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
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
Vaccine inequality shows patent rules ‘outdated’, says Africa trade boss
Johannesburg – The head of the world’s biggest free-trade area on Wednesday called for a review of “outdated” intellectual property...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
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
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
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
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
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
SA launches main phase of global Covid vaccine study on children
Pretoria – South Africa on Friday launched the main phase of a global Covid vaccine study on children and teenagers... Read more
11 Sep, 2021
Covid-19: SA is one of 5 countries to participate in global children’s vaccine trial
Cape Town – South Africa is set to participate in the global children’s vaccine trial, a report says, adding... Read more
9 Sep, 2021
