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South Africa jabs 2,000 children in test of Chinese vaccine 10 Sep 2021 - 07:51 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa on Friday started vaccinating some children and adolescents as part of the global Phase 3 clinical trials of China’s Sinovac...

Sinovac in talks about setting up S.Africa vaccine production, partner says 10 Sep 2021 - 01:22 pm

JOHANNESBURG - China's Sinovac Biotech is in talks about setting up a vaccine production facility in South Africa with its local partner, the...

Sinovac to trial COVID-19 vaccine in South African children in global study 09 Sep 2021 - 04:16 pm

JOHANNESBURG: China's Sinovac Biotech will trial its COVID-19 vaccine in children and adolescents in South Africa as part of a global Phase III...

S.Africa's first black free dive instructor turns tide on apartheid history 09 Sep 2021 - 11:35 am

Cape Town: Five youths from Cape Town's Langa township squeeze into wetsuits for a snorkelling lesson with South Africa's first Black diving coach...

Tigray forces killed 120 civilians in village in Amhara: Ethiopia officials 08 Sep 2021 - 04:46 pm

ADDIS ABABA: Rebellious forces from the Tigray region killed 120 civilians over two days in a village in Ethiopia's Amhara region, local officials...

Meningitis outbreak kills 129 in north-east Congo 08 Sep 2021 - 01:55 pm

Kinshas: A meningitis outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo's north-eastern Tshopo province has killed 129 of the 267 people who have been infected...

Nigeria's Delta region oil hub may need new COVID lockdown, governor says 07 Sep 2021 - 03:03 pm

YENAGOA, Nigeria: The governor of Rivers State in Nigeria's oil-producing Delta region said he may be forced to reimpose COVID-19 lockdown measures if...

Get COVID-19 vaccine or please quit, Zimbabwe tells government workers 07 Sep 2021 - 02:20 pm

HARARE: Government workers in Zimbabwe who do not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should resign, its justice minister said on Tuesday. The...

S. African scientists say new covid variant slows its spread 07 Sep 2021 - 10:58 am

South African scientists said a new variant, with a concerning number of mutations, spread at a slower rate last month than in July. ...

Army coup leaders summon Guinea ministers after Conde's ouster 06 Sep 2021 - 01:12 pm

Conakry: Soldiers who ousted Guinean President Alpha Conde summoned his ministers and top government officials to a meeting on Monday, a day after...

Heavy gunfire reported near Guinea's presidential palace 05 Sep 2021 - 02:54 pm

CONAKRY, Guinea: Heavy gunfire erupted early Sunday near the presidential palace in Guinea's capital, witnesses said, raising security in a country with a...

South African health minister says C.1.2 variant not a threat for now 03 Sep 2021 - 02:51 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's Health Minister Joe Phaahla said on Friday that scientists had told the government that at this stage the C.1.2 coronavirus...

WHO says new test shows Ivory Coast did not have Ebola case 01 Sep 2021 - 02:26 pm

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast: New tests show that Ivory Coast did not have its first case of Ebola in more than 25 years after...

Mauritius reaches 60% vaccination goal a month ahead of schedule 31 Aug 2021 - 09:35 pm

Mauritius vaccinated 60% of its population a month ahead of target and now plans to halve the number of days tourists will need...

Nigeria prioritising four COVID-19 vaccines, not including Sinopharm 31 Aug 2021 - 07:42 pm

ABUJA - Nigeria is prioritising the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, the official heading Nigeria's COVID-19 vaccination campaign said on...

South Africa detects new coronavirus variant, still studying its mutations 30 Aug 2021 - 07:31 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South African scientists have detected a new coronavirus variant with multiple mutations but are yet to establish whether it is more...

New Covid variant found in South Africa has concerning mutations 30 Aug 2021 - 02:46 pm

South African scientists said they identified a new coronavirus variant that has a concerning number of mutations. The so-called C.1.2. variant was first...

BioNTech eyes Rwanda, Senegal for malaria, tuberculosis vaccine production 27 Aug 2021 - 03:27 pm

COVID-19 vaccine inventor BioNTech said on Friday it was looking into building malaria and tuberculosis vaccine production sites in Rwanda and Senegal, narrowing...