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By XINHUA Botswana, which has been experiencing a short and delayed supply of COVID-19 vaccines, is expecting to receive a significant number of them in the next two months, an official said Friday. At least 1.38 million vaccines will be received between August and September from different sources, including the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX),…

By CGTN Africa Kenya received a consignment of 410,000 AstraZeneca vaccines from the UK at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Saturday, in yet another boost to ongoing efforts to vaccinate its adult population, the ministry of health announced. Health Chief Administrative Secretary, Dr. Mercy Mwangangi who received the consignment at the airport, said the donation…

By XINHUA Tanzania’s Zanzibar on Saturday received a batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines and syringes donated by China. Zanzibar’s Minister of Trade and Industrial Development Omar Said Shaaban, Chinese Consul General in Zanzibar Zhang Zhisheng and other officials from the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar attended the handover ceremony of the vaccines at the Abeid Amani Karume…

By XINHUA The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 6,678,949 as of Saturday afternoon, 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 stands at 169,280 while 5,845,926 patients across the continent have recovered…

By XINHUA Zimbabwe’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic received a major boost when the country took delivery of another batch of Sinopharm vaccines from China on Wednesday. Another shipment of Sinopharm vaccines is also expected in the country on Thursday. Zimbabwe has to date received several batches of Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines from China in addition…

By Reuters Zimbabwe has cleared emergency use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, the first western-made vaccine to be approved by the southern African nation, its medicines regulatory body said on Wednesday. Like many African countries, Zimbabwe is in the throes of a third wave of infections, with nearly half of its 101,711 cumulative cases and…

By CGTN Africa Zambia has received a second batch of 151,200 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine from the US as part of a dose-sharing system through the UN COVAX facility. Ministry of Health permanent secretary in charge of technical services, Kennedy Malama, said it is the second batch delivered in the space of one…