Coronavirus

‘The aim is not to punish South Africans’: Health minister speaks on vaccine passport plan

Cape Town – The South African government is working on a vaccine passport plan that is set to be... Read more

17 Sep, 2021

Coronavirus

Africa Covid jab shortfall could take world ‘back to square one’

Brazzaville – Africa faces a 470 million shortfall in Covid-19 vaccine doses this year after the Covax alliance cut... Read more

17 Sep, 2021

Coronavirus

Togolese rush to get vaccine as Covid-19 pass launches

Lome – Togo moto-taxi driver Kossigan Fandji was twice barred from entering his local town hall to try to... Read more

16 Sep, 2021

Coronavirus

Togo extends health emergency as Covid-19 cases rise

Lome – Togo on Tuesday extended a health state of emergency for 12 months to “take appropriate decisions” after a... Read more

15 Sep, 2021

Coronavirus

Zimbabwe imposes Covid vaccine on churchgoers to boost uptake of jab

Harare –  Zimbabwe’s parliament on Tuesday banned anyone not vaccinated against Covid-19 from attending church services, the latest in a... Read more

15 Sep, 2021

Coronavirus

Mauritius battles alarming explosion in Covid infections, deaths ahead of tourism reopening

Port Louis – Hospitals are overwhelmed, ventilators are hard to find, and there’s no longer enough space at the... Read more

14 Sep, 2021

Coronavirus

PICTURES | DRC’s sceptical president Felix Tshisekedi finally gets Covid jab

Kinshasa – Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, who criticised the AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19 as inoculations began, received a first... Read more

14 Sep, 2021

Coronavirus

No need for a vaccine third jab booster – study

Paris – Vaccines are effective enough at preventing severe cases of Covid-19 that there is no current need for... Read more

13 Sep, 2021

Coronavirus

UK drops plan for vaccine passports in England

London – The UK government has dropped a plan to make people in England show vaccine passports to enter crowded... Read more

13 Sep, 2021

Coronavirus

South Africa’s ‘vaccine passport’ plans as it eases restrictions

Johannesburg – South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday announced plans to introduce Covid-19 “vaccine passports” amid widespread scepticism... Read more

13 Sep, 2021