By CGTN Africa South will resume its Johnsons &Johnson vaccination programme on Wednesday this is after the rollout was put on hold following cases of rare blood clots that were reported in six recipients in the United States. The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority has since found no evidence of blood clots, and health…
By Grace Kuria Ethiopian Airlines Group has become the first African airline to conduct trial of IATA Travel Pass, a digital travel mobile app to enhance efficiency in testing or vaccine verifications. The trial will be conducted on flights out of Addis Ababa to Washington DC and Toronto as well as on flights out of…
By XINHUA Zimbabwe’s Vice President Constantino Chiwenga says the country aims to achieve 60 percent herd immunity from COVID-19 with the vaccination of 10 million people by the end of 2021. So far, more than 300,000 people have received their first doses of mainly the Chinese Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines, with more becoming amenable to…
By CGTN Africa Kamaru Usman knocked Jorge Masvidal out cold to retain his UFC welterweight belt while Rose Namajunas pulled off a stunning first-round head kick KO to dethrone strawweight champ Zhang Weili at UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday. In the third title fight on the bill, women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko dominated…
By David Ochieng Mbewa A new coach for South Africa’s national men’s football team will be unveiled next week after the South Africa Football Association (SAFA) postponed this week’s event due to COVID-19-related disruptions. The announcement was due to take place on Saturday but the prevailing situation arising from the pandemic forced SAFA to push…
By XINHUA Kenya will not ease the current containment measures prematurely, the cabinet secretary of the Ministry of Health Mutahi Kagwe said on Friday though the number of COVID-19 positive cases has declined slightly in the last 30 days since the government announced stringent containment measures to help contain the third wave of infections. Kagwe…
By XINHUA South Africa’s annual consumer price inflation (CPI) rose to 3.2 percent in March, up from 2.9 percent in February, said Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Wednesday. Patrick Kelly, Chief Director for Price Statistics, said the change was mainly contributed by the increase in prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages. “Annual inflation for…
By Jerry Omondi The number of COVID-19 vaccinations administered in Kenya surpassed the 750,000 mark on Wednesday as the country continues giving jabs nationally. According to the health ministry, some 750,471 have received jabs of the vaccines, with priority given to high-risk groups including healthcare workers, the elderly and people offering other essential services. Kenya…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Africa’s representatives at this year’s men’s Olympic football tournament were handed tricky fixtures following the draw for the group stage at FIFA headquarters in the Swiss city of Zurich on Friday. Côte d’Ivoire was drawn in Group D alongside defending champions Brazil, Rio 2016 runners-up Germany and Saudi Arabia. Egypt, two-time…
Cameroonian President Paul Biya on Tuesday expressed condolences over the death of Chadian President Idriss Deby. “I would like in this tragic circumstance to express my most sincere condolences to the bereaved Chadian nation,” Biya said in a statement on his Twitter handle. It was a “huge loss” for Chad, the Central Africa sub-region, and…
