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Africa: Over 370 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered Across Continent
allAfrica, 21 August 2022
As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered… Read more »
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Africa: We Studied How Covid Affects Mental Health and Brain Disorders - Here's What We Found
The Conversation Africa, 18 August 2022
The occurrence of mental health conditions and neurological disorders among people recovering from COVID has been a concern since early in the pandemic. Several studies have shown… Read more »
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Gambia: Pollution Made COVID-19 Worse!
The Point, 18 August 2022
As the novel coronavirus tears around the world, it's exploiting our biggest weaknesses, from creaking health care systems to extreme social inequality. Its relationship with one… Read more »
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Africa: Covid-19 Infections Rise as Vaccinations, Death Rate Remain Steady
allAfrica, 27 July 2022
As of July 27, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,073,092 while 353,455,779 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
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Ghana: Importance of Full Vaccination Against COVID-19
Ghanaian Times, 25 July 2022
Vaccines over the years have been proven to be one of the effective ways to tackle diseases in the world. Read more »
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Africa: WHO Releases Global Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy Update to Reach Unprotected
WHO, 22 July 2022
The global COVID-19 vaccination rollout is the biggest and fastest in history but many of those at greatest risk remain unprotected - only 28% of older people and 37% of health… Read more »
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Africa: It's Our Responsibility to End the World's Oldest Pandemic
allAfrica, 15 July 2022
The Stop TB Partnership has launched a detailed strategy to finally put an end to the world's oldest pandemic. Read more »
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Africa: News Fatigue, Anti-Vax and Wars
IPS, 13 July 2022
Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known. - Michel de Montaigne Read more »
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Africa: Five Actions to Prepare African Countries Better for the Next Pandemic
The Conversation Africa, 29 June 2022
Globally, cases of COVID-19 and related deaths are lower in June 2022 than they were at the beginning of the year. But the infection numbers are rising. Africa is no exception. Read more »
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Africa: Over 12 Million Cases of Covid-19 Confirmed Across Continent
allAfrica, 26 June 2022
As of June 26, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,023,588 while 315,484,942 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
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Africa: Continent Steps Up Targeted Covid-19 Vaccination of Most At-Risk People
Africa Renewal, 16 June 2022
Africa is intensifying COVID-19 vaccination of high-risk population groups with some promising signs. Nearly 50% of health workers and people over the age of 60 are fully… Read more »
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Africa: Covid-19 Infections, Recoveries Climb Across Continent
allAfrica, 16 June 2022
As of June 16, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,799,306 while 313,272,778 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
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Africa: Covid-19 Deadlier During Pregnancy, African Study Says
VOA, 13 June 2022
Pregnancy puts women at higher risk of severe medical complications or death from COVID-19, according to a new study of more than 1,300 women in sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers… Read more »
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Africa: Over 9.9 Million Covid-19 Recoveries Across Continent
allAfrica, 9 June 2022
As of June 9, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,761,791 while 321,791,657 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
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Africa: Nearly 11.75 Million Confirmed Cases of Covid-19 Across Continent
allAfrica, 6 June 2022
As of June 6, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,746,324 while 301,467,295 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
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Tanzania: Covid-19 Crippled Education System Worldwide
Daily News, 22 May 2022
THE education system has severely suffered worldwide during the Covid-19 pandemic and extensive measures are needed for transformation; the United Nation revealed. Read more »
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Africa: Corruption in Africa Deepens the Wounds of Covid-19
ISS, 19 May 2022
The pandemic has been less deadly than elsewhere, but African economies have suffered a double blow due to graft. Read more »
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Namibia: Covid-19 Vaccination Hesitancy Still Stumbling Block in Fighting Pandemic
Namibia Economist, 19 May 2022
Trust related issues continue to drive COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Namibia, as many voice concerns about the safety and possible side effects of the vaccine, a recent survey… Read more »
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WHO, 17 May 2022
The World Health Organization, with the support of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization and its COVID-19 Vaccines Working Group, continues to review the… Read more »
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Africa: Continent Nears 300 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations
allAfrica, 11 May 2022
As of May 11, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,588,765 while over 296,827,946 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
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Africa: Speed and Choice Critical in Successful Covid-19 Vaccination Programmes - Africa CDC
Africa CDC, 10 May 2022
A newly released analysis finds that scale-up speed, a focus on at-risk populations and the choice of COVID-19 vaccine brands are critical to structuring successful programs in the… Read more »
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Africa: Continent Nears 11.6 Million Confirmed Cases of Covid-19
allAfrica, 10 May 2022
As of May 10, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,579,536 while over 297,563,989 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
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Africa: Over 11.5 Million Covid-19 Cases Confirmed Across Africa
allAfrica, 8 May 2022
As of May 8, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,569,823 while over 294,169,448 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
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Africa: Nearly 295 Million Vaccinations Administered Across Continent
allAfrica, 5 May 2022
As of May 5, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,540,181 while over 294,169,448 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
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Africa: South Africa Urges Africa's First Covid-19 Vaccine Plant to Keep Its Doors Open
VOA, 4 May 2022
South African health officials are urging COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Aspen to keep its plant in the Eastern Cape province open. This follows a Reuters article quoting Aspen's… Read more »
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Africa: Covid-19 Infections, Recoveries Climb Steadily Across Continent
allAfrica, 3 May 2022
As of May 3, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,528,483 while over 292,526,139 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa Is Proposing Plans to Manage Diseases Like Covid. Why They're Flawed
The Conversation Africa, 1 May 2022
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the South African government published "special regulations" to contain the spread of the disease. These actions were taken under special… Read more »
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Africa: Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surging Due to Covid-19 Disruptions
VOA, 28 April 2022
The World Health Organization warns that vaccine-preventable diseases are spreading across the African continent because routine immunizations against killer diseases have been… Read more »
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Africa: Chinese Lending to Africa Fell During First Year of Pandemic - Researchers
VOA, 27 April 2022
Chinese loans to African governments plunged by more than three-quarters in the first year of the pandemic compared to the year before, researchers have found, with new loan… Read more »
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Africa: Over 11.4 Million Covid-19 Cases Confirmed Across Continent
allAfrica, 15 April 2022
As of April 15, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,453,505 while over 273,418,843 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
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Africa: Africa Experiencing Longest-Running Decline in Covid-19 Infections
UN News, 14 April 2022
COVID-19 cases in Africa have fallen for the past 16 weeks, and deaths have dropped during the last eight, marking the longest-running decline in infections on the continent since… Read more »
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Africa: Covid-19 - Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 Variants, Not More Severe or Transmissible, So Far
UN News, 13 April 2022
As the coronavirus which causes COVID-19 continues to evolve, we cannot afford to 'lose sight' of the mutations, the UN health agency said on Wednesday, warning that lower case… Read more »
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Africa: Africa Commits to Green Recovery From Covid-19 Amid Challenges #AfricaClimateCrisis
IPS, 12 April 2022
Climate change activist Mithika Mwenda, the Executive Director of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), is not reluctant to engage African governments to do what's… Read more »
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Africa: Over 9.6 Million Covid-19 Recoveries Confirmed Across Continent
allAfrica, 8 April 2022
As of April 8, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,435,999 while over 273,178,717 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
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Africa: A Third of the World Remains Totally Unvaccinated Against Covid-19 - Tedros
UN News, 30 March 2022
A third of the world's population has yet to receive a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine, including a shocking 83 per cent of all Africans, said the head of the World Health… Read more »
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Africa: Over 250,000 Covid-19 Deaths Confirmed Across Continent
allAfrica, 2 April 2022
As of April 2, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,417,099 while over 270,321,505 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
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State Department, 31 March 2022
Atul Gawande leads global health and is co-chair of the Covid-19 Task Force at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Read more »
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Africa: Failure to Fairly Distribute Covid Vaccines Cost African Lives - Amnesty
VOA, 30 March 2022
Rights group Amnesty International has issued a scathing report on the failure of global drug companies and Western governments to quickly provide COVID vaccines to millions of… Read more »
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Africa: European Union Funding Boosts Covid-19 Vaccination in Africa
WHO-AFRO, 29 March 2022
The European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) is supporting the work of the World Health Organization (WHO) to… Read more »
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Africa: Food Insecurity An Evolving Concern in Covid-19-Hit Sub-Saharan Africa
allAfrica, 23 March 2022
As the world marks the second anniversary of the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the health, economic, and social disruptions caused by this global crisis continue to evolve. Read more »
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South Africa: Covid-19 Restrictions Eased, but Showdown Over State of Disaster Looms
Daily Maverick, 22 March 2022
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced new lockdown regulations that will allow more people to attend large events, but the National State of Disaster is likely to remain in place… Read more »
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Africa: A Computer Science Technique Could Help Gauge When the Pandemic is 'Over'
The Conversation Africa, 20 March 2022
In early 2022, nearly two years after Covid was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, experts are mulling a big question: when is a pandemic "over"? Read more »
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Africa: Over 250,000 Covid-19 Deaths Confirmed Across Continent
allAfrica, 19 March 2022
As of March 19, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,328,133 while over 262,449,948 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
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South Africa: WHO Says Continent Faces Rising Substance Abuse Post-Covid
VOA, 17 March 2022
African health groups have warned that the COVID pandemic has led to a rise in drug and alcohol abuse on the continent, but a gap in data is making it hard to monitor. In South… Read more »
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Nigeria: The Coronavirus in Nigeria Has Its Own Family History - Keeping Track Is Vital
The Conversation Africa, 15 March 2022
Nigeria recorded its first case of SARS-CoV-2 on 27 February 2020, and within five months at least one case had been reported in all states across the country. Read more »
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Africa: Over 250,000 Confirmed Covid-19 Deaths Across Continent
allAfrica, 13 March 2022
As of March 13, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,428,961 while over 256,741,258 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
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Uganda: Covid-19 Takes a Heavy Toll On Women's Health
Independent (Kampala), 10 March 2022
Disruptions to essential health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic are being felt broadly. As the world marks International Women's Day March 08, a new World Health Organisation… Read more »
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Namibia: Covid-19 Pandemic Effects Hamper Communicable Diseases Fight in Namibia - Official
Namibia Economist, 3 March 2022
Although the country has made significant progress over the last decade, the ongoing threat of malaria re-emergence is a key barrier to achieving elimination, an official said this… Read more »
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South Africa: Covid-19 Cases Hit Plateau in SA, as Infections Rise in School-Age Kids
SAnews.gov.za, 4 February 2022
The number of Covid-19 infections has reached a plateau, with the increase in infection rates driven by school-age children, Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, announced on Friday. Read more »
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Ghana: Why Covid Lockdown Triggered a Toxic Mix of Mass Defiance and Police Violence
The Conversation Africa, 2 February 2022
Ghana confirmed its first 2 cases of COVID-19 infections on March 12, 2020 which increased to 152 with 5 deaths by March 30. Sensing that the virus may spread and overload the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Schools to Open on February 7
The Herald, 29 January 2022
Schools open for all classes in nine days time on February 7 as Covid-19 infection levels continue falling, with the curfew now starting at midnight and bars and restaurants able… Read more »
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South Africa: CGE Withdraws Statement on Side Effects of Covid-19 Jabs on Women's Reproductive Health
SAnews.gov.za, 28 January 2022
The Commission on Gender Equality has retracted its statement on COVID-19 vaccination and the impact it has on women's reproductive health. Read more »
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Africa: UNICEF Launches First U-Report Challenge to Boost Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake
Vanguard, 26 January 2022
Barely one week after COVAX delivered its billionth dose in Rwanda, UNICEF has launched its first-ever U-Report Challenge calling on all 13.3 million U-Reporters in Africa to help… Read more »
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Africa: Cases Drop for First Time As Africa's Fourth Covid-19 Wave Ebbs
WHO-AFRO, 20 January 2022
Weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa have dropped significantly and deaths dipped for the first time since the peak of the fourth pandemic wave propelled by the Omicron variant. The… Read more »
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South Africa: Biotech Billionaire Launches 1 Billion-Dose Covid-19 Vaccine Plant in Cape Town
DW, 19 January 2022
A vaccine-manufacturing facility to improve Africa's ability to produce jabs for diseases including COVID-19 opened after an investment by a South African-American billionaire.… Read more »
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Africa: Continent's Fourth Covid Wave Flattens Out After Six-Week Surge
UN News, 13 January 2022
After a six-week surge, Africa's fourth pandemic wave, which has been mainly driven by the Omicron variant, is flattening, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Read more »
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Africa: Omicron Fuels Record Weekly Covid-19 Cases, but Deaths 'Stable' - WHO
UN News, 12 January 2022
Fuelled by Omicron, more than 15 million new cases of COVID-19 were reported around the world last week, by far the most cases reported in a single seven day period, the World… Read more »
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Africa: Here's Where (And How) You Are Most Likely to Catch Covid - New Study
The Conversation Africa, 11 January 2022
Two years into the pandemic, most of us are fed up. COVID case rates are higher than they've ever been and hospitalisation rates are once again rising rapidly in many countries. Read more »
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Southern Africa: European Union Lifts Suspension of Flights to Southern Africa
DW, 10 January 2022
EU members have decided to lift a suspension of air travel from several southern African nations. The restriction was imposed to halt the spread of the omicron strain. Read more »
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Uganda: Covid-19 - Health Workers Arrested for Selling Vaccination Cards to Unvaccinated People (Video)
Nile Post, 5 January 2022
At least two health workers in Hoima have been arrested and detained for selling Covid-19 vaccination cards to people who are not vaccinated. Read more »
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Uganda: The Harsh Lockdown We Should Never Have Again
Observer, 4 January 2022
President Yoweri Museveni could have eased the restrictions on schools and public movements in the country; come January 10, schools will be open once again. Read more »
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Botswana: Botswana President Isolating After Testing Positive for Coronavirus
VOA, 3 January 2022
Officials in Botswana on Monday announced President Mokgweetsi Masisi is isolating at his official residence after testing positive for the coronavirus. Read more »