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In a new report, the World Health Organisation states that there have been nearly 30,000 suspected cases of mpox in Africa since the start of the year. A majority were in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which, like Burundi, has seen an upsurge in cases.
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.
Them, a horror series that explores the terrors faced by a Black family who move from North Carolina to an all-white neighborhood in Los Angeles in the 1950s, during the […]
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[Premium Times] StatiSense relied on data from the Debt Management Office to carry out its survey.
After two years of high anticipation, David Makes Man makes its triumphant return to OWN for a second season on Tuesday, June 22nd. Created and executive produced by Academy Award® […]
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[SAnews.gov.za] Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has expressed concerns about the climbing number of COVID-19 cases in the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape provinces.
Now is the Time: Reengagement with the African DiasporaDr. Levar Smith, Guest Editorial We live in unprecedented times. Framed by political and racial insensitivities, global pandemics, and economi…
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Friday a phone call from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said in a statement.
A University of Cape Town professor says if the intellectual property rights of vaccines are lifted, the African continent will still not be able to scale up the production of Covid-19 vaccines.
[East African] Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have indicated they will tighten controls on mineral exports to tame a weakening local currency against the US dollar.
[Daily News] AS the country ushers into New Year 2021 more than 100,600 smallholder farmers in the country will be receiving grain and vegetable seeds' grants worth US$ 493,500 to assist them in sustainable food production.
[This Day] Nigeria's former Finance Minister and leading candidate in the race for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been announced as the recipient of the 2020 African of the Year award.
BY NQOBANI NDLOVU GOVERNMENT has committed itself to operationalise many information centres to enable citizens, especially in rural areas, to have access to correct information on the COVID-19 pandemic. Information Technology, Postal and Courier Services minister Jenfan Muswere said COVID-19 had exposed how misinformation posed the “greatest security threats of our time”, while also militating against efforts in the fight against pandemic. “Indeed, as government, we have an obligation to ensure that citizens are protected from this barrage of misinformation by providing the public with facilities where they can access reliable, evidence-based information,” Muswere said yesterday at the opening of a community information centre (CIC) in Maphisa, Matabeleland South province. The Maphisa CIC was equipped with computers and internet service. “By visiting CICs, the public can access reliable information on COVID-19 published by the World Health Organisation and the Health and Child Care ministry,” Muswere said. “My ministry will, therefore, spare no efforts in operationalising as many CICs as we can, during this pandemic to ensure that more Zimbabweans are kept informed of the pandemic and have access to other ICTs services.” Communities in rural areas lack access to ICT services owing to poor network connectivity. The need for government to bridge the digital divide has been more pronounced now in the face of COVID-19, particularly for learners who risk losing out on online lessons as schools remain closed. Speaking on behalf of the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director-general Gift Machengete, the deputy director Alfred Marisa said the statutory body was seized with ensuring that marginalised areas have access to ICTs to bridge the digital divide. “By way of background, in support of the government policy to provide access ICT and postal services to all the people of Zimbabwe, Potraz came up with the concept of CICs, which are housed at post offices throughout the country,” he said in his address. “In places where there are no post offices, or where the post offices were too small to accommodate a CIC, the authority deployed containerised village information centres (CVICs).” To date, Potraz has operationalised 114 CICs and 24 CVICs. “Twelve CICs and one CVIC have been established in Matabeleland South province alone. Eight CICs in the province are already operational including Maphisa,” Marisa added.
In order to return to a welcome normalcy, we need to do our part—get the vaccine.
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[New Republic] Civil Society Union of Liberia (NACSUL) flowers NASSCORP BOSS
A Mexican designer has started cranking out 'anti-Covid-19' masks for cats. Along with serving as a shield to help deter the spread of the illness ...
[Cameroon Tribune] The population has been called to be vigilant as daily social interaction increases amidst new cases of the Covid-19 pandemic.
[Premium Times] On Friday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa located in Brazzaville, Congo, said over one million COVID-19 cases had been confirmed on the continent.
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica - Approximately 75,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the African Medical Support Platform (AMSP) are expected in the island in the next five days.
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[East African] If you are allergic to chicken and eggs, then you are ineligible for the Covid-19 vaccine.
Fita submitted on Wednesday that the court had acted "too benevolently" in siding with government's seasoning for enforcing the cigarette ban.
The World Bank estimates the African continent needs $12 to adequately stop the spread of coronavirus infections on the continent.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin pharmacist convinced the world was “crashing down” told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he believed the shots…
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Work to develop a map of disability in Tunisia under a cooperation programme with the U.S. Embassy in Tunisia will be launched in 2021, Director General at the Ministry of Social Affairs Raja Ben Brahim said Monday.
