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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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How Twitter Promoted Movements In Nigeria (Part 2)
While the ‘indefinite suspension’ of Twitter has generated a lot of concerns in Nigeria, the microblogging platform had, in time’s past, been used to drive opinions of the people to the government or affected agencies. With an estimate of 40 million Nigerians operating on the platform, several movements have been staged through the use of…
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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…
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South Africa Opens Drive-Through Vaccination Centres
Following criticism for the slow pace of the vaccination campaign, the South African government has set up drive-through vaccinations centres to allow for faster, easy and safe services. The country which recently expanded the campaign to cover people over the age of 60, has now introduced the drive-through system which citizens agree fosters the sense…
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Black Fungus Infection Found In India’s Covid-19 Patients
Doctors in India have recorded an alarming rise of an aggressive, hard-to-treat fungal infection known as Mucormycosis. The current increase in infections has been reported in patients infected with COVID-19 and those who have recovered from the disease. What Is Mucormycosis? Mucormycosis (previously called Zygomycosis) is a rare but serious fungal infection caused by a…
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Tunisia Orders Lockdown Amid Surge In Covid-19 Cases
Tunisia has announced a partial lockdown from Sunday for the week-long Eid al-Fitr holidays, due to a surge in coronavirus infections that threatens to overwhelm the country’s healthcare system. Announcing the measure on Friday, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said Tunisia was going through “the worst health crisis in its history”. Mosques, markets and non-essential businesses…
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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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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…