3 yr. ago
Six African countries to receive mRNA vaccine technology in WHO project
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that six African countries - Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia - would be the first on the continent to receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines.
#vaccines #africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that six African countries - Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia - would be the first on the continent to receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines.
#vaccines #africa
3 yr. ago
EU, Gates Foundation to invest over R1bn to set up African drugs regulator
The European Union and the Gates Foundation will invest over 100 million euros (about R1.7 billion) over the next five years to help set up an African medicines regulator to boost the continent's drugs and vaccine production, the EU Commission said on Tuesday.
#eu #gatesfoundation
The European Union and the Gates Foundation will invest over 100 million euros (about R1.7 billion) over the next five years to help set up an African medicines regulator to boost the continent's drugs and vaccine production, the EU Commission said on Tuesday.
#eu #gatesfoundation
3 yr. ago
Botswana has stockpile of 3 million Covid-19 vaccines, starts offering booster jabs
Botswana has a stockpile of more than three million Covid-19 vaccines that will enable the country to go beyond community immunity, as well as administer booster shots. By 20 January, Botswana - with a national population of 2.37 million - had fully vaccinated 45.9% of the population, and 50.8% of the population had received their first dose.
#botswana #covidvaccines
Botswana has a stockpile of more than three million Covid-19 vaccines that will enable the country to go beyond community immunity, as well as administer booster shots. By 20 January, Botswana - with a national population of 2.37 million - had fully vaccinated 45.9% of the population, and 50.8% of the population had received their first dose.
#botswana #covidvaccines
3 yr. ago
Billionaire Soon-Shiong launches 1 billion-dose vaccine plant in Cape Town
US biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Wednesday launched a plant that will produce a billion Covid-19 vaccine doses in Cape Town by 2025, fulfilling a longtime plan to help bring greater health equity to the country of his birth.
#soonshiong #capetown #covidvaccine
US biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Wednesday launched a plant that will produce a billion Covid-19 vaccine doses in Cape Town by 2025, fulfilling a longtime plan to help bring greater health equity to the country of his birth.
#soonshiong #capetown #covidvaccine
3 yr. ago
The world's 10 richest men could pay for every Covid-19 vaccine from pandemic gains, Oxfam says
The wealth of the top 10 richest men in the world has grown so much during the pandemic that even a one-time 99% tax on their gains would be able to pay for the production of all the Covid-19 vaccines the world needs and more, according to charity Oxfam.
#covidvaccine #oxfam
The wealth of the top 10 richest men in the world has grown so much during the pandemic that even a one-time 99% tax on their gains would be able to pay for the production of all the Covid-19 vaccines the world needs and more, according to charity Oxfam.
#covidvaccine #oxfam
3 yr. ago
Australia vows to enforce Covid rules ahead of Djokovic decision
Australia on Friday vowed to enforce its Covid-19 vaccine border rules "rigorously" as a decision loomed on the deportation of unvaccinated tennis superstar Novak Djokovic.
#australia #novakdjokovic #tennis
Australia on Friday vowed to enforce its Covid-19 vaccine border rules "rigorously" as a decision loomed on the deportation of unvaccinated tennis superstar Novak Djokovic.
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3 yr. ago
Australia vows to enforce Covid rules ahead of Djokovic decision
Australia on Friday vowed to enforce its Covid-19 vaccine border rules "rigorously" as a decision loomed on the deportation of unvaccinated tennis superstar Novak Djokovic.
#australia #novakdjokovic #tennis
Australia on Friday vowed to enforce its Covid-19 vaccine border rules "rigorously" as a decision loomed on the deportation of unvaccinated tennis superstar Novak Djokovic.
#australia #novakdjokovic #tennis
3 yr. ago
Tennis great Djokovic facing deportation after Australia cancels visa
Australia vowed to deport tennis world number one Novak Djokovic on Thursday, saying the vaccine-sceptic Serb failed to meet strict pandemic entry requirements.
#australia #novakdjokovic
Australia vowed to deport tennis world number one Novak Djokovic on Thursday, saying the vaccine-sceptic Serb failed to meet strict pandemic entry requirements.
#australia #novakdjokovic
3 yr. ago
'Panic' in Britain as Omicron crisis bites ahead of Christmas
Soaring Omicron cases left Britons scrambling Thursday to make alternative Christmas plans, faced with cancellations, long queues for vaccines and France shutting the border to UK visitors.
#britain #omicronvariant
Soaring Omicron cases left Britons scrambling Thursday to make alternative Christmas plans, faced with cancellations, long queues for vaccines and France shutting the border to UK visitors.
#britain #omicronvariant
3 yr. ago
One Million COVID Vaccines Wasted In Nigeria In November
Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, two sources told Reuters, one of the biggest single losses of doses that shows the difficulty African nations have getting shots in arms.
#covidvaccines #Nigeria #MissSouthAfrica
Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, two sources told Reuters, one of the biggest single losses of doses that shows the difficulty African nations have getting shots in arms.
#covidvaccines #Nigeria #MissSouthAfrica
3 yr. ago
China Leader, Xi Jinping Pledges 1 billion Covid Vaccine Doses For Africa
China's President Xi Jinping on Monday pledged to offer one billion Covid vaccine doses to Africa, in a speech made via videolink to a China-Africa summit near Senegal's capital Dakar. He said that his country would donate 600 million doses directly. A further 400 million doses would come from other sources, such as investments in production sites.
#xijinping #china #covidvaccine #africa
China's President Xi Jinping on Monday pledged to offer one billion Covid vaccine doses to Africa, in a speech made via videolink to a China-Africa summit near Senegal's capital Dakar. He said that his country would donate 600 million doses directly. A further 400 million doses would come from other sources, such as investments in production sites.
#xijinping #china #covidvaccine #africa
3 yr. ago
UK To Ban Travel From 6 Nations As South Africa Detects New COVID Variant
Britain on Thursday said it would ban travel from six southern African countries, after South Africa detected a new Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations. "The early indication we have of this variant is it may be more transmissible than the Delta variant and the vaccines that we currently have may be less effective against it,"
#UK #southafrica
Britain on Thursday said it would ban travel from six southern African countries, after South Africa detected a new Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations. "The early indication we have of this variant is it may be more transmissible than the Delta variant and the vaccines that we currently have may be less effective against it,"
#UK #southafrica
3 yr. ago
Zimbabwe approves Sinovac shots for older teenagers
Zimbabwe's health ministry has approved the use of China's Sinovac Biotech Covid-19 vaccine for 16- and 17-year-olds, it said on Monday, adding that the country aimed to achieve herd immunity by the end of December.
#zimbabwe #china #sinovac
Zimbabwe's health ministry has approved the use of China's Sinovac Biotech Covid-19 vaccine for 16- and 17-year-olds, it said on Monday, adding that the country aimed to achieve herd immunity by the end of December.
#zimbabwe #china #sinovac
3 yr. ago
Brazil Senators ask high court to bar Bolsonaro from social media
A Senate panel probing the Brazilian government's pandemic response asked the Supreme Court and prosecutor general's office Tuesday to suspend President Jair Bolsonaro from social media for falsely linking Covid-19 vaccines to AIDS.
#brazil #bolsonaro #covidvaccines
A Senate panel probing the Brazilian government's pandemic response asked the Supreme Court and prosecutor general's office Tuesday to suspend President Jair Bolsonaro from social media for falsely linking Covid-19 vaccines to AIDS.
#brazil #bolsonaro #covidvaccines
3 yr. ago
Namibia halts use of Sputnik jabs after South Africa HIV fears
Namibia has discontinued the use of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine following concerns raised by neighbouring South Africa, the health ministry said on Saturday.
#namibia #covid19vaccine #southafrica #sputnik
Namibia has discontinued the use of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine following concerns raised by neighbouring South Africa, the health ministry said on Saturday.
#namibia #covid19vaccine #southafrica #sputnik
3 yr. ago
Covid-19: Pharmacist arrested after thousands of vaccines found dumped in Egypt
Egyptian authorities arrested three people accused of dumping thousands of unused Covid-19 vaccine jabs found last week in a water drain in a southern city, the public prosecution said.
#covid19 #egypt #vaccinejabs
Egyptian authorities arrested three people accused of dumping thousands of unused Covid-19 vaccine jabs found last week in a water drain in a southern city, the public prosecution said.
#covid19 #egypt #vaccinejabs
3 yr. ago
Premier League scrambles to convince stars to get vaccinated
Premier League matches are once again being played in packed stadiums after Britain's successful coronavirus vaccine rollout - but the reluctance of many players to get jabbed is proving a headache for football authorities.
#epl #premiership #FootballJersy
Premier League matches are once again being played in packed stadiums after Britain's successful coronavirus vaccine rollout - but the reluctance of many players to get jabbed is proving a headache for football authorities.
#epl #premiership #FootballJersy
3 yr. ago
Nigeria Missing As UK Recognises COVID Certificates From Over 50 Countries
Nigeria is missing as the United Kingdom (UK) relaxed its COVID-19 vaccine policy for 50 countries. This means that fully vaccinated Nigerians travelling to UK still need to self-isolate for 10 days. From October 4, UK said the new travel system comes into force with countries and territories categorised as either “red” or “rest of the world.”
#UK #Nigeria #OlympicRecord
Nigeria is missing as the United Kingdom (UK) relaxed its COVID-19 vaccine policy for 50 countries. This means that fully vaccinated Nigerians travelling to UK still need to self-isolate for 10 days. From October 4, UK said the new travel system comes into force with countries and territories categorised as either “red” or “rest of the world.”
#UK #Nigeria #OlympicRecord
3 yr. ago
Nicki Minaj’s vaccine tweet signals the dangers of celebrity fueled misinformation
Rapper and pop singer Nicki Minaj made headlines after her Sept 13 tweet about her as-of-yet unidentified cousin’s friend in Trinidad, who was dumped at the altar by his wife to be because “the vaccine” presumably for COVID-19 allegedly made his testicles swell.
#nickiminaj #covid19 #usrapper
Rapper and pop singer Nicki Minaj made headlines after her Sept 13 tweet about her as-of-yet unidentified cousin’s friend in Trinidad, who was dumped at the altar by his wife to be because “the vaccine” presumably for COVID-19 allegedly made his testicles swell.
#nickiminaj #covid19 #usrapper
3 yr. ago
UK vaccine policy is sending wrong messages, Africa CDC says
The UK’s refusal to recognise Covid-19 vaccines administered in most parts of the world tells other countries it isn’t ready to work internationally on ways to end the pandemic, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
#UK #vaccine #africacentres #covid19
The UK’s refusal to recognise Covid-19 vaccines administered in most parts of the world tells other countries it isn’t ready to work internationally on ways to end the pandemic, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
#UK #vaccine #africacentres #covid19
3 yr. ago
UK travel curbs hurt vaccine drive: Africa CDC
The African Union's health watchdog Thursday warned that Britain's pandemic travel restrictions could make people across the continent more reluctant to get vaccinated.
#africanunion #britain #UK #pandemic
The African Union's health watchdog Thursday warned that Britain's pandemic travel restrictions could make people across the continent more reluctant to get vaccinated.
#africanunion #britain #UK #pandemic
3 yr. ago
Cutting-edge company flies drones to deliver vaccines in Ghana
As the world continues its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, a cutting-edge delivery company is flying drones to the remotest corners of Ghana in West Africa to deliver thousands of COVID-19 vaccines.
#ghana #drones #covid19vaccines #MissSouthAfrica
As the world continues its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, a cutting-edge delivery company is flying drones to the remotest corners of Ghana in West Africa to deliver thousands of COVID-19 vaccines.
#ghana #drones #covid19vaccines #MissSouthAfrica
3 yr. ago
Putin says dozens in Kremlin inner circle have Covid-19
Dozens of people in Vladimir Putin's entourage have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Russian leader said on Thursday, as his country struggles with high infection rates and a vaccine-sceptic population.
#kremlin #vladimirputin #russia #covid19
Dozens of people in Vladimir Putin's entourage have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Russian leader said on Thursday, as his country struggles with high infection rates and a vaccine-sceptic population.
#kremlin #vladimirputin #russia #covid19
3 yr. ago
Covid-19: African countries want to buy vaccines rather than waiting for donations, says AU
African countries want to buy Covid-19 vaccines, rather than keep waiting for donor-funded doses to arrive, the African Union said Tuesday, imploring producers to give the continent a fair shot at market access.
African countries want to buy Covid-19 vaccines, rather than keep waiting for donor-funded doses to arrive, the African Union said Tuesday, imploring producers to give the continent a fair shot at market access.
3 yr. ago
Zimbabwe imposes Covid-19 vaccine on churchgoers
Zimbabwe's parliament on Tuesday banned anyone not vaccinated against Covid-19 from attending church services, the latest in a series of measure to boost uptake of the coronavirus jab.
#zimbabwe #coronavirus #covid19jab
Zimbabwe's parliament on Tuesday banned anyone not vaccinated against Covid-19 from attending church services, the latest in a series of measure to boost uptake of the coronavirus jab.
#zimbabwe #coronavirus #covid19jab
3 yr. ago
Kenya to begin manufacturing Covid vaccines
Kenya is establishing a fill-and-finish facility for Covid-19 vaccines ahead of setting up a full-scale manufacturing plant to guarantee supply.
#kenya #covidvaccines #covid19
Kenya is establishing a fill-and-finish facility for Covid-19 vaccines ahead of setting up a full-scale manufacturing plant to guarantee supply.
#kenya #covidvaccines #covid19
3 yr. ago
Brazil Moves Away From Chinese Covid-19 Vaccine
Brazil initially relied heavily on Sinovac’s CoronaVac, but the federal government is now prioritizing purchases of U.S.-made vaccines.
#brazil #pfizer #coronavirus #us
Brazil initially relied heavily on Sinovac’s CoronaVac, but the federal government is now prioritizing purchases of U.S.-made vaccines.
#brazil #pfizer #coronavirus #us
