By David Ochieng Mbewa The World Health Organization on Saturday said 129 contacts linked to the latest Ebola case in Guinea have been vaccinated. A rapid Ebola vaccination roll out is being supported by the UN global health agency in Soulouta village in Guinea’s N’Zerekore region after the West African country reported its first new…
By XINHUA African countries have received over 29.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses both from the COVAX facility and through bilateral agreements outside COVAX, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said recently. Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said as of Thursday, a total of over 29.1…
By Reuters Pfizer Inc and BioNTech said on Thursday their COVID-19 vaccine is around 91% effective at preventing the disease, citing updated trial data that included participants inoculated for up to six months. The shot was also 100% effective in preventing illness among trial participants in South Africa, where a new variant called B1351 is…
By AP Malawi has launched its vaccine drive with 360,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine that it received through the global COVAX initiative, which aims to ensure that low- and middle-income countries have fair access to vaccines. Health care workers, the elderly and those with health conditions that put them at higher risk of severe COVID-19…
By Jerry Omondi The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday discouraged the use of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to treat COVID-19, noting that the drug’s efficacy in treating the respiratory disease is of “very low certainty.” Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug approved for the treatment of parasitic infections, including strongyloidiasis and onchocerciasis in humans. There are…
By CGTN Africa Rwanda has procured 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine ahead of its rollout of the second jabs for its citizens set to begin on April 2, the country’s health minister said on Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference in the capital Kigali, Daniel Ngamije assured that everyone in the East African…
By XINHUA China believes that the joint research carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO) and China will play a positive role in promoting global cooperation in COVID-19 origin tracing, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday. The spokesperson made the remarks after WHO released a report earlier on Tuesday on the joint research with…
By Reuters Johnson & Johnson will supply up to 220 million doses of its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine to the African Union’s 55 member states from the third quarter of 2021, the drugmaker said on Monday. J&J, through its unit Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, entered into a deal with the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT), which could order…
By XINHUA Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), John Nkengasong, said the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent health and socio-economic challenges have accelerated partnerships for innovation in Africa towards building new public health order. According to the Africa CDC director, the devastating impact of the pandemic instilled a degree…
By XINHUA African countries have received over 26 million COVID-19 vaccines both from the COVAX facility and through bilateral agreements outside the COVAX facility, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said on late Friday that some 28 AU…
