Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee PSC on COVID-19, has confirmed the government’s new move to ban workers who fail to show proof of their COVID-19 vaccination from accessing their offices as of December 1. Federal government employees would now be required to show their vaccination card or a Polymerase Chain Reaction […]Read More
In a bid to control the spread of the coronavirus, Congolese authorities have barred all wedding ceremonies in the country for 45 days. “Civil, religious, customary marriage and dowry ceremonies are suspended for 45 days,” Communication Minister Thierry Moungalla said on public television. According to the national coordination of the fight against Covid-19 in Congo, […]Read More
A recent report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) shared that the pandemic has made the world more vulnerable to food insecurity, pushing the aim to eradicate global hunger by 2030 further down the road. Due to the dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the world agency reports that around a tenth […]Read More
The UK government has released a list of over 50 countries with approved COVID-19 vaccination programmes and proof of vaccination for travel to England. According to the statement on the official website, travellers from countries listed under red would not be allowed into the UK. South Africa, Angola, Burundi, Botswana, among others are listed under […]Read More
Morocco’s newly launched vaccination campaign aims at providing a third dose of anti covid vaccine to people who have received at least two doses of the vaccine in not less than six months. Relevant authorities shared that the decision follows the recommendations of the Scientific and Technical Committee of vaccination as well as international scientific […]Read More
The International Air Transport Association has said African airlines will see a very slow pace of recovery in financial performance from a $1.9bn loss in 2021 to a $1.5bn loss in 2022. This brings the continent’s total loss in two years to $3.4bn (N1.4tn). According to the Geneva-based airline body, low vaccination rates in Nigeria […]Read More
Algeria in partnership with Chinese firm Sinovac has begun the production of covid-19 vaccines, with production expected to be eight million doses a month and 96 million doses each year thereafter. The production line was inaugurated at a ceremony attended by Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane and Chinese Ambassador to Algeria Li Lianhe, at the […]Read More
According to findings made by transparency and accountability civil society organizations, BudgIT and Follow The Money International, of the total N209.61 billion COVID-19 allocation made to Enugu, Sokoto, Delta and Kaduna states, only N14.73 billion was disbursed by the states. Representative of Follow The Money International, Pearl Utuk, presented the findings at a press conference […]Read More
Newly updated records show that over 200,000 people have died from Covid-19 in Africa since the start of the pandemic. Africa, home to more than 1.3 billion people in 54 countries has recorded a total of 200,254 deaths from December 2019 to September 2021. While worldwide toll totals at more than 4.57 million deaths. After […]Read More
The Nigerian government has announced its new plan to take the Covid-19 vaccination campaign to churches, amid widespread vaccine hesitation. Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing Christian leaders on the second phase of COVID-19 vaccinations. “I am glad to inform you that […]Read More
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