By David Ochieng Mbewa The Gambia successfully eliminated trachoma as a public health threat, the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) announced on Tuesday. As a result, The Gambia became the third African country to be validated by the W.H.O. as having eliminated the disease as a public health problem. Trachoma is a neglected tropical eye disease…
By Jerry Omondi The number of COVID-19 infections in Kenya rose to 152,523 on Tuesday after 629 people tested positive from a sample size of 5,832 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. According to figures published by the Ministry of Health, 612 of the new people that tested positive are Kenyans while the remaining…
By Jerry Omondi The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa has reached 4,437,846 according to the latest figures from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The agency also says some 118,133 deaths have been recorded on the continent as of Tuesday afternoon. Africa, like the rest of the world, is currently…
By XINHUA China is planning to dispatch another batch of COVID-19 vaccines to Gabon to help the African country defeat the pandemic as soon as possible, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday. In a telephone conversation with Gabonese Foreign Minister Pacome Moubelet-Boubeya, Wang said that since the COVID-19 outbreak, China…
By XINHUA More than 650,000 children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have received the malaria vaccine in the last two years since its launch, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday ahead of World Malaria Day to be marked on April 25. Kate O’Brien, WHO director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals…
By Jerry Omondi The number of COVID-19 vaccinations administered in Uganda is nearing the 240,000 mark, as healthcare workers continue administering inoculations across the country. According to the health ministry, some 239,617 Ugandans have already received their firsts jabs of the vaccines. Uganda, like many other countries globally, hopes the vaccinations can help contain the…
By XINHUA The Russian government has launched an exhibition of the first human space mission in Zambia. The exhibition dubbed “The 60th Anniversary of the First Manned Space Flight, Yuri Gagarin” was launched by the Russia Center for Science and Culture, with the support of the Russian Embassy in Zambia in partnership with the National…
By Reuters Egypt has agreed to purchase 20 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China’s Sinopharm and expects to receive a batch of 500,000 shots this month, its health ministry said on Tuesday. The agreement boosts vaccination efforts in Egypt, which has a population of 100 million and has so far received a…
By AFP DR Congo on Monday launched a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in the capital Kinshasa, with top officials and foreign envoys stressing the safety of the AstraZeneca jab. “There are more advantages than disadvantages to getting vaccinated,” Health Minister Eteni Longondo said at a launch ceremony, becoming among the first to receive a shot at Kinshasa…
By Jerry Omondi The number of people that have received a COVID-19 vaccination jab in Kenya surpassed the 700,000 mark on Monday as the country continues its mass inoculation drive. According to the latest figures published by the Ministry of Health, some 702,170, majority of whom are aged 58 years and above. Essential service providers…
