By Reuters The African Union has dropped plans to secure COVID-19 vaccines from the Serum Institute of India for African nations and is exploring options with Johnson & Johnson, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. The institute will still supply the AstraZeneca vaccine to Africa through the…
By Grace Kuria Research released on Wednesday by World Animal Protection found high levels of contamination in many meat samples across Kenya. The highest contamination was found in pork and chicken brands managed by supermarkets. Dr. Victor Yamo, campaigns manager at World Animal Protection, said 95 percent of meat sold in supermarkets in Kenya contains…
By XINHUA Ethiopia registered 2,054 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 219,381 as of Tuesday evening, the country’s Ministry of Health said. The ministry said 25 new deaths were reported across the country during the same period, bringing the national death toll to 3,025. The East African country…
By AP Tanzania’s new president appears to be taking a new, scientific approach to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Tuesday she will form a technical committee to advise her about the scope of COVID-19 infections in the country and how to respond to the pandemic. COVID-19 is “not something we should…
By CGTN Africa A trial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on children and teenagers has been paused pending further information about rare blood-clotting issues in adults who have received it. An Oxford spokesman speaking to the Wall Street Journal said that no safety issues have arisen in the trial itself, but broader concerns about rare clotting…
By Jerry Omondi Two Chinese-manufactured COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be reviewed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for emergency use by the end of April, a spokesperson said. The Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines have already been approved for emergency use in various countries around the world, boosting their mass inoculation drives. If approved by…
By Jerry Omondi A top official from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has acknowledged that there is a link between AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and blood clots, but the cause is not yet clear, AFP reports. “In my opinion, we can say it now, it is clear there is a link with the vaccine. But we still…
By Reuters South Africa has signed an agreement with Pfizer Inc for 20 million dual shot COVID-19 vaccine doses, a government official told Reuters on Tuesday, boosting plans to start mass vaccinations from April. The deal is in addition to the 31 million single-shot doses from Johnson & Johnson which the government approved on Thursday….
By XINHUA Zimbabwe’s capital Harare has opened more immunization centers in a bid to ramp up vaccinations against the pandemic. Twenty-four center including hospitals, polyclinics and satellite clinics have been designated as vaccination centers in the city of about 1.5 million people, the Harare City Council said in a statement on Sunday. Vaccination is being…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Kenya’s Ministry of Health reported more than 280,000 people have so far been vaccinated against the coronavirus just over a month after receiving its first doses of vaccine. “A total of 282,518 people have been vaccinated across the country as of April 3, 2021,” the ministry tweeted on Sunday. On March…
