BOTSWANA – Botswana has eased up COVID-19 prevention measures for travelers in government’s push for a return to normalcy after two grueling years of the pandemic. The country now allows…
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Africa’s health boss seeks to entice expatriate medics to return home
ETHIOPIA – Dr. John Nkengasong, the director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), stated that the organization is planning a program to entice scientists, doctors,…
Read MoreWidespread use of DDT for Malaria control sparks row amongst environmentalists
AFRICA – The call for a total ban of DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane), a synthetic insecticide used in malaria-endemic countries that causes harm to the environment and human body, has sparked a…
Read MoreGermany reduces travel risk status for Southern Africa countries, as Namibia applauds decision
NAMIBIA – All countries that appeared on Germany’s ‘virus variant areas list’ will be moved to its high-risk list, according to an announcement by the country’s Robert Koch Institute. Namibia…
Read MoreAfrican Vaccine Acquisition Trust delivers 108,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Botswana
BOTSWANA – AVAT has shipped 108,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccines to Botswana as part of a total of 6.4 million vaccine doses to be shipped to…
Read MoreBotswana relies on other COVID-19 vaccines as it runs out of AstraZeneca shots
BOTSWANA – About 15,000 people in Botswana will not be able to get their second dose of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine in time and will be vaccinated with either Pfizer or…
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