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By Jerry Omondi The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa surpassed the 8.42 million mark ok Sunday as the some countries on the continent continue to see declines in new daily cases. According to the latest data from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the continent has so far registered 8,426,107 confirmed…

By CGTN Africa Three new Ebola cases have been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the total to five in the last 10 days, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Health officials have said the latest flare-up of the virus appeared to be linked to the massive 2018-20 outbreak, which killed more…

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…