South Africa to Produce Over 100 Million Pfizer Vaccines A Year
Pharmaceutical heavyweights Pfizer and BioNTech have agreed to partner with South Africa’s Biovac Institute to produce their COVID-19 vaccines at…
COVID-19 3rd Wave: Nigerian govt places six states, FCT on red alert
Following the emergence of the Delta variant of coronavirus infection in the country and the rising number of new cases…
Covid-19 : Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Neutralises Delta Variant
With the rise in infectious rate of the Covid-19 Delta variant in South Africa and East Africa, Johnson & Johnson…
Kenya Faces “Catastrophic” COVID-19 Delta Variant
Kenya is facing an outbreak of the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant that is currently causing a massive third wave…
Cholera: 289 Nigerians killed in six months – Official
Between January and June 22, 2021, a total of 10,833 suspected cholera cases have been reported including 112 laboratory confirmed…
Nine in 10 African Countries Set to Miss Urgent COVID-19 Vaccination Goal
As COVID-19 cases in Africa rise for the third week running and vaccines are increasingly scarce, 47 of Africa’s 54…
COVID-19: NCDC Records 43 New Cases In 5 States
Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) has recorded 43 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in 5 states across…
Novartis Reaches Milestone, Delivers 1 Billion Courses of Antimalarial Treatment
Global pharmaceutical giant Novartis has delivered 1 billion courses of antimalarial treatment, including 430 million pediatric treatments, largely at no…
Working More Than 55 Hours A Week Increases Risk Of Death—WHO, ILO
Working more than 55 hours a week increases the risk of death from heart disease and strokes, according to a…
India Releases New Drug For COVID-19 Treatment
India has begun the distribution of a newly developed drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), to treat Coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms. The…