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By Victor Omondi Bob Saget died suddenly earlier this week. Candace Owens' opinion about what led to Bob Saget's death has some interesting implications. We live in a time where we can exchange knowledge about anything at any time, and disinformation spreads like wildfire. During the pandemic, which currently has no signs of stopping, many […]
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
India has shattered a global record of daily coronavirus cases, reporting a grim 314,835 new infections in the last 24 hours.
By James C. Appleby In the United States, more than eight in 10 Covid-19 deaths have occurred among those of aged 65 or above. This sobering statistic sheds light on just how devastating this pandemic has been for older Americans, and far too many have lost loved ones to this disease. Thankfully, a post-Covid-19 world […]
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French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed that rich Western countries transfer 3-5 percent of their stock of Covid-19 vaccines to Africa, in an interview with the Financial Times published on Thursday.
The United Kingdom variant, called by scientists B.1.1.7, will now be Alpha. B.1.351, the South Africa variant, will now be Beta and the B.1.617.2 variant discovered in India will now be known as Delta
Polls open in Abidjan as Ivory Coast holds parliamentary elections in a key test of stability after presidential elections last year were marred by violence
In a seven-part listicle, NewsOne broke down what may be understood as the con artistry of Candace Owens In light of Chrissy Teigen's past cyberbullying, including the supermodel telling a non-binary teenager to kill herself, 'conservative' firebrand. Candace Owens thought it was safe to criticize Teigen while the negative publicity...
Political antagonist and conservative pundit Candace Owens has cried “white supremacist” tears, as she said she will not be celebrating the newly minted federal holiday of Juneteenth. The 32-year-old author and talk show host suggests that the move to commemorate the end of slavery in America is just the Democrats trying to “repackage segregation.” President…
Namibia has appointed a technical team to look into logistical requirements of importing a COVID-19 vaccine.
The southern African country’s minister of health said the team was instructed to study the storage, transport and distribution needs, local newspaper The Namibian reported on Friday.
Namibia lacks the infrastructure needed to store or distribute a COVID-19 vaccine. Most of the vaccine candidates so far require ultra-cold conditions for storage and distribution.
Namibia has paid $1.9m to the COVAX programme, a global initiative aimed at working with vaccine manufacturers to ensure equitable access to safe and effective vaccines - to secure the medicines for her people.
The country targets to vaccinate 20% of its population. Frontline health workers and people of advanced age will be the first recipients of the jabs.
Namibia has recorded 16,097 cumulative cases, 14,332 recoveries and 160 deaths.
The country has a population of nearly 2.5 million people.
Neighboring Angola on Thursday said it expected to receive five million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in February 2021.
Health Minister Silvia Lutucuta said seven million more doses would be delivered in April in partnership with COVAX.
Angola has so far reported 15,925 positive cases, 362 deaths, and 8,679 recoveries.
Egypt on Thursday took delivery of the first batch of China’s Sinopharm vaccine.
Morocco on Wednesday announced that it was gearing up for an ambitious COVID-19 vaccination program, aiming to vaccinate 80% of its adults in an operation starting this month.
The North African kingdom is pinning its hopes on two vaccine candidates, one developed by China’s Sinopharm and the other by Britain’s Oxford University and AstraZeneca.
It seeks to vaccinate 80% of its adults, or 25 million people, as soon as the vaccines get regulatory approval.
In a series of new lows, Candace Owens disingenuously suggested that AOC lied not only about being in the Capitol during the insurrection but also about being sexually assaulted.
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina was initially strongly against Covid vaccines and stood by a locally made herbal infusion as a cure.
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There are currently three new variants of Covid-19, one detected in the United Kingdom, one in South Africa and one in Brazil.
