...
Nigeria’s government releases money for oxygen tanks amid COVID19 surge
Nigeria's president has approved the release of 6.45 billion naira ($16.94 million) to set up oxygen production plants in 38 ...
Nigeria to receive 100,000 doses of Pfizer’s Covid19 vaccines
Nigeria will receive 100,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine by early February to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, said an official ...
South Africa: Ramaphosa assures nation that funds are available for Covid-19 vaccine
President Cyril Ramaphosa has insisted that there will be funds available for the procurement of vaccines once they start arriving ...
Rwandese capital placed on lockdown amid Covid-19 surge
Rwandan authorities have re-imposed a lockdown in the capital Kigali after a recent spike in new COVID-19 cases and related ...
Nigeria requests 10million vaccines from African Union
Nigeria has written to the African Union requesting 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to supplement the COVAX program and has ...
Ghana’s COVID19 infection rates skyrocket
Ghana’s COVID-19 infection rates are skyrocketing and include new strains of the virus not before seen in the country, filling ...
Senegal to vaccinate against COVID19 in March
Senegal will start vaccinating vulnerable members of its population against coronavirus by the end of March, the health ministry said ...