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Zimbabwe Beef Up Vaccination Campaign As Covid Cases Rise
The Zimbabwean government has announced plans to beef up vaccination as one of its measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic following the discovery of the omicron variant. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who made the announcement in a televised address on state TV, urged the unvaccinated population to get vaccinated not just for their…
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Infographics: Tracking Omicron Variant
The Omicron coronavirus variant has been detected in at least 19 countries since November 24. On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the global risk from the spread of Omicron was “very high” due to the multiple mutations in the variants spike protein. The organization has since urged 194 member nations to speed the delivery of vaccinations…
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Omicron Variant: Tracking Travel Restrictions Across The Globe
About 30 countries and counting have outrightly closed their borders while others have imposed stricter measures to curb the spread of the Omicron variant. While countries like Nigeria have adopted no known level of border control, countries such as Israel, Morocco and Japan have closed their borders entirely. Countries like America maintain partial closure. The map…
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OPEC+ May Hold Off Oil Output As Omicron Threaten Market Stability
OPEC and its allies would meet this week to decide whether to stick with their planned oil output increase or hold off until more is known about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will meet with its allies led by Russia would meet today to discuss how to…
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Infographic: Countries Vaccinating Children Against COVID-19
According to a report from UNICEF, which analysed 115 million confirmed COVID-19 cases from 105 countries, people under 20 account for 16 percent of reported Covid-19 cases. Now more than 100 countries around the world have extended their COVID-19 vaccination drive to children. The three vaccines that have been approved by the World Health Organization…
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Morocco Halts Flights From France Over Covid-19 Spread
Starting from Friday, November 26, Morocco would suspend flights to and from France due to reports of the rising cases of coronavirus. The ministry said the decision to temporarily halt flights was made by an inter-ministerial committee “to preserve Morocco’s achievements in terms of management of the Covid-19 pandemic and to deal with the deterioration…
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Nigeria Plans N5000 Each In Cash Handouts To Replace Fuel Subsidies
The Nigerian government is planning to replace fuel subsidies in 2022 with cash handouts of up to N5000, an amount that would cost the country up to 2.4 trillion naira in a year. According to Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, the government will give 5,000 naira each to as many as 40 million people every month,…
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South Africa Denies Work Permit Renewal For 250,000 Zimbabweans
South Africa says temporary permits of around a quarter of a million Zimbabweans working in the country would not be renewed when their visas expire next month. Some 250,000 Zimbabweans fleeing political and economic crises at home were granted four-year work visas in 2009. The visas have been repeatedly extended, but the government announced there…
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Bomb Explosion Near Mogadishu School Kills At Least 8
No less than eight people have been killed and 17 injured, including schoolchildren, in a car bombing in Somalia’s capital, officials and witnesses said. The bombing was claimed by the armed group al-Shabab in the early hours of Thursday, who said it intended to strike a United Nations security convoy passing near a school in…
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What To Know About The New COVID Strain Found In South Africa?
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has announced the detection of a new Covid-19 strain in South Africa with one of the highest number of mutations. The institute said 22 positive cases of the new variant have been recorded in the country following genomic sequencing. While South Africa’s Health Minister Joe Phaahla said the variant…