By Jerry Omondi The number of fully vaccinated Kenyans surpassed the 2.94 million mark on Sunday as the country continues its nationwide inoculation exercise. According to the latest data published by the country’s health ministry, some 2,942,191 people have been fully vaccinated from a pool of 7,554,149 vaccine doses administered so far. 4,611,958 million people are…
By XINHUA A Spanish archaeological mission discovered two adjacent tombs in Upper Egypt’s Minya Governorate dating back to the Saite Dynasty (664-525 BC), the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. The mission from the University of Barcelona in Spain found the remains of two unknown persons with gold tongues in one of the…
By Reuters South Africa is preparing its hospitals for more admissions, as the Omicron coronavirus variant pushes the country into the fourth wave of COVID-19 cases, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday. Omicron was first detected in southern Africa last month and has triggered global alarm as governments fear another surge in infections. read more South…
By Reuters Future pandemics could be even more lethal than COVID-19 so the lessons learned from the outbreak must not be squandered and the world should ensure it is prepared for the next viral onslaught, one of the creators of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine said. The novel coronavirus has killed 5.26 million people across the world, according…
By XINHUA Cameroon on Friday joined the country’s disabled community in celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities with calls for greater inclusion of disabled persons in society. There are an estimated 3.5 million disabled people in Cameroon and the government was resolute to ensure their wellbeing in society, the country’s minister of social affairs,…
By CGTN Africa South Africa is being hit by the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections driven by the new omicron variant, health officials said on Friday. Health Minister Joe Phaahla told a news briefing that “It has emerged that hospitalization cases have increased for children under five years in the fourth wave.” According to Phaahla, the…
By XINHUA Namibia’s central bank expects the economy to grow by 1.5 percent in 2021, a revision from a 1.4-percent forecast in August, the bank said in a statement Friday. “The projected improvements are mainly due to base effects and better growth prospects for the mining industry and most industries in the tertiary sector,” said the…
By AFP India’s cricket board on Saturday delayed the national side’s South Africa tour over the heavily mutated Omicron strain of Covid-19, it said in a statement. Omicron was first detected by scientists in South Africa and has led to global panic, uncertainty and fresh travel curbs in the last few days, raising questions over the prospects for…
By CGTN Africa Zambia has detected its first cases of the omicron coronavirus variant, the country’s health minister said on Saturday. The strain was found in three people who tested positive for COVID-19 in the past week – two fully vaccinated people who traveled abroad recently and a third unvaccinated person with no history of foreign…
By Reuters The Omicron variant appears able to get around some immunity but vaccines should still offer protection against severe disease, according to the latest data from South Africa where it is fast overtaking Delta to become the dominant variant. Omicron, which has raised global fears of a surge in infections, was first detected in southern…
