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By David Ochieng Mbewa The resumption of the second phase of Botswana’s COVID-19 vaccination roll out program has been strengthened following the receipt of 404,494 doses of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine doses, which were received on Sunday, were purchased from the Sinovac Biotech Company in China through a bilateral arrangement, according to a statement

By Jerry Omondi South Africa on Saturday reported 182 new COVID-19 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s virus-related death toll to 83,343. In the same period, health authorities registered 8,411 new infections, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 2,814,014. South Africa remains to be the hardest-hit country by the pandemic

By Grace Kuria Kenya’s health ministry on Saturday announced that it has recorded 840 new coronavirus cases, raising the country’s total tally to 239,692 cases. 1,237 people have recovered from the disease, 1,104 from Home Based and Isolation Care while 133 are from various health facilities countrywide. The number of total recoveries is now at 227,274. Unfortunately,

By XINHUA Zambia has acquired more COVID-19 vaccines as part of efforts to ramp up its vaccination program, a government official said on Saturday. The 4,400,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine have been acquired under the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust, an initiative of the African Union (AU). Kennedy Malama, Permanent Secretary in charge