As countries around the globe scrambled to contain a new Covid-19 variant called omicron, scientists have said they are unsurprised …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a new coronavirus variant to be “of concern” and named it Omicron. It …
The World Health Organization (WHO) is due to hold a special meeting on Friday to consider the significance of a …
The UK government has imposed temporary travel restrictions on six African countries following the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant …
The Kenyan government plans to introduce a directive next month to prevent citizens who haven’t been vaccinated against Covid from …
The first human clinical trials for a new vaccine against Ebola have started at the University of Oxford in the …
Distributing Covid-19 vaccine booster shots in some countries while inoculations across Africa lag is “immoral,” according to the director-general of …
The United States reopens its land and air borders Monday to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against COVID-19, ending 20 months …
Britain on Thursday became the first country in the world to approve a potentially game-changing COVID-19 antiviral pill jointly developed …
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that it has approved Indian drugmaker Bharat Biotech’s home-grown Covid-19 vaccine for …
As of October 31, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,491,839 while over 117,311,369 vaccinations have been …
The Ministry of Health thanked the US for the donation, saying it will ensure people who received their first dose …
Moderna says it will make up to 110 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine available to African countries. Tuesday’s announcement …
BioNTech, which with Pfizer created one of the world’s most widely used Covid-19 vaccines, says the plant will have an …
Uganda has kickstarted a trial for the injectable HIV drugs cabotegravir and rilpivirine. Researchers and those living with HIV say …
For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient’s …
South Africa’s health products regulator said it would not approve Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine due to concerns it could …
President Joe Biden told visiting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta that the United States will make a one-time donation of more …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched an expert group that will examine the origins of new pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, …
Nigeria will require civil servants to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test for the disease to …
South Africa and Kenya are two of the countries taken off the UK’s red list. This means that travellers from …
According to the statement, Nigerians that arrive in the country before the date are expected to follow the rules for …
The World Health Organisation has endorsed the RTS, S/AS01 (RTS, S) malaria vaccine for children in Africa. This was made …
Nigeria was missing from the list of 50 countries whose vaccination certificates are accepted. COVID-19 vaccine certificates obtained in Nigeria …
South Africa is among a number of African countries that have been red-listed by the United Kingdom, meaning travel from …
A worldwide COVID-19 study led by the United Kingdom experts, in conjunction with researchers from the University of Lagos and …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a new Covid-19 vaccination certificate, which he said would ease travel and access …
Algeria on Wednesday started producing the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese firm Sinovac, with production expected to be eight million …
Vitamin A nasal drops might be able to treat the loss or altered sense of smell in some people who …
Shycocan Corporation, in partnership with Nestar Corporate Services Limited, has officially launched the Shycocan Virus Attenuation Device in Nigeria. The …
The World Health Organisation is set to carry out a new investigation into the origins of the Covid outbreak and …
The Kenyan and British governments say they are working on a system to recognise Covid vaccine certificates issued in both …
The US government has donated 1.6 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Uganda. This is the largest single consignment …
Kenya will next year start manufacturing Covid-19 vaccines locally in collaboration with unnamed pharmaceutical firms in a move aimed at …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday his intention to introduce a “vaccine passport”, amid widespread mistrust of the …
The government in Zimbabwe is asking its employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19 or resign. It says the move is …
The African Union has announced that Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines assembled in South Africa will no longer be exported …
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has joined the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to caution …
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed off on a law allowing for vaccine and medication patents to be broken in a …
Johnson & Johnson’s highly anticipated HIV vaccine failed to demonstrate adequate protection in a clinical trial involving more than 2,600 …
South Africa’s scientists have detected a new variant of Covid-19 which they say has the potential to be a variant …
The German Government is giving Ghana some 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to aid in the national …
Researchers are monitoring a new coronavirus variant found in South Africa. The C.1.2, which has multiple mutations, has not yet …
This was disclosed in a statement from President Emmanuel Macron’s office. It said that enough jabs had now been purchased …
A third wave of COVID-19 infections in Africa has stabilised and the continent’s slow vaccination drive has picked up pace, …
The country has registered over 20.5 million cases since the pandemic began, but the Brazilian president asked his health ministry …
South Africa, which has struggled to obtain Covid vaccines that are too rare, too expensive before launching its immunization campaign …
The Covid-19 vaccination age in South Africa has now been revised to include 18-34 year-olds. Starting Friday, all adults will …
