South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has received a coronavirus vaccine as the country begins the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson jabs.
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EBOLA: WHO Puts Six African Nations On Alert Over New Resurgence
The World Health Organization (WHO) has alerted six African countries to watch out for potential cases of Ebola after fresh cases emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Guinea.
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TANZANIA: No Plans For Mass COVID-19 Vaccination
Tanzania’s health ministry says it has no plans in place for COVID-19 vaccination in a country of 60 million people.
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UK: Covid Denier Died Of Covid-19 Alone Day After Testing Positive
A covid-19 denier who never wore a face mask or observe social distancing protocols have died a day after he tested positive for the virus.
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BELGIUM: EU Raids AstraZeneca Factory Amid Covid Vaccine Row With UK
Following the vaccines row between UK and the EU, Belgian medicines regulators have raided AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine production site near Brussels.
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AFRICA: AU Secures 400M Covid-19 Vaccine Doses From India
The African Union (AU) has secured 400 million doses of coronavirus vaccines for the continent bringing the total vaccine for Africa to 1.27 billion if added to the 8.7 million doses to be made available through the World Health Organization-backed Covax vaccine scheme.
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UK: iPhone 12 Launch Kicks Users Off England’s NHS Covid-19 App
Riddled with recurring problem since its launch, some iPhone users of England and Wales’ contact-tracing app have reported getting error message when trying to use the NHS Covid-19 app.
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PHILIPPINES: President Duterte Offered To Be ‘Lab Rat’ For Russia’s covid-19 Vaccine
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has offered to be the first person to be injected with Russia’s coronavirus vaccine even as World Health Organisation cautioned on its safety as pre-qualification assessment and review is yet to be conducted.
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