By XINHUA Ethiopia registered 112 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 275,881 as of Saturday evening, the Ministry of Health said. Meanwhile, seven new deaths and 288 more recoveries from the disease were reported, bringing the national death toll to 4,309 and the total recoveries to 258,491. Figures from…
By CGTN Africa Health experts in South Africa are appealing to its citizens to refrain from social gatherings and adhere to all COVID-19 precautionary measures as the country battles to curb the highly transmissible Delta variant that is now circulating in the country. According to a report from state broadcaster SABC, Gauteng is currently the epicenter of…
By CGTN Africa Uganda registered 10,931 Covid-19 cases in nine days, according to the Ministry of Health data, representing 14 percent of total cases. According to a report by local publication Daily Monitor, from June 15 to June 23, 77,574 samples were tested for the coronavirus out of which 10,931 tested positive bringing the total case load in…
By XINHUA The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 5,389,915 as of Sunday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the 55-member African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic stands at 140,836 while 4,732,109 patients across the continent have…
By XINHUA Zimbabwe on Saturday received a shipment of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses from China as the southern African country ramps up inoculations to battle the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The country is also expecting to take another delivery of vaccine doses from the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac next week. The latest delivery of…
By XINHUA Zambia has finalized all administrative processes and requisite payment for shipment of China’s Sinopharm vaccines to be part of the country’s vaccination program, a government official said on Saturday. Kennedy Malama, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health in charge of Technical Services said 100,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines were expected to arrive in…
By XINHUA Kenya is banking on speedy administration of a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine to tame the virus spread amid surges in western parts of the country that have exerted strain on public health infrastructure, a senior health official said on Thursday. Willis Akhwale, chair of the COVID-19 vaccine task force said the government has…
By XINHUA Zimbabwe has been hit hard by COVID-19 infections, with 1,285 new infections recorded between Tuesday and Wednesday. Seven courthouses throughout the country have been closed down to allow for fumigation and contact tracing after some users tested positive for the virus. Wednesday recorded 766 cases, the highest number of infections since February, amid fears…
By XINHUA Zambia on Wednesday resumed the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination program. Kennedy Malama, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health in charge of Technical Services, who launched the resumption of the program, urged all those eligible to get vaccinated. He said the second phase will initially target people who participated in the first…
By Reuters Egypt will allow travelers who have taken full doses of approved novel coronavirus vaccines to enter without taking a PCR test, the health ministry said on Thursday. Travelers must present QR-coded certificates that they have received their full doses of one of six COVID-19 vaccines approved by Egypt and the WHO at least two…
