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Africa: Why Some Scientists Think the AstraZeneca Vaccine Is Still Useful for South Africa
GroundUp, 14 February 2021
While the results are disappointing against the local variant of the Covid-19 virus, there are reasons to think the vaccine may reduce deaths Read more »
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Africa: What WHO Recommends on Use of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Vaccine Against Covid-19
WHO, 10 February 2021
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The Conversation Africa, 10 February 2021
Australia has recently seen SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) escape several times from hotel quarantine, including in Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne. Read more »
What New Variants, AstraZeneca Vaccine Mean For Africa
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, has mutated, and there are several variants - one of which, B.1.351, was first detected in South Africa at the beginning of October 2020 and it now accounts for the vast majority of genetically sequenced samples in the country. Variants of Covid-19 mean that existing vaccines like the AstraZeneca/Oxford are less effective. Now Nigeria has detected several cases of the variant first spread in the UK - B.1.1.7 - as countries around the world impose more restrictions on travel from places with documented cases of the new variants.
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South Africa is to suspend its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after initial trials showed "disappointing" results against the new B.1.351 variant of Covid-19. The ... Read more »
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The Malawi government has announced that it has decided to go ahead with acquiring the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, despite concerns about its efficacy. Alarm bells went ... Read more »
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Nigeria: 13 Cases of Deadlier Strain of Covid-19 Detected - Govt
Daily Trust, 8 February 2021
The Federal Government has said that the nation has detected a total of 13 of the deadlier B117 variant strain of the COVID-19. Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt - No South Africa's Covid-19 Variant in Nigeria
This Day, 9 February 2021
The federal government has said that a contagious strain of COVID-19 discovered in South Africa and isolated in 30 countries, including the United States has not been detected in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Covid-19 - Nigeria May Not Access Vaccines If... - - Dr Ifeanyi, Public Health Analyst
Vanguard, 9 February 2021
LAST weekend, the World Health Organisation, WHO denied the purported media report of the disqualification of Nigeria from the vaccine through the Pfizer-BioNTech COVAX facility.… Read more »
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South Africa: Mixed Feelings Over Covid-19 Vaccination Glitch
CAJ News, 9 February 2021
DELAYING the local coronavirus (COVID19) vaccination programme is a dampener to the pomp and fanfare that greeted the arrival of the first batch of vaccines in South Africa. Read more »
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28 January 2021
What's Behind Surge in New Covid-19 Cases in Africa?
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Dr Ambrose shares factors behind the new COVID-19 upsurge in Africa. see more »
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Africa: New Covid-19 Variants Are Fuelling Continent's Second Wave - WHO
WHO, 28 January 2021
COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging in Africa as new, more contagious variants of the virus spread to additional countries. Read more »
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Africa: Coronavirus Variants - Are They Really More Deadly? Here's What Scientists Know So Far
The Conversation Africa, 27 January 2021
One certainty during a pandemic is that the virus will mutate. SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, is no different. But how concerned should we be about the new variants of the… Read more »
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Africa: Coronavirus - a Single 'Escape Mutant' Shouldn't Render a Vaccine Useless
The Conversation Africa, 27 January 2021
Several coronavirus variants have emerged in recent weeks that have got scientists worried. The variants, which were first identified in the UK (B117), South Africa (B1351) and… Read more »
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Southern Africa: 'Times Are Hard' - Five Countries Confront Coronavirus
DW, 28 January 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has struck southern Africa harder than any other region on the continent. DW looks at stories from South Africa to Tanzania that shed light on how… Read more »
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A new variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, has been detected in South Africa, scientists have announced. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and members of the ... Read more »
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Secretary to the Government of the Federation and chairman of the Presidential Task Force, Boss Mustapha, has said that the number of Covid-19 cases detected in the country in the ... Read more »
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The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has called on all African countries to adopt best practices, strategies, guidelines and recommendations to handle the ... Read more »
Africa needs timely access to safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines (file image).
