Tag: Covid19 vaccine
Sudan commences vaccinating health staffers against COVID
Sudan started inoculating frontline healthcare staff against coronavirus on Tuesday, according to a health official, after obtaining the first batch…
Doctors get Nigeria’s first COVID-19 vaccine
A doctor who has spent the previous year treating COVID-19 patients, became the first person in Nigeria to receive the…
Guinea gets 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine donation
Guinea received 200,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses from China on Wednesday, as part of a multi-source effort to stop the…
Ghana to start vaccinating target groups by March
With the 600,000 COVAX vaccines delivered to the country on Wednesday, February 24, Ghana will begin inoculating target groups on…
AU says Russia offers 300 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine
The African Union's (AU) vaccine task team announced on Friday that Russia had given it 300 million doses of its…
Senegal kicks off COVID Vaccination Campaign with China’s Sinopharm
According to the country's Finance Ministry, Senegal received 200,000 doses of China's COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccine on Wednesday, bought at about…
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S. Africa commences coronavirus vaccine campaign
After the rollout was postponed over fears that the Oxford-AstraZeneca combination would not protect against a widespread variant, South Africa…
Rwanda starts vaccinating vulnerable persons against COVID-19
With the limited 1,000 doses of Moderna vaccine given to high-risk groups, including frontline staff, Rwanda has begun its first…
Kenya To Get First Coronavirus Vaccines This Month
According to Health Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, Kenya plans to get its first Covid-19 vaccine by the end of this month…
ICRC Urges Fair Share of COVID vaccines for Africa
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is calling on the world community to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines are…
Rwanda prepares to procure million of COVID doses among first four African nations
As Rwanda plans to acquire a million Covid-19 vaccines later this month, Minister of Health Daniel Ngamije says it is…
South Africa says J&J vaccine will be given to health workers in study
The health minister of South Africa said on Wednesday that, in cooperation with the Medical Research Council, the country will…