Paul Radley When Yool Yool found out he was going to become the first player of South Sudanese origin to represent Australia in rugby, his first thought was to call his mum. “I was like, ‘Mum, I might need to sort out my passport’,” Yool, a 22-year-old back who became an international rugby player for…
By XINHUA Another batch of COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccines donated by China has arrived in Mozambique to help the African country better deal with the pandemic. Minister of Health Armindo Tiago said the new batch of Chinese vaccines came “at an opportune time” as the country is witnessing a resurgence of infections, hospitalizations and deaths from the…
By XINHUA The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,944,097 as of Monday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The agency said the death toll across the continent stands at 224,920 and some 8,215,307 patients have recovered from the disease so far. South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia and Ethiopia…
By Reuters Australia’s Strandline Resources, Black Rock Mining and Orecorp on Monday signed framework agreements with the government of Tanzania, a step towards the development of their mineral sands, graphite, and gold projects, Reuters reported.However, according to that report, details of the agreements were not immediately available.President Samia Suluhu Hassan, as pledged to grow the mining…
By XINHUA Zambia was deliberating on the possibility of introducing COVID-19 booster vaccines to improve the protection of citizens, Zambian Health Minister Sylvia Masebo said on Friday. Technical experts are currently holding consultations on the issue and the government will soon provide related policy recommendations, the minister said. COVID-19 booster vaccines will be procured upon the…
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s health minister has confirmed omicron is the most transmissible coronavirus variant yet but does not appear as severe. The minister, Dr. Joe Phaala, says previous concerns that omicron was hospitalizing more children appear to be unfounded. More than 22,000 people tested positive with COVID-19 Thursday in South Africa, double the number of…
By XINHUA South Africa’s Competition Commission has reached an agreement with two major laboratories Ampath and Lancet to reduce the price of COVID-19 PCR test prices from 850 to 500 rand(53 to 31 U.S. dollars). The Competition Commissioner Tembinkosi Bonakele announced this on Sunday at a press briefing. He stated that in October this year they…
By AFP The Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than the Delta strain and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe symptoms according to early data, the World Health Organization said Sunday. The Delta variant, first identified in India earlier this year, is responsible for most of the world’s coronavirus infections. The WHO said Omicron had…
By Jerry Omondi The number of COVID-19 cases in Africa neared the 8.87 million mark on Sunday as parts of the continent battle to subdue fresh waves of infections. According to data published by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the continent had recorded 8,869,574 cases by Sunday afternoon, with 224,609 deaths….
By XINHUA Zambia recorded eight more Omicron COVID-19 cases this week, bringing the cases of the new variant to 11, the country’s health ministry said Saturday. The health ministry said the new cases were all recorded in Lusaka, the country’s capital, with five of the patients having a history of traveling outside the country recently. Minister…
