Nigeria plans mass vaccination drive, considers booster shot
By CGTN Africa Nigeria will start a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign on November 19, to inoculate half of its targeted population by the end of January. Under the initiative, hopes to administer 55 million doses. So far, Nigeria The country has only vaccinated 2.9 percent of those eligible to get vaccines. Vaccine sites will be set
South Africa to challenge decisions in World Cup qualifier defeat to Ghana
By David Ochieng Mbewa The South Africa Football Association (SAFA) will petition world football’s governing body FIFA and the sport’s continental body CAF in a bid to overturn a result that cost them a place in the playoffs of the African World Cup qualifiers. South Africa lost 1-0 away to Ghana on Sunday at the Cape
Malawi Rolls Out Effort to Prevent Malaria Spread
BLANTYRE, MALAWI — Malawi has begun a mass distribution of mosquito nets, aiming to reach almost half the country’s population of 18 million people. Health authorities say the campaign is aimed at reducing the spread of malaria, which in Malawi currently accounts for 36% of all hospital outpatients and 15% of hospital admissions. The Global Fund-supported
Tanzania to build half-million U.S. dollar ‘center for sports excellence’
By XINHUA The government of Tanzania has set aside 1.3 billion Tanzanian shillings (about 565,000 U.S. dollars) for the construction of a center for sports excellence in the east African nation, a senior official said on Saturday. Pauline Gekul, the Deputy Minister for Culture, Arts and Sports, said the funds will be used for the construction
Egypt’s capital transforms metro stations into vaccination centers
By XINHUA Egypt’s Health Ministry announced on Sunday that the country has set up new vaccination centers at Cairo Metro stations to allow more people to take COVID-19 vaccines and ease pressure on medical centers. The vaccination centers stationed at Cairo Metro stations have started receiving commuters who are willing to register for or take the
Egypt announces clinical trials of its own COVID-19 vaccine
By AP Egypt’s national research body said Sunday that it will start clinical trials for a domestically made coronavirus vaccine. The country’s acting health minister, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, told reporters at a press conference that it is launching clinical trials of the new vaccine. He said the trial for the vaccine, named ‘COVI VAX’ will start