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Tunisia Health System Crumbles As Covid-19 Cases Surge
Tunisian hospitals are currently struggling with bed and staff shortages amid a surge of Covid-19 cases. Patients are currently been moved from beds to wheelchairs and floors as hospitals have no way to manage the increasing daily inflow of patients. Sana Kraiem, whose mother was moved from a general bed to a wheelchair in the…
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EU Partners With Africa To Build Vaccine Production Hubs
The European Union is planning to invest $1 billion in building Covid-19 vaccine production hubs in Africa, according to the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. According to Reuters, this move is targeted at providing more independence for Africa on vaccine production and ultimately end Africa’s vaccine dependency on other parts of…
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UAE Places Indefinite Ban On Nigerian Flights
Barely 48 hours after lifting the ban on travels between Dubai and Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates has announced the reinstatement of its indefinite travel ban on flights from Nigeria. Dubai had placed a ban on travellers from Nigeria, South Africa based over a breach of Covid-19 protocols. The authorities initially fixed Wednesday, June 23,…
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Namibia Imposes New Covid-19 Restrictions As Cases Spike
The Namibian government’s new decree would limit public gathering drastically as the country struggles to contain the spread of Covid-19. According to the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the southern African country has recorded the highest number of new cases per million people per day with over 1,200 detected on Tuesday, June 15, 2021.…
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South Africa Orders Tighter Covid-19 Restrictions
The South African government has reinstated strict Covid-19 restrictions on public gathering and Liquor sales as the country record a surge of Covid-19 cases. According to the health ministry, COVID-19 related admissions have increased by 59% over the past two weeks. According to Johns Hopkins University, South Africa’s seven-day rolling average of daily new cases…
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Nigeria To Get 3.93 Million Doses Of Covax
Nigeria is expected to receive 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from the COVAX facility between the end of July and early August. Meanwhile, the administration of the second dose of Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in the country will also end by 25th June 2021. The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency…
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AfDB: $10bn COVID-19 Fund Boosting Africa’s Recovery
The African Development Bank has said the intervention package of its $10 billion COVID-19 relief facility which has it began disbursing since the heat of the pandemic in 2020 is boosting the recovery of several African countries. The Vice President, Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Complex, Khaled Sherif, stated this at the bank’s pre-annual…
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Malta Reports No Covid-19 Cases, Vaccinates 75% Of Its Population
Malta has reported zero new cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the first time this has happened since July 25, 2020. As the country gradually eases off the months-long lockdown, with bars and restaurants allowed to reopen for the first time since October, the health ministry has announced that the nation has…
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Africa’s COVID-19 Cases Surpass 4.83million
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has said the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 4.8 million as of May 30, 2021. The Africa CDC– the specialised healthcare agency of the African Union– said the death toll from the pandemic stands at 130,451 while 4,365,227 patients have recovered across the continent.…
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Nigeria To Ground COVID-19 Travel Advisory Violators For A Year
The Federal Government has promised to enforce penalties, including deactivating the travel passports of Nigerians involved in the violation of recent travel advisory for travellers from India, Brazil and Turkey. Nigeria recently imposed a travel advisory, mandating travellers from India, Brazil and Turkey, or who had visited any of these countries 14 days before arrival in…