Uganda has applied through the Global Alliances for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) to secure the COVID-19 vaccine from drugmaker AstraZeneca amid surging cases in the country, the ministry of health said Tuesday. Henry Mwebesa, director-general of health services, said in a statement that the application process is in the advanced stage and the public would…
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed the matches of the second preliminary round of the Champions League following the conclusion of the first round. 16 matches are scheduled to take place with the aggregate winners qualifying for the group stage while the losers move to the Confederation Cup play-offs. Record nine-time winners Al Ahly…
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A total of 75,000 small-scale farmers will benefit from the government allocation of 1 billion Rand (about 66 million U.S. dollars) which is aimed to cushion them from the negative effects of COVID-19, said a senior government official on Monday at a press briefing. The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza…
As local production caught up, South African manufacturers exported hand sanitizers worth R1.66 billion (0.11 billion U.S. dollars) to 30 African countries in June-November, said a top trade official on Monday. Destinations of the sanitizers included Nigeria, Kenya, Mozambique and Ghana, Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel said, calling the export a sign of strengthened…
Britain on Tuesday began the biggest vaccination program in the country’s history, with a 90-year-old grandmother becoming the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer-BioNTech. The historic inoculation was given to Margaret Keenan at a hospital in Coventry, central England. “I feel so privileged to be the first person vaccinated against COVID-19,”…
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200. The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country’s health ministry said in a statement. One new COVID-19 death was registered, bringing the cumulative number…
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Kenya’s Kibiwott Kandie broke the half marathon world record by 29 seconds on Sunday, making him the first athlete to break 58 minutes at the Valencia Half Marathon. Kandie finished the Spanish annual race in 57 minutes and 32 seconds, breaking the previous record of 58:01 set by compatriot Geoffrey Kamworor in September 2019. The…
