By Reuters South Africa will start its immunization campaign with Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine after data showed AstraZeneca’s shot offered minimal protection against mild-to-moderate illness from the dominant local virus variant. The country, which has recorded the most coronavirus infections in Africa and more than 46,000 deaths, had planned to start offering healthcare workers the…
By CGTN Africa The 21-day lockdown that was recently imposed on Kigali has had a tremendous impact, reducing new Covid-19 cases in the city by 72 percent, this is according to the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) Director-General. On Monday, February 8, the lockdown was lifted, allowing people to go on with their work – but still…
By XINHUA The Chinese Sinopharm vaccine is effective in older people and Morocco will continue using it to vaccinate the population aged 60 and over, authorities said on Monday. Available data from the Moroccan vaccination campaign showed no increase in adverse effects on the vaccinated people aged 60 and over compared with others receiving the Sinopharm…
By AP Health officials in Congo confirmed another Ebola outbreak in the country’s east on Sunday, the fourth in less than three years. On February 3, a woman died in Butembo town in North Kivu province, Minister of Health Eteni Longondo announced. The woman from the nearby village of Biena felt sick for a few days…
By BBC Malawi is set to proceed with its plan to import the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, President Lazarus Chakwera said on Sunday in an address to the nation. The country expects to receive its first consignment of the vaccine at the end of February for roll-out in March. The batch will contain 1.5 million doses. The…
By AFP Morlaye Sylla scored his third goal and Mamadouba Bangoura his first at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) as Guinea defeated hosts Cameroon 2-0 in Douala on Saturday in the third-place playoff. Sylla put the Elephants ahead on nine minutes in the coastal city by dribbling past several opponents before unleashing a shot that was…
By XINHUA A new positive case of Ebola virus disease has been confirmed in North Kivu, a province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the communication made by the Minister of Public Health Eteni Longondo on Congolese national television (RTNC) Sunday. The victim is a woman farmer and wife of a survivor of the…
By Jerry Omondi Learners in Kenya were forced to stay more than 10 months out of school as part of government-led initiatives to contain COVID-19. As the situation improved, learners were allowed fully back in class in January albeit with full adherence to health protocols. The World Health Organization is keen to see that the world…
By XINHUA The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health on Saturday reported 570 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the national count to 141,453. The COVID-19 death toll rose to 2,145 after nine new fatalities were recorded, the ministry said. With 290 more recoveries registered, the nationwide count amounted to 125,531, it added. Ethiopia,…
By CGTN Africa South Sudan announced a month-long lockdown Wednesday banning social gatherings, classes, religious services, and political rallies following a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. “Due to the recent surge in the COVID-19 pandemic in the country and around the globe and as precautionary measures for all public and private sectors, the National Taskforce on…
