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Oramed to start oral Covid-19 vaccine trial in South Africa 29 Oct 2021 - 09:46 pm
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BioNTech to start building vaccine plant in Africa next year 26 Oct 2021 - 07:22 pm
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S.Africa's Aspen aims to sharply increase COVID-19 vaccine capacity 25 Oct 2021 - 08:34 pm
Workers at the South African pharmaceutical major Aspen Pharmacare pass a bottle at its Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine facility in Gqeberha, South Africa, October 25, 2021. Picture taken through glass. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Senegal logs zero new COVID-19 cases for first time since pandemic began 20 Oct 2021 - 03:16 pm
Aminata Laye Diagne, a nurse gives a dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a woman at Philippe Senghor Hospital in Dakar, amid a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Senegal July 28, 2021. .REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo/File Ph
Kenya lifts COVID-19 curfew as infection rates ease, president says 20 Oct 2021 - 02:41 pm
A general view shows clients inside the Cafe Deli restaurant during the reopening after weeks of lockdown restrictions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, along Kenyatta avenue in Nairobi, Kenya June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
WHO-led programme aims to buy antiviral COVID-19 pills for $10: Document 19 Oct 2021 - 09:17 am
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Burundi launches COVID-19 vaccination drive 18 Oct 2021 - 07:48 pm
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South Africa regulator not authorising Russian COVID-19 vaccine for now 18 Oct 2021 - 03:33 pm
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Cape Town fights alien trees threatening its water supply, biodiversity 18 Oct 2021 - 12:31 pm
Members of a high altitude alien vegetation clearing team cut pine trees, high above the Franschhoek mountains near Cape Town, South Africa, October 7, 2021. Picture taken October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
Three new Ebola cases confirmed in eastern Congo 18 Oct 2021 - 12:01 pm
A healthcare worker who volunteered in the Ebola response, stands with decontamination gear as his colleague prepare to enter a house where a woman, is suspected of dying of Ebola in the Eastern Congolese town of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
Laurent Gbagbo launches new political party in Ivory Coast 16 Oct 2021 - 07:35 pm
Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo waves during a meeting to launch the formation of a new political party, in Abidjan on October 16, 2021. (Reuters/Luc Gnago)
S.Africa to vaccinate teenagers with single dose of Pfizer -health minister 15 Oct 2021 - 02:21 pm
A teacher distributes masks to students as schools begin to reopen after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Langa township in Cape Town, South Africa June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo
Second Ebola case confirmed in eastern Congo, health official says 14 Oct 2021 - 02:21 pm
Kavota Mugisha Robert, a healthcare worker, who volunteered in the Ebola response, decontaminates his colleague after he entered the house of 85-year-old woman, suspected of dying of Ebola, in the eastern Congolese town of Beni in the Democratic Republic
Eastern Congo residents worried amid new Ebola case 09 Oct 2021 - 08:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a boy who had contact with an Ebola sufferer in the village of Mangina in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 18, 2018. REUTERS/Olivia Acland
Moderna plans African mRNA vaccine factory as pressure grows 07 Oct 2021 - 01:08 pm
Vials of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are seen in the town of Ricany near Prague, Czech Republic, February 25, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File Photo
First malaria vaccine advances after decades of work 06 Oct 2021 - 07:33 pm
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Senegal records fewest daily COVID-19 cases since outbreak began 04 Oct 2021 - 03:56 pm
Aminata Laye Diagne, a nurse gives a dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a man at Philippe Senghor Hospital in Dakar, amid a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Senegal July 28, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo
S.African president Ramaphosa eases COVID-19 restrictions to lowest level 30 Sep 2021 - 11:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Tobias Schwarz/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo