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South Africa Hails COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver

South Africa on Saturday hailed a WTO agreement to allow developing countries to start producing their own COVID vaccines following a near two-year battle. “We secured an agreement. It was.

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COVID-19 pandemic not over, WHO warn

The Covid-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over”, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned, despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of the Omicron.

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Senegal Facility Set to Begin COVID-19 Vaccine Production

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed stark vaccine inequities among high- and low-income nations and has underscored Africa’s dependence on outside countries for shots. However, a new initiative in Senegal hopes.

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China’s Xi Pledges Another 1 billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses for Africa

President Xi Jinping has said China would offer another one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to African countries and encourage Chinese companies to invest no less than $10bn in Africa.

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Ghana to Make COVID-19 Vaccine Mandatory for Targeted Groups from January

Next month, Ghana will ramp up its COVID-19 inoculation campaign and make the vaccine mandatory for targeted groups including all public sector and health workers from Jan. 2022, health service.

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South Africa Detects New COVID-19 Variant

They said that South African scientists have detected a new COVID-19 variant in small numbers and are working to understand its potential implications, on Thursday.

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AU to Buy Up to 110 Million Moderna Vaccines

The African Union (AU) intends to buy up to 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna Inc in an arrangement brokered in part by the White House, which will.

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Nigeria Gets World Bank Approval on Loan for COVID Vaccines

Nigeria has received approval for $400 million in World Bank financing to procure and deploy COVID-19 vaccinations, the bank said in a statement.

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We Need Sustainable Solutions to COVID-19

By Beatrice Batamuliza Rwandan President Paul Kagame has called for sustainable solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic saying the world is not certain when the epidemic would come to an end.

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Zimbabwe Launches Oxygen Plant to Step Up Efforts Against COVID-19

The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has launched an Oxygen plant in Mutare as part of efforts to sustain the country in its fight against Covid19.

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