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Uganda Confirms Ebola Outbreak After Recording First Casualty
The World Health Organization and the government of Uganda have announced an Ebola outbreak following the death of one patient in the Mubende District of the country. The confirmed case, a 24-year-old man, passed away on Monday, days after contracting a rare Sudan strain of the virus, the government and the World Health Organization (WHO)…
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Covid-19: South Africa Ends Safety Restrictions As Fifth Wave Fades
South Africa is the latest country on the continent to repeal Covid-19 restrictions, signalling an end to the fifth wave of the virus in the country. Health Minister, Joe Phaahla told relevant authorities to ease off on enforcing covid-19 restrictions, including limiting the size of gatherings and mandatory indoor masks, as Covid-19 cases and reported…
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Are Rich Countries Planning To Hoard Monkeypox Vaccine?
The acting director of Africa’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has expressed worries that rich countries might refuse to share vaccines as the monkeypox outbreak intensifies. Since early May, over 200 suspected and confirmed cases of the virus were detected in 12 African countries where the disease is endemic and about 17 European countries,…
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What Should Low-Income Countries Expect In 2022?
The World Bank in its latest Global Economic Prospects report (PDF) predicts a fall in global economic growth from 5.5 percent in 2021 to 4.1 percent in 2022. While the economic growth rates in advanced countries are said to be sufficient to restore output and investments with a downward trend of 5 percent last year…
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Ghana To Fine Airlines $3,500 For Unvaccinated Passengers
Authorities in Ghana have announced it will fine airlines $3,500 for each passenger who arrives in the capital’s international airport without being fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In the country’s updated Covid-19 prevention measures, airlines would also be penalised the same amount for travellers who did not fill out a health declaration form before boarding their…
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Omicron Variant: Tracking Travel Restrictions Across The Globe
About 30 countries and counting have outrightly closed their borders while others have imposed stricter measures to curb the spread of the Omicron variant. While countries like Nigeria have adopted no known level of border control, countries such as Israel, Morocco and Japan have closed their borders entirely. Countries like America maintain partial closure. The map…
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Private Hospitals To Charge N6,000 For COVID Vaccines In Lagos
Residents of Lagos, Nigeria would now be charged N6,000 to receive free Covid-19 vaccines from private health facilities in Lagos. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the launch of the state’s mass vaccination campaign on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. The governor added that the fee was agreed on as an administrative fee for the private facilities to…
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Kenya Lifts COVID Curfew As Infections Ease
President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced the immediate lifting of a nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew in force since March 2020 following spiking covid-19 infection rates. The East African nation, which has a population of 54 million, has reported 252,199 cases of COVID-19 and 5,233 deaths but vaccination rates remain low, with only 4.6 percent of the adult…
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Nigeria Moves To Bar Unvaccinated Workers From December 1
Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee PSC on COVID-19, has confirmed the government’s new move to ban workers who fail to show proof of their COVID-19 vaccination from accessing their offices as of December 1. Federal government employees would now be required to show their vaccination card or a Polymerase Chain Reaction…
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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…