The World Health Organization has listed the Covid-19 vaccine Ad26.COV2.S, developed by Janssen, a pharmaceutical firm owned by Johnson & Johnson, for emergency use in all countries and as part of the Covax roll-out. The decision comes on the back of the European Medicines Agency authorisation. As of March 25, 2021, Africa has confirmed 4,133,971 cases of Covid-19 across the continent of which 110,807 proved fatal and 3,708,871 resulted in recoveries, while 5,715,151 vaccinations have been administered.
Globally, COVID-19 confirmed cases continued to rise for a fourth consecutive week, with just under 3.3 million new cases reported in the last week. ... see more »
A raid by the South African Police Service saw the seizure of nearly 2,400 doses of fake Covid-19 vaccines in Germiston east of Johannesburg. Consequently, INTERPOL issued an ... Read more »
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 »
As the second wave of Covid-19 sweeps across Africa, bringing steep increases in infections and deaths, the battle between facts and conspiracies - especially around the safety of ... Read more »
A medic prepares a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to be administered to a patient (file photo).
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