Guinea kicks off COVID-19 child vaccination effort
By AP Guinea will begin vaccinating children aged 12 to 17 in the capital to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the West African nation, the health ministry said. The youth vaccinations will start Thursday in Conakry, said, officials. Guinea received shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines in late October and early November, the National Agency
Ethiopia stages stunning comeback to win inaugural CECAFA Women’s U-20 title
By David Ochieng Mbewa Ethiopia overcame the dismissal of a player and their coach to rally from two goals down and defeat hosts Uganda 3-2 in the final of the CECAFA Women’s U-20 Championship at the FUFA Technical Centre Ground in Njeru on Tuesday. Uganda raced to a 2-0 lead at the break through Hadijah Nandago
Merck expects COVID-19 pill to reach rich and poor countries simultaneously
By AFP U.S. pharmaceutical giant Merck has vowed to avoid the pitfalls of the global COVID-19 vaccine rollout by ensuring its new anti-coronavirus pill is made available in wealthy and poor countries at almost the same time. Paul Schaper, the company’s executive director of global public policy, told AFP that Merck, known as MSD outside the
Cameroon aims to vaccinate 50% of civil servants against COVID-19
By XINHUA Cameroon is aiming to vaccinate 50 percent of all personnel on state payroll against COVID-19 in one month, health minister Manaouda Malachie said on Wednesday at the start of a campaign to inoculate state workers and pensioners. The vaccination campaign started in the capital, Yaounde. Dozens of civil servants queued quietly at vaccination sites
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Guinea starts vaccinating children against COVID-19 with Pfizer, Moderna
By Reuters Guinea will begin vaccinating children aged 12-17 against COVID-19 with a consignment of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines on Wednesday, the health ministry said. Most African countries have been reliant on the COVAX vaccine sharing initiative for doses, and have inoculated only a small fraction of their populations. Guinea received a quantity of the Pfizer/BioNTech