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Ghana: Akufo-Addo Gets First Covid-19 Jab
DW, 1 March 2021
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo became the world's first recipient of a coronavirus vaccine from Covax, a scheme to help poorer countries acquire jabs. Some 600,000 doses are set… Read more »
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Africa: Why Some Africans Are Wary of the Covid-19 Vaccine
DW, 4 March 2021
A few African countries have begun vaccinating their people against the coronavirus. Despite campaigns and assurances that the vaccines are safe, some are still worried about the… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Covid Vaccine Campaign Kicks Off in Cote d'Ivoire
RFI, 1 March 2021
More than 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine have arrived in Cote d'Ivoire as part of the Covax initiative, which will be rolled out in the West African country in several… Read more »
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Africa: First Covid-19 COVAX Vaccine Doses Administered in Africa
Unicef, 1 March 2021
As the global rollout of COVAX vaccines accelerates, the first COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in Africa using COVAX doses began today in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.… Read more »
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Africa: Who Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing On Covid-19 - 1 March 2021
WHO, 1 March 2021
Today, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire started vaccinating health workers against COVID-19, becoming the first countries to begin vaccination campaigns with doses supplied through… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Côte d’Ivoire Becomes Second African Country and First French-Speaking Country to Receive Vaccine Doses via COVAX Facility
Unicef, 1 March 2021
The COVAX initiative shipped 504,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, licensed by the Serum Institute of India, to India, and 505,000 syringes to Abidjan, on 26 February… Read more »
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Nigeria: Covid-19 - Frontline Health Workers'll Be First Beneficiaries of Vaccines - Govt, WHO, Unicef
Vanguard, 1 March 2021
As Nigeria expects to receive about four million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, the federal government, World Health Organisation, WHO, and United Nations Children's… Read more »
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Mozambique: Health Ministry Needs Ten Days to Prepare Vaccination
AIM, 28 February 2021
The Mozambican Ministry of Health needs a further ten days to complete its preparations for vaccinating health professionals against the Covid-19 respiratory disease, according to… Read more »
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Africa: Covid-19 Vaccines and Its Power Dynamics Where Does Africa Stand
FrontPageAfrica, 1 March 2021
On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID 19 as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). This eventually allowed the World Health… Read more »
Rollout of First Covid-19 Vaccine Doses Under Way Across Africa
Covax has delivered its first Covid-19 vaccine doses in a milestone for the ambitious programme that seeks to support the development of vaccines and ensure their equitable distribution. The vaccines and other equipment are being transported across the world by Unicef as part of the efforts by the Covax Facility to ensure equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines. Covax is led by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), with Unicef leading on procurement and delivery of vaccines. It is the only global initiative that is working with governments and manufacturers to ensure Covid-19 vaccines are available worldwide to both higher-income and lower-income countries. As of March 1, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,897,307. Reported deaths in Africa reached 103,706 and 3,469,842 people have recovered.
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The World Health Organization's director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, had publicly put pressure on Tanzania to act more decisively in response to the Covid-19 pandemi Read more »
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Ghana has become the world's first country to receive vaccines through the COVAX initiative with a delivery of 600,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab. The shipment, which ... Read more »
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in an interview with Moina Spooner of The Conversation, pathology expert Dr Ahmed Kalebi said that "in countries where no significant proportion of the population is vaccinated, ... Read more »
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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 ... Read more »
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President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, together with some healthworkers present at the Khayelitsha Hospital, were given their doses of the first Covid-19 ... Read more »
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The government has kicked off the national vaccination programme for Covid-19, starting with healthcare workers as part of the high-risk groups, the health ministry has said. A ... Read more »
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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 across ... Read more »
UNICEF supply officer Mohamadou Sy at the airport in Abidjan where a shipment of COVAX COVID-19 vaccines are offloaded.
