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Raising awareness around Down Syndrome in Uganda

By XINHUA As the world commemorated the World Down Syndrome Day on March 21, a woman in the suburbs of the Ugandan capital Kampala is raising awareness about the genetic malformation in her community. Rosemary Nambooze, 39, after going through the challenges of raising a child suffering from Down syndrome for over 10 years, decided…

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Swiss drug companies report promising results from anti-COVID cocktail

By AFP Swiss pharma giant Roche announced Tuesday promising results from clinical trials of an anti-Covid cocktail developed with U.S. biotech firm Regeneron. The results of the Phase 3 trial showed that the combination of the antibodies casirivimab and imdevimab “reduced hospitalisation or death by 70 percent in non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19,” it said in…

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Study shows children have stronger antibody response to COVID-19

By AFP Children who are 10 years old and younger produce more antibodies in response to coronavirus infection than adolescents and adults, a study has shown. The authors of the paper, which appeared in JAMA Network Open, said the finding helped illuminate why children are less susceptible to severe COVID-19 than adults – though this…

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Invasive crows plague Kenya’s coast

By Daniel Plafker Originally introduced by colonialists in the early 20th century to control garbage, Indian house crows have become an unwelcome fixture of coastal Kenya’s wildlife community. Loud, large and highly disruptive, the winged menace has ballooned to catastrophic numbers on the country’s Indian Ocean coast. With no natural predators, this invasive species has…

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South Africa sells AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to AU member states

By CGTN Africa South Africa concluded the sale of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines it had acquired but did not use, to other African Union (AU) member states, the ministry of health said on Sunday. The government suspended the AstraZeneca vaccine rollout program last month after a study by the Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg pointed to a…

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Uganda wildlife leaders call crisis meeting to investigate deaths of six lions

By Grace Kuria Following the death of six climbing lions in Queen Elizabeth National Park, security and Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) officials have organised a meeting with the local leaders on Tuesday, to deliberate on measures to safeguard wild life. The lions were found dead on Friday evening, about 500 metres on River Ishasha on…

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Ghana’s daily COVID-19 cases fall as anti-virus efforts improve: official

By XINHUA Ghana’s fighting with COVID-19 has improved as the number of daily cases fell, an official with the health service said here on Sunday. “Active cases declined from over 8,000 daily to less than 3,500 over the past four weeks, and reported cases have declined from 800 cases daily to about 250,” the Director…

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Top African Leaders attend Magufuli’s state funeral in Dodoma, Tanzania

By Grace Kuria Top African leaders have already arrived at the Jamhuri Stadium in Dodoma, Tanzania, where the state funeral of the late Tanzania President John Joseph Pombe Magufuli is being held. Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, Botswana’s Mokgweetsi Masisi , Malawi’s Lazarus Chakwera, Felix Tshisekedi of DR Congo, Comoros’ Azali Assoumani,…

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Republic of Congo candidate hospitalized with COVID-19

By AP The leading opposition presidential candidate in the Republic of Congo was receiving oxygen at a private hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19, a family member said, casting Sunday’s election into doubt. Kolelas, the president’s leading opponent, skipped his final campaign event on Friday after telling some reporters a day earlier that he feared…

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Africa confirmed COVID-19 cases near 4.16m: Africa CDC

By XINHUA The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,159,950 as of Saturday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 109,456, while 3,669,551 patients across the…