South Africa to offer Covid jabs at polling stations
Johannesburg – South Africa said on Friday it will set up 1 000 vaccination sites at selected polling stations during... Read more
29 Oct, 2021
Uganda to reopen schools in January, after almost two years
Kampala – Ugandan schools, closed since March last year owing to the pandemic, will reopen in January regardless of currently... Read more
29 Oct, 2021
Syringe shortfall threatens Africa Covid vaccine drive
Brazzaville – Africa’s struggle to inoculate people against Covid-19 risks being hobbled by a shortage of syringes just as supplies... Read more
29 Oct, 2021
South Africa’s Aspen launches anaesthetics production line
Johannesburg – South African pharmaceutical firm Aspen on Monday opened a world-leading anaesthetics production line that will guarantee local supply... Read more
25 Oct, 2021
West Africa’s Benin votes to legalise abortion
Cotonou – Benin has become one of the few countries in Africa to authorise abortions, after parliamentarians voted on a... Read more
22 Oct, 2021
IMF sees Africa lagging in rebound from pandemic blow
Abidjan – The International Monetary Fund on Thursday forecast that Africa’s economic rebound from pandemic-induced shrinkage would be weaker than... Read more
21 Oct, 2021
Africa’s top university to bar unvaccinated from campus
Johannesburg – The University of Cape Town will require all staff and students to be vaccinated against Covid-19 from January,... Read more
21 Oct, 2021
Kenya lifts dusk-to-dawn Covid curfew
Nairobi – Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Wednesday the immediate lifting of a nationwide coronavirus curfew in force... Read more
20 Oct, 2021
Slow start to Burundi’s Covid vaccine campaign
Nairobi – Only a trickle of Burundians have turned up to get a Covid-19 shot since the country launched a... Read more
19 Oct, 2021
South Africa rejects Russian Sputnik vaccine over HIV fears
Johannesburg – South Africa’s health products regulator on Monday said it would not approve Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine due... Read more
18 Oct, 2021
