By XINHUA Four east African countries of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda have joined hands to fight plastic pollution in the region, an official said Saturday. Ana Le Rocha, the executive director of Nipe Fagio, said the four countries have decided to start a Single-Use Plastic Free East African Community (EAC) campaign to advocate against the…
By David Ochieng Mbewa The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Super Cup will take place at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in the Qatari capital Doha on December 22. The match will be contested by defending champions and CAF Champions League winners Al Ahly of Egypt and CAF Confederation Cup winners Raja Casablanca of Morocco. The…
By AP As the omicron variant sweeps through South Africa, Dr. Unben Pillay, director of an association representing some 5,000 general practitioners across South Africa, is seeing dozens of sick patients a day. Yet he hasn’t had to send anyone to the hospital. That’s one of the reasons why he, along with other doctors and medical experts,…
Scientists in South Africa say the new and rapidly spreading omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is partly able to evade antibodies produced by either a previous infection or vaccination. The results were found in laboratory tests conducted at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban on blood samples of 12 people who…
By XINHUA Zambia on Wednesday signed a country program framework with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which will serve as the frame of reference for the short and medium-term planning of technical cooperation. The agreement was signed by Zambia’s Minister of Technology and Science Felix Mutati and IAEA Deputy Director-General and Head of the Department…
By XINHUA At least 25 cases of the Omicron variant have been discovered in Botswana, a health official said Wednesday. The scientists have discovered that the new variant is highly mutative and more transmissible, Health Minister Edwin Dikoloti briefed reporters in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital city, on the progress of COVID-19 vaccination. “What we don’t know is…
By CGTN Africa South Africa has approved the use of a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster shot Wednesday as the country battles a fourth wave of the pandemic driven by the omicron variant. According to the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), the shot was approved after Pfizer applied to amend the dosing schedule for its…
By XINHUA Courts across Zimbabwe have been ordered to close due to COVID-19 cases among staff members. In a statement, Wednesday, the Judicial Service Commission said the shutdown on Wednesday and Thursday of its head office in the capital Harare and courts across the country would allow for the disinfection of premises, testing, and contact tracing…
By Reuters Africa needs to make its own vaccines to avoid a repeat of its supply problems in the COVID-19 pandemic but faces big obstacles in turning itself from a pharmaceutical testing ground into a place where vaccines are created, experts said on Tuesday. The Partnership for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) has set as a target…
By XINHUA Kenya’s Ministry of Health vowed to intensify vaccination efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic after receiving more than 4.6 million doses on Monday evening. Mutahi Kagwe, Health Cabinet Secretary said 4.3 million COVID-19 doses of Johnson & Johnson were donated by Germany while 400,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses were donated by Argentina via the COVAX facility….
