Coronavirus

Trials for Covid vaccine pill to begin in South Africa

Johannesburg – South Africa has approved a clinical trial for a Covid vaccine pill, Israeli pharmaceutical company Oramed said on... Read more

30 Oct, 2021

Coronavirus

Namibia halts use of Sputnik jabs after South African HIV fears

Johannesburg – Namibia has discontinued the use of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine following concerns raised by neighbouring South Africa,... Read more

24 Oct, 2021

Coronavirus

Africa sets sights on innovative mRNA jab to help meet vaccine gap

Cape Town – South African biotech consortium is working on a messenger RNA jab based on the Moderna formula in... Read more

12 Oct, 2021

World

France extends Covid health pass rule to teens

Paris – France on Thursday began requiring teenagers 12 and older to present a Covid-19 “health pass” to enter public... Read more

30 Sep, 2021

Coronavirus

Vaccine inequality shows patent rules ‘outdated’, says Africa trade boss

Johannesburg – The head of the world’s biggest free-trade area on Wednesday called for a review of “outdated” intellectual property... Read more

29 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

Arts and Leisure

DJ Tira dismisses claims he was paid to promote getting vaccinated

Cape Town – South African musician, Mthokozisi ‘DJ Tira’ Khathi, has hit back at Twitter users who claimed that... Read more

16 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

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