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Nigeria Records Index Cases Of The Indian Covid-19 Variant
Experts have confirmed the newly imposed nationwide partial lockdown was due to the detection of the B.1.617 variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Nigeria. The variant was detected by the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases( ACEGID) at the Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State, and was communicated to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in…
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2021 Week 19: Covid-19 Cases Slightly Increase
The number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the nineteenth week of 2021 totalled 299. This is a rise from over 244 cases recorded in week 18 . The average number of cases recorded per day is 42.7. At the beginning of the week, 39 cases were recorded on Friday. This dropped to 30 cases on…
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Madagascar Begins Covid-19 Vaccination Amid Surge In Cases
The government of Madagascar has initiated its vaccine campaign after receiving its first shipment of 250,000 AstraZeneca jabs on Saturday, May 8, 2021. Health Minister Jean Louis Hanitrala Rakotovao was among the first to be vaccinated in the country’s capital, Antananarivo. Vaccination began in the Indian Ocean island nation following a surge in infections which saw…
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Nigeria Imposes Fresh Nationwide Lockdown
The Nigerian government has ordered a partial lockdown across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as fears of a possible new wave of the coronavirus looms. The National Incident Manager Mukhtar Mohammed, who is a member of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, announced the new directive on Monday during a…
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Iran To Ban Local Travels Ahead Of Eid al-Fitr Holidays
Ahead of Eid al-Fitr, which is celebrated by Muslims worldwide to mark the end of Ramadan, Iranian authorities have ordered a ban on local travels in a bid to overcome a fourth major wave of COVID-19 infections. According to the health ministry, 283 people in Iran died over the past 24 hours, bringing the total…
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Covid-19: What To Know About The Indian Variant
According to new reports, the corona virus strain responsible for the surge in cases in India has been detected in two African countries. With the staggering amount of cases in India, health experts have expressed worry on the havoc it might cause in Africa owing to the very fragile conditions of the health care systems…
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How India’s Growing Covid-19 Cases Might Affect Vaccine Delivery In Africa
As India struggles with a devastating resurgence in COVID-19 cases, Africa faces the impending crisis of shortage of vaccines or delayed deliveries. The African continent relies majorly on the AstraZeneca vaccines from the COVAX initiative which is manufactured by Serum Institute in India. Now India has currently banned the export of vaccines, severely impacting the predictability…
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Moderna To Supply Vaccines To The COVAX Programme
Moderna has announced a new supply agreement with Gavi for up to 500 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna for COVAX days after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced emergency approval of the vaccine. Recall that vaccine rollout by the COVAX programme recently faced a dead end after the Indian government banned the export of…
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Nigeria Bans Travel To India, Turkey and Brazil
The Federal Government has effected a travel ban that restricts entry to non-Nigerian passengers who have been in India, Brazil or Turkey in the last fortnight due to concerns over the surge in coronavirus and the different variants reportedly found in these countries. Recently, India saw the highest daily tally of new SARS-CoV-2 infections ever…
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Tanzania Announces Methods To Combat New Covid-19 Variants
Tanzania’s new government has announced the country would be taking new measures to combat the impending surge in Covid-19 cases, an admirable shift from the approach taken by its late leader John Magufuli, a COVID sceptic who had downplayed the pandemic. The New COVID-19 Measures in Tanzania Travelers returning from countries with a high number…