Coronavirus
COVID-19 Kills Fewer African Women Than Men – WHO Study
File photo: Customers stand in a queue outside Makro in Pretoria East on March 24, 2020. – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on March 23, 2020 announced a 21-day national
Rwanda First African Nation To Get Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine
Dutch Ambassador to Rwanda Matthijs Clemens Wolters (C) and the UN Representative to Rwanda Fodey Ndiaye (R) wave to the KLM pilots on the arrival of the first batch of
UK government unveils new £300m virus-aid scheme for English sport
The British government announced Wednesday a new £300 million ($419 million, 347 million euros) recovery package for sport in England as part of a plan to assist the wider economy
Ghana, Ivory Coast Administer World’s First Free Covax Jabs
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo receiving a shot of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in a live broadcast. PHOTO: @NAkufoAddo/Twitter Ghana and its West African neighbour Ivory Coast on Monday became the world’s first
South Africa Drops Coronavirus Alert Level After Dip in New Infections
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday announced that the nation will move from coronavirus alert level three to level one in light of the dip in daily new infections. The announcement
German experts say coronavirus will spread to December levels again
Experts in Germany believe coronavirus infections in the country will soon reach the same high levels as before Christmas, as the more contagious variants of the virus continue to spread.
Moderna Set to Test Coronavirus Booster Shot For South African Strain
Drugmaker, Moderna says it has shipped doses of its variant-specific booster shot to the National Institutes of Health for clinical trials, a development that is part of Moderna’s efforts to
Single-Shot Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Safe, US Regulators Say
A review by US regulators of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine has found it is safe and effective. It paves the way for it to become the third
First Vaccines Delivered Under Global Covax Scheme
Airport workers unload a shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from the Covax global Covid-19 vaccination programme, at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, on February 24, 2021. PHOTO: NIPAH DENNIS /
Ghana Receives World’s First Doses Of Free Covax Vaccines
Airport workers transport on dollies a shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from the Covax global Covid-19 vaccination programme, at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on February 24, 2021. PHOTO: NIPAH
