World / Africa

Pfizer could directly deliver COVID-19 shot to S.Africa vaccination points 10 Feb 2021 - 12:53 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Pfizer said it could deliver its COVID-19 vaccine, which requires ultra-cold temperatures for storage and distribution, directly to points of vaccination in...

South Africa says J&J vaccine will be given to health workers in study 10 Feb 2021 - 09:58 am

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's health minister said on Wednesday that the country would vaccinate health workers with Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine in the...

J&J applies for COVID-19 vaccine emergency authorisation from South Africa 09 Feb 2021 - 10:42 pm

CAPE TOWN - South Africa's joint lead investigator for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine trial said on Tuesday that a government regulator...

eSwatini will not use AstraZeneca vaccine after S.Africa trial data 09 Feb 2021 - 09:45 pm

MBABANE - eSwatini will no longer use AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, its health minister said on Tuesday, after a trial showed it gave minimal...

South Africa to roll out AstraZeneca vaccine in steps to assess efficacy 08 Feb 2021 - 08:23 pm

GENEVA: South Africa will roll out the AstraZeneca vaccine in a "stepped manner" to assess its efficacy in preventing severe illness, Professor Salim...

South Africa halts AstraZeneca vaccinations over variant data 07 Feb 2021 - 11:02 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will suspend the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot in its vaccination programme after data showed it gave minimal protection...

New Ebola case detected in eastern Congo, health ministry says 07 Feb 2021 - 09:48 pm

KINSHASA - A woman has contracted Ebola and died in a new case of the virus detected in the eastern Democratic Republic of...

China to donate 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Congo Republic 04 Feb 2021 - 10:54 pm

BRAZZAVILLE - China will donate 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Congo Republic and forgive $13 million in public debt, its ambassador to...

Zimbabwe to get 200,000 COVID-19 doses from China's Sinopharm 04 Feb 2021 - 09:02 pm

HARARE - Zimbabwe will receive 200,000 free doses of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Thursday, after China and Russia...

Uganda orders 18 mln doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine 02 Feb 2021 - 07:57 pm

KAMPALA: Uganda has ordered 18 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and up to 40% of the shipments are expected...

South Africa gets first vaccine doses, bringing relief to health workers 01 Feb 2021 - 08:37 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's first coronavirus vaccine doses arrived by airplane on Monday, offering some relief for health workers who have been stretched...

Nine killed in hotel attack in Somali capital: Police 01 Feb 2021 - 11:44 am

Mogadishu: Nine people died after al Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgents stormed a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, battling security forces until the early...

Bird flu kills more than 250 pelicans in Mauritania, says ministry 31 Jan 2021 - 07:34 pm

NOUAKCHOTT - About 245 pelican chicks and two dozen adult pelicans have died from H5N1 bird flu in a Mauritanian national park bordering...

South Africa to receive extra 20 mln Covid-19 vaccines, paper says 31 Jan 2021 - 11:31 am

Johannesburg: South Africa has secured an additional 20 million coronavirus vaccines manufactured by Pfizer, national newspaper The Sunday Times reported on Sunday, citing...

Ethiopia says Tigray back to 'normalcy;' witnesses disagree. 30 Jan 2021 - 05:43 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: Ethiopia’s government has privately told Biden administration staffers its embattled Tigray region has "returned to normalcy,” but new witness accounts describe...