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UK Approves Vaccine Certificates For 50 Countries, Excludes Nigeria
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…
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Morocco Offers Covid-19 Vaccine Booster Shots
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…
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COVID-19: African Airline To Lose N1.4tn
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…
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Algeria Begins Production Of Covid-19 Vaccines
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…
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N194bn COVID-19 Allocation Missing In Four States
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…
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Covid-19: Africa’s Death Toll Surpasses 200,000
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…
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Nigeria To Launch COVID Vaccination In Churches
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…
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20% Full-Time Workers Lost Their Jobs In 2020
A report has revealed that twenty percent of the full-time workforce in Nigeria lost employment during the effect COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. This was revealed in a report titled: “The Impact of COVID-19 on Business Enterprises in Nigeria”, released on Tuesday by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Bureau of Statistics…
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Burundi Launches Free Covid-19 Testing For Students
The government of Burundi has begun a compulsory Covid-19 testing campaign for all pupils in boarding schools. This initiative will last until 14 September. One of these screening centres is in the Ntahangwa community, north of Bujumbura. Parents, teachers and pupils responded massively to the campaign as reports show that queues began to form in…
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Sinovac Begins Pediatric Vaccine Trials In South Africa
Chinese vaccine makers Sinovac Biotech has launched the main phase of a global Covid vaccine study on children and teenagers in South Africa, with the first two participants jabbed in Pretoria. The study is testing the efficacy of Sinovac’s two-dose CoronaVac on 14,000 children aged between six months and 17 years in Chile, Kenya, Malaysia,…