Mon 05 July 2021: Uganda on last Tuesday approved a local herbal medicine as a supporting treatment for viral infections including COVID-19, Anadolu Agency reported. The WHO has not approved the substance for COVID-19 treatment, but Ugandan pharmacists say they have little choice because drugs authorized for emergency use in developed countries are not available. […]
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Sun 04 July 2021: Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s former president, on Sunday announced his refusal to serve his 15-months prison sentence. On Tuesday, the 79-year-old former president was sentenced to 15 months in jail for contempt of court. Zuma, who ruled the country between 2009 and 2018, failed to comply with a court order to […]
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Sun 04 July 2021: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 5,637,941 as of Sunday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the 55-member African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic stands at 145,742 while 4,899,495 patients across […]
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Sat 03 July 2021: The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) on Saturday announced that it had authorized the use of the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech. The latest vaccine approval was based on the “safety, quality and efficacy data” submitted to the regulator between March 22 and June 22, it said in a statement. “The authorisation […]
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Sat 03 July 2021: A United Nations committee, on Friday, called on African countries to exchange experiences to strengthen the response to irregular migration and good management of migration policies. This came in a statement issued by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (54 Member States/based in Addis Ababa) at the conclusion of a […]
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Sat 03 July 2021: Aid access is gradually improving in parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region despite an erratic security situation, UN Humanitarians said on Friday. The World Food Programme (WFP) said food deliveries resume after suspending operations for about 48 hours. The agency expects to reach about 40,000 people in the northwest by the end […]
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Sat 03 July 2021: MBABANE, eSwatini – Troops patrolled the streets of the eSwatini capital, according to an AFP correspondent in the landlocked kingdom, as calm returned on Friday after days of pro-democracy protests that reportedly turned deadly. Scores of people queued outside shops to buy basic supplies after cities and towns were shuttered by […]
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Fri 02 July 2021: Buying a new house is an exciting achievement but for some, an unexpected electricity bill of the previous owner, can end the celebration. It is against this backdrop the City of Ekurhuleni has encouraged new home owners to apply and register prepaid meters into their names, in order to start their […]
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Fri 02 July 2021: A study on vaccine efficacy against COVID-19 variants has shown that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine works better against the Delta variant, and gets better over time with both Delta and Beta variants. This follows a study conducted where 10 participants received one dose, and 10 participants received two doses of […]
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Fri 02 July 2021: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 5,551,886 as of Friday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the 55-member African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic stands at 143,779 while 4,841,460 patients across […]
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