The race to develop a vaccine was pressing harder; developed countries continue to pump more money to help develop a vaccine within the shortest period of time, as that seems the only viable solution to the economic downturn of the global world. Finally, vaccines were developed ...
As data emerge that boosters may help to protect against Omicron, the supply of vaccines to Africa is further squeezed. But fears of the COVID-19 variant may increase uptake, which is worryingly low in some countries.
A prominent scientist has expressed deep concern that a new vaccine only worked on half of those patients who received it in a trial in South Africa. The Novavax vaccine had nearly 90% success rate in the UK, but only 49,4% efficacy in a smaller test in South Africa. Prof Salim ...
Chinese Vaccine Sinovac. /Xinhua While the development and approval of safe and effective vaccines less than a year after the emergence of COVID-19 is a stunning achievement, Africa is in danger of being left behind as countries in other regions strike bilateral deals, ...
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) – The supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa have slowed down because African countries rely on India which is struggling with a surge in the virus cases and death toll. COVID-19 vaccine shipments to African countries have slowed down in May due to "the reliance ...
"One important way, we have sought to protect Rwandans, is through comprehensive nationwide vaccination against COVID-19. So far, 80 percent of our population aged 12 years and above, have received at least one vaccine dose," said Rwandan President Paul Kagame in a televised state of the na...
Just 8.6% of people in Africa have been fully vaccinated to date and at the current rate of delivery by vaccine manufacturers, it will not be until April 2023 that everyone will receive their first dose. G7 countries will have 1.4 billion surplus doses by March 2022, even after giving all...
(Xinhua reporters Bai Lin and Shi Yu in Nairobi also contributed to the story.) A medical worker prepares a dose of China's COVID-19 vaccine in Windhoek, Namibia, on Jan. 9, 2022. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has exceeded the 10 million mark with the rapid...
the africa centers for disease control and prevention chief john nkengasong said wednesday, with a steep increase in the number of cases and deaths. “unless we act now, africa is at risk of being left behind on the global vaccine," he warned a continental discussion and urged that local ...