By XINHUA Ghana’s fighting with COVID-19 has improved as the number of daily cases fell, an official with the health service said here on Sunday. “Active cases declined from over 8,000 daily to less than 3,500 over the past four weeks, and reported cases have declined from 800 cases daily to about 250,” the Director…
By AP The leading opposition presidential candidate in the Republic of Congo was receiving oxygen at a private hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19, a family member said, casting Sunday’s election into doubt. Kolelas, the president’s leading opponent, skipped his final campaign event on Friday after telling some reporters a day earlier that he feared…
By XINHUA The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,159,950 as of Saturday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 109,456, while 3,669,551 patients across the…
By XINHUA Three employees of the Ghana Health Service have been arrested for allegedly stealing COVID-19 vaccines, police said Saturday. The Greater Accra regional police arrested Stephen Dzisenu, a disease control officer, Cosmos Allotey, an occupational health, and safety officer, and Joseph Knight Gaissie, a laboratory assistant, for allegedly stealing 36 vials of Covishield vaccines….
By Reuters U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris Saturday congratulated Tanzania’s new president Samia Suluhu Hassan, the first woman to hold that office. Through a posting tweet, Vice President Kamala Harris said that the United States was ready to strengthen ties between the two countries. Hassan, who had been vice president since 2015, on Friday urged…
By XINHUA Health Minister of Benin Benjamin Hounkpatin said Saturday his country plans to launch a nationwide immunization campaign against COVID-19 in the coming week with AstraZeneca vaccines, the national radio reported. “It is now time to go for immunization,” he said. On March 10, Benin received 144,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. However, the…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Zambian club Nkana F.C. saw their remarkable unbeaten home record come to an end after they lost to Moroccan club Raja Casablanca in a CAF Confederation Cup group match. The hosts lost 2-0 on Wednesday in their Group D match at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola with Soufiane Rahimi converting a…
By CGTN The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday recommended vaccination using the AstraZeneca shot to continue, saying the benefits of the vaccine outweigh its risks at this time. Some EU countries have temporarily suspended the use of the vaccine amid growing concerns over blood clot disorders in persons who had received it. The WHO Global…
By Jerry Omondi Sniffer dogs trained in Thailand to detect COVID-19 in human sweat proved nearly 95% accurate during training, and could be deployed to identify infected persons at busy transport hubs within seconds, Reuters reports citing the head of a pilot project. Six Labrador Retrievers participated in a six-month project that included being tasked to…
By XINHUA The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac arrived in Namibia on Tuesday afternoon, which will help the African country’s immunization campaign against the pandemic. Receiving the vaccines at the Hosea Kutako International Airport, Namibian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said the vaccines’ arrival…
