By Halligan Agade South Africa has reached the milestone of 20 million people who have received coronavirus vaccines, with another 154,000 people added to the tally of those fully vaccinated. That makes for some 35 percent of the adult population at least partially vaccinated. In the 60+ age group, more than 60 percent of people have…
By Jerry Omondi Starting Monday, October 18, employees and visitors to Uganda’s National Medical Stores (NMS) will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before accessing the premises, the body’s Principal Public Relations Officer, Sheila Nduhukire, said. The move is aimed at enabling the body to become fully compliant with a government policy on vaccination…
By XINHUA The Republic of the Congo’s Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee for Immunization adopted Saturday a plan to implement the preventive vaccination campaign against yellow fever. According to the committee, this campaign aims to reach at least four million people aged between 9 and 60. “Our country is part of the yellow fever epidemic belt,” the country’s…
By CGTN Africa Africa’s premier film festival opened in Burkina Faso on Saturday with a colourful ceremony showcasing choreography, and acrobatic and musical acts from some of the continent’s biggest names, including Senegalese Grammy nominee Baaba Maal. With a backdrop of Islamic militant attacks in Sahel West African nation and the coronavirus pandemic, the glitzy ceremony saw…
By XINHUA For a long time, Ghana’s public transportation system has been a key source of carbon dioxide emissions. To address the challenge, SolarTaxi Ghana Limited, a Ghanaian start-up, has decided to make a change by introducing Chinese-made electronic vehicles. According to Eugene Amponsah, operations manager of the company, the influx of many internal combustion engine…
A South Sudan women’s rights activist has been named one of three winners of an award given by Amnesty International USA recognizing women who the group says “protect the dignity, liberties and lives of women and children in crisis regions.” Riya William Yuyada, executive director of Crown the Women-South Sudan, was honored for her commitment…
By XINHUA Angolan President Joao Lourenco on Wednesday appealed for more investment in free areas and new zones for sedimentary basin exploitation. The Angolan head of state made the appeal on the first day of “Russian Energy Week” held via videoconference, adding that Angola has restructured its oil sector. Lourenco stressed that a bidding strategy has…
By XINHUA The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,402,139 cases as of Wednesday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic across the continent stands at 214,656. Some 7,770,156 patients across…
NAIROBI — Medical aid groups are welcoming plans by U.S. drug maker Moderna to build a plant for manufacturing vaccines in Africa. The groups say the plant, the first from a company making a COVID-19 vaccine, will help in fighting vaccine inequality. African countries are facing a shortfall of nearly 500 million COVID-19 vaccines according to…
WASHINGTON — The United States is sending more than 3.5 million doses of the two-shot Pfizer vaccine to Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, a White House official told VOA on Tuesday. “We are sharing these doses not to secure favors or extract concessions,” the official said. “Our vaccines do not come with strings attached. We are…
