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COVID-19 Infections Jump By 324% In One Month

ANALYSIS of the COVID-19 cases obtained from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has revealed a sharp rise of 324 per cent in the number of COVID-19 cases reported in the country within one month. No fewer than 568 cases…

South Africa’s Aspen To Slash Covid Vaccine Capacity Within 6 Weeks If No Orders – CEO

ASPEN Pharmacare will switch about half of its Covid-19 vaccine production capacity onto other products if demand doesn’t pick up within six weeks, its CEO warned, as South Africa’s president and health officials urged more Africans to take up the…

N1.7bn Wema Bank Fraud: Pastor Faults Police Report, Accuses Assistant Police Commissioner, Businessman Of ‘Harassment, Malicious Prosecution’

ISAAC Adewole, a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God has faulted the police report alleging top management staff members of Wema Bank Plc fraudulently moved N1.7 billion to his account number 0122367964, domiciled in the financial institution.  …

Nigeria Set To Scrap PCR Covid-19 Tests For Vaccinated Travellers

NIGERIA is set to scrap the mandatory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Covid-19 tests for fully-vaccinated travellers departing the country to any part of the world. The PCR test will no longer be required to take the pre-departure Covid-19 tests from…

Masks, PCR Tests No Longer Needed In Namibia As Covid Cases Fall

THE wearing of masks in public in Namibia and negative PCR tests for vaccinated visitors are no longer required, President Hage Geingob (pictured) said on Tuesday, as active Covid-19 cases fall to just a couple of hundred. Infections peaked at…

Africa CDC Signs MOU With Pfizer For Supplies Of Covid-19 Pill

AFRICA’S top public health agency has agreed a memorandum of understanding with Pfizer to bring supplies of the pharmaceutical firm’s Paxlovid antiviral Covid-19 pills to the continent, its director said on Thursday. Data from a mid-to-late stage study in November…

Ugandans Would Face Fines, Jail For Refusing Covid Jab Under New Law

UGANDA plans to impose fines on people who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and those who fail to pay could be sent to prison under a new public health law which lawmakers are scrutinising, parliament said on Tuesday. Although…

95-Year-Old Queen Elizabeth Tests Positive For COVID-19

BRITAIN’S 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for COVID-19 and has “mild cold-like symptoms”, Buckingham Palace has said. The Palace, in a statement on Sunday, said the 95-year-old British monarch would continue to perform light duties at Windsor over…

Six African Countries To Receive mRNA Vaccine Technology

THE first African countries selected to receive the technology necessary to produce mRNA vaccines against Covid-19 are Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia, a summit meeting of European Union and African Union nations heard on Friday. The six…

BioNTech Plans Modular Vaccine Factories In Africa

GERMAN vaccine maker BioNTech, which developed the first widely approved shot against Covid-19 together with Pfizer, unveiled plans Wednesday to establish manufacturing facilities in Africa that would boost the availability of much-needed medicines on the continent. The modular design presented…