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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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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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Johnson & Johnson Reports $100M In COVID Vaccine Sales
Johnson & Johnson has exceeded it’s quarterly earning expectations as the pharmaceutical company reportedly earned $100m in sales of its COVID-19 vaccine. The company had previously said the vaccine will be available on a not-for-profit basis until the end of the pandemic, however, their forecast was tightened for adjusted profit this year, suggesting it was…
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Facts About The South African Coronavirus Variant
First detected in South Africa, the B.1.351 of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread to dozens of countries around the world. Fact Check The B.1.351 is not a different virus. As the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads around the world, it constantly mutates which leads to the emergence of new strains. The B.1.351 is a variant of the coronavirus.…
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Saudi Arabia To Allow Only Vaccinated Pilgrims To Mecca
The Ramadan period brings a large number of worshippers from all over the world to Mecca to perform the year-round umrah. In March 2020, the Saudi Arabia authorities shut their doors to pilgrims as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic but only resumed at intervals at the beginning of October under strict precautionary measures. Initially,…
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Malawi To Destroy Over 16,000 Expired Covid-19 Vaccine Doses
Malawi’s health minister, Charles Mwansambo has announced the ministry would be destroying 16,000 Covid-19 jabs that have reached their expiration date after arriving in the country three weeks ago. Malawi has received a total of 530,000 doses via the Covax program, the Indian government, and the AU, all of which are AstraZeneca vaccine, however, only 46%…
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NBS: People Willing To Get COVID-19 Vaccine Declined
The number of people who are willing to be vaccinated has fallen from 86 percent in October 2020 to 83 percent in February, 2021. The National Bureau of Statistics revealed this in its report titled ‘COVID-19 impact monitoring February 2021’. The report read, “The vast majority of respondents report that they would agree to be…
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COVID-19: Only 2% Global Vaccination Done In Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) said only two percent of global vaccination against COVID-19 has been done in Africa. The agency noted that Africa had less than two percent of 690 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered globally. Of the 31.6 million vaccines delivered to the continent, only 13 million had been administered. While through the…
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14 States Cross 50% Vaccination Exercises
No fewer than 14 states in Nigeria have currently exceeded the 50 percent benchmark. This is coming after the directive by the Federal Government that states should only utilise half of the doses of the COVID-19 vaccines allocated to them. It explained that the reason for the directive was to ensure that those who…
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FG Earmark N396 Billion for COVID-19 Vaccine In 2021-2022
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, has said that the Federal Government had budgeted N396 billion for the provision of the COVID-19 vaccine in the 2022 Appropriation. She noted that the request which is being prepared to be passed down to the national assembly as a supplementary budget for COVID-19…