Afrigen Biologics expects a decision in mid-July on partners to produce Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine using the mRNA platform, the …
Zimbabwe has postponed the reopening of schools and other learning institutions by two weeks following a surge in new Covid-19 …
The World Health Organization is in talks to create the first-ever technology transfer hub for Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa, …
Zimbabweans are finding it increasingly difficult to access Covid-19 vaccines as the country records a spike in new infections amid …
The head of the World Trade Organization says Africa is working with the European Union and other partners to create …
Tanzania has asked to join the COVAX global vaccine sharing facility and start its first coronavirus immunization campaign – more …
Africa is in the middle of a full-blown third Covid wave and there is need for more vaccination, the World …
Blood donation services in Kenya have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, as donors who have doses of the AstraZeneca …
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced new restrictions as South Africa faces a third wave of Covid-19. A nationwide curfew has …
The World Bank has approved $200 million for Ghana to help finance COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project. This is …
Rwanda’s national flag carrier has indefinitely suspended flights to and from Uganda, as the latter grapples with a spike in …
The World Health Organisation’s director for Africa issues warning about the lack of vaccine availability in Africa, 225 million coronavirus …
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has eased travel advisories against Kenya and South Africa as many …
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $430,000 grant to Guinea to fight the …
WHO today validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving countries, funders, procuring agencies and communities the assurance that …
Senegal has successfully joined the growing list of Africa countries to secure the patent right to manufacture the Covid’19 vaccines …
Already reeling from one of the highest death tolls in the pandemic, Brazil is bracing for the threat of a …
Once considered as the staunch anti-Covid country, Tanzania is gearing towards vaccination after a team of health experts handed in …
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has shut down schools and suspended public gatherings as the country faces a surge of infections …
Mozambique has received the third batch of Covid-19 vaccines, a donation from China. Some 60,000 doses have been donated for …
The struggle to acquire vaccines, as well as a dearth of health care resources, has left Africa poorly equipped to …
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced a $50 million commitment to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The pledge will …
The United Nations children agency, Unicef, is urging the world’s richest countries to donate a fifth of their Covid vaccines …
Hundreds of Zimbabweans protested about a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines as the country awaits more doses from China. The government …
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 4,854,455 as of Wednesday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control …
The number of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 reached 5,640,992 on Tuesday in Morocco, the Moroccan Ministry of Health said …
Zambia has approved five COVID-19 vaccines to be administered on citizens as a preventive measure against the pandemic, a government …
Egypt will lift restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus from Tuesday. Restaurants will be allowed to …
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob and first lady Monica Geingob are on course for a speedy recovery after both of them …
The World Health Assembly, the main governing body of the World Health Organization, has adopted a new resolution that aims …
Rwanda will on Saturday resume its Covid-19 nationwide vaccination campaign to fully immunise those who had previously received their first …
Africa needs at least 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine within six weeks if those who have had their …
Namibian President Hage Geingob and first lady Monica Geingob tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday evening. The president and first …
Around 300 inmates at Al Arjat 1 prison in Sale, a city about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Rabat, were …
South Africa has introduced drive-through vaccination centers in a bid to ramp up coronavirus inoculations. At one center in Kempton …
The Nigerian authorities have declared 90 travellers who recently arrived in Brazil, India and Turkey as “health hazards” after they …
Hospital patients in Africa who are critically ill with Covid-19 are far more likely to die than in other parts …
Faki Mahamat was speaking during an open debate on addressing the root causes of conflict while promoting post-pandemic recovery in …
Health authorities in Ghana have deployed drones to deliver boxes of Covid-19 vaccines in hard-to-reach areas in the country. The …
The UN Security Council is calling for more global assistance to expand Covid vaccine access for African countries. A text …
The Regional Centre of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management, located at the University of Rwanda in …
Kenya will exhaust its supply of Covid-19 vaccines as early as next week; the chairman of the country’s vaccination taskforce …
In western Kenya, the Covid-19 vaccination drive is picking up at a faster rate especially in the remote areas that …
Hope and excitement gripped the Munsieville care home in the South African mining city of Krugersdorp on Monday, when people …
Working long hours is killing hundreds of thousands of people a year in a worsening trend, according to the World …
A South African report into excess deaths over the past year suggests more than 133,000 people in the country have …
At the peak of Kenya’s third wave of Covid-19 in March, hospitals — buckling under the strain of the virus …
South Africa-born pharmaceutical entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong has said that his family’s foundation will spend $211m (£151m) to help develop vaccine …
