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South Africa To Start COVID-19 Jabs For Kids As Young As 12

adminOctober 15, 2021

by adminOctober 15, 2021076

South Africa will begin vaccinating children as young as 12 next week and also offer COVID-19 boosters against certain immune disorders, the health minister announced Friday. With a large youth population and the world’s biggest HIV caseload, the announcement affects millions of people and marks a significant scaling up of......

Technology

Google To Invest $1bn To Improve Internet Access In Africa

adminOctober 6, 2021

by adminOctober 6, 20210176

This file photo taken on February 14, 2020 shows the Google logo in Brussels. Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP Google on Wednesday said it will invest $1 billion over the next five years to allow for faster and more affordable internet access and support entrepreneurship in Africa. Internet reliability is a......

Health + Wellness

Twin Towns At Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Border Clamour For Reopening

adminOctober 1, 2021

by adminOctober 1, 2021071

Street vendors in Noe, a border town between Ivory Coast and Ghana where residents have not been able to cross due to the COVID-19 pandemic on September 22, 2021. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) “Noe looks like a ghost town,” says Eloukou Yapo, a youth leader in the Ivorian......

Health + Wellness

Algeria Begins Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccine Production

adminSeptember 29, 2021

by adminSeptember 29, 20210142

File photo: A Sinovac Biotech LTD vaccine candidate for COVID-19 coronavirus is seen on display at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing on September 6, 2020. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP) Algeria on Wednesday started producing the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese firm Sinovac,......

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Togo Shuts Churches, Mosques As COVID-19 Cases Surge

adminSeptember 10, 2021

by adminSeptember 10, 2021034

(ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSE ONLY) A healthcare worker administers a SINOVAC Covid-19 vaccine on a minor during the Numolux/SINOVAC Paediatric Covid-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in Pretoria, on September 10, 2021. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP) Togo’s government has ordered all places of worship to......

Health + Wellness

Africa CDC Slams Leaders For Hollow Vaccine Pledges

adminSeptember 9, 2021

by adminSeptember 9, 2021059

File photo: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) nurse Bhelekazi Mdlalose (L), 51, performs a swab test for COVID-19 coronavirus on a health worker at the Vlakfontein Clinic in Lenasia, Johannesburg, on May 13, 2020. Michele Spatari / AFP The African Union’s health watchdog accused world leaders Thursday of falling short in......