Covid-19
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Kenya augments COVID-19 restrictions in parts of the country following a surge in infections
KENYA – Kenya’s Ministry of Health has announced stringent measures to help curb the spread of coronavirus in 13 counties located in the western parts…
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Africa’s COVID-19 third wave gathers pace fueled by highly contagious variants, WHO warns
AFRICA – Coronavirus infections in Africa are surging as a third wave of the pandemic gains pace in the continent and nears the first wave…
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Johnson & Johnson’s Wang Goodridge joins the CHPA board of directors
US – Johnson & Johnson consumer self-care president, Michelle Wang Goodridge has been elected to the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) Board of Directors as…
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Africa records over 5.1 million COVID-19 cases
AFRICA – Data published by the Africa Center for Disease control (Africa CDC) reveals that Africa has recorded over 5.1 million cases of COVID-19 since…
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Mankind pharma achieves a milestone with the launch of a drug that treats black fungus
INDIA – Mankind Pharma, an Indian pharmaceutical company, based in New Delhi, has launched a new drug which is reported to have curative capabilities against…
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Africa at risk from vaccine resistant COVID-19 Infections
AFRICA – New variants of the SARS-CoV-2 are rapidly spreading across continents and multiple variants are emerging in Africa, some deadlier, as the continent slips…
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World Bank approves new financing to support vaccination campaign in Togo
TOGO – The World Bank has approved a $29.5 million financing to help Togo ‘proceed to the vaccination of its population against the coronavirus and…
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UNICEF receives US $39 million from Japan for vaccine cold chains in Nigeria and other countries
NIGERIA – Nigeria will benefit from Japan’s US $39 million donation to UNICEF for provision of cold chain equipment in priority storage sites based on…
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Third wave of COVID infections continues to ravage through Africa
AFRICA – African Union Member States have so far recorded COVID-19 5,066,568 cases, 135,195 deaths and 4,536,503 recoveries according to data published by Africa CDC.…
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U.S. FDA greenlights supply of Janssen vaccine to bolster fight against COVID-19
US – The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has under the emergency authorization use (EUA), authorized the production of the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson)…