According to new reports, Ghana has become the first country to receive coronavirus vaccines through the Covax vaccine-sharing initiative. The World Health Organization (WHO) through the COVAX initiative aims to deliver about two billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines globally, to ensure fair sharing of vaccines among all nations. Many rich nations were recently accused of […]Read More
Somalia’s healthcare system is currently struggling with the spike in daily new Covid-19 infections which some healthcare practitioners believe is due to the new coronavirus strain. The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is hitting the East African nation really hard according to new reports. Health workers at the Martini Hospital in Mogadishu, the capital’s […]Read More
Despite’s India’s nationwide lockdown, the tally of COVID-19 cases have risen to 1,09,50,201 with 12,881 new infections being reported in a day. The COVID-19 case fatality rate has dropped to 1.42 percent, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease increased to 1,06,56,845 which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of […]Read More
According to a new study conducted by IPSOS Global Advisor, has found that while many are aware of the possible link between obesity and the severity of COVID symptoms, people around the world are increasing their consumption of alcohol and unhealthy eating habits. The research which was carried out across 30 countries with the focus […]Read More
The British government has embarked on what can be described as the biggest vaccination programme in British history with its impressive Covid-19 vaccination rollout. Recall that Prime Minister, Boris Johnson had pledged to vaccinate everyone in the top four risk categories by mid-February which includes: Care home residents and workers People aged 80+ and frontline […]Read More
World Trade Organization’s new Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said vaccine protectionism must be stopped in order to win the fight against the pandemic. In recent weeks, several countries have reportedly tried to prevent the export of vaccines made within their borders but Dr Okonjo-Iweala has said this most be stopped as protectionism would hinder a […]Read More
Zimbabwe has received its first 200,000 Sinopharm vaccines donated by the Chinese government. The vaccines arrived at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in the capital, Harare, in the early hours of Monday and were received by Vice President and Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga. “It has not been lost on us that in times of need […]Read More
On July 3, 2020, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concerned about skyrocketing reports of gender-based violence the Covid-19 lockdowns- what he termed the “shadow pandemic.” In Nigeria, more than 700 cases of sexual assault were reported between January and May 2020, with numbers surging after a temporary lockdown began in March, according to Nigerian police. As the […]Read More
If you have plans to travel to the UK anytime soon, you might need to be prepaid for the UK’s new arrival rules. All travellers to the UK would now be required to take two coronavirus tests while quarantining. The new testing policy comes amid concern about new variants entering the country that are more […]Read More
Leading food and infrastructure conglomerate, BUA, and the private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) are currently at loggerheads following BUA’s announcement of the purchase of one million doses of Covid-19 vaccine for Nigeria. The CACOVID Point Of View The private sector-led coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) on Monday, February 9, 2020, opposed an earlier statement credited to […]Read More
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