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South Africa To Resume Inoculation With J&J Vaccine
South Africa has announced it will resume its vaccination rollout with Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine following a temporary suspension for a possible link between the jab and blood clots. The government announced that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be administered again starting from Wednesday. It had been put on hold after six people in the…
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UNICEF To Redistribute Over 1.3M Covid-19 Vaccine From Congo
Amid fears of possible expiration, The United Nations Children’s agency (UNICEF) said it will redistribute more than 1.3 million doses of vaccines meant for the Democratic Republic of Congo. The agency had previously announced the vaccine distributed under the global COVAX initiative will expire on 24 June. Due to doubts raised by blood clout issues…
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2021 Week 17: Covid-19 Cases Drops
Nigeria, in the seventeenth week of 2021, recorded a total of 467 cases of COVID-19. On average, the country had over 66.7 daily records of cases between April 23th and April 29th, 2021. According to Nigerian Center for Disease Control, the country had recorded a total number of 45 cases on Friday, 23th of April.…
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Kenya Bans Flights From India Over Covid Surge
The Kenyan government has temporarily suspended all flight to and from India as a deadly coronavirus variant ravages the Asian nation. Kenya’s 14 days flight ban begins at midnight Saturday, May 1, giving a three-day grace period that allows those wishing to return to the country. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the Covid-19 response…
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Report: World To Spend $157 billion On COVID-19 Vaccines Through 2025
The total spending on COVID-19 vaccines globally is projected to reach $157 billion by 2025. This is driven by a mass vaccination program underway and “booster shots” expected every two years, according to a report from Reuters by U.S. health data company IQVIA Holdings Inc . IQVIA, which provides data and analytics for the healthcare…
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1.5 Million People Arrested For Breaching Covid Protocol In Morocco
Over 1.5 million persons have been arrested by the Moroccan for violating Covid-19 preventative measures between July last year to 22 April this year. According to the country’s Deputy Interior Minister Noureddine Boutayeb, the figures meant security services arrested more than 5,700 Covid-19 violators daily during a nine-month period. “Although this number seems large, it…
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2021 Week 16: Covid-19 Cases Gradually increase
The number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the fifteenth week of 2021 totalled 553. This is a drop from over 499 and 600 cases recorded in week 15 and week 14 consecutively. The average number of cases recorded per day is 79. At the beginning of the week, 67 cases were recorded on Friday. This…
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Egypt To Locally Produce 80 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Annually
Egypt is aspiring to become Covid-19 vaccine-making hub for Africa following its recent deals to produce Chinese and Russian Sputnik vaccines locally. A state-owned company on April 21, 2021, signed two agreements with the Chinese Sinovac Company for Biological Products to produce its Covid-19 vaccine in Egypt. A day later, another Egyptian company signed a deal with the Russian…
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Clinical Trials Begin For Locally Developed Covid-19 Vaccines In Nigeria
Nigeria has begun clinical trials for the two locally developed covid-19 vaccines. The announcement was made public by the chairman of the presidential task force on covid-19, Boss Mustapha. Mustapha told reporters last week that the vaccines will be ready for use after relevant certifications have been obtained at the completion of rounds of trials.…
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Lagos State Suspends Covid-19 Vaccination Till May
The Lagos State government has shut down all its COVID-19 vaccination centers on conclusion of the first phase of inoculation. Commissioner for Health for the state, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 while also reporting that 257,756 people have been vaccinated in the state. Abayomi said the remaining…