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NIGERIA – Nigeria, with the support of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has surpassed the milestone of fully vaccinating 30 per cent of its total population. Nigeria has maintained a sustained…
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USA — Evusheld, a preventative monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19, has lost its emergency use authorization in the United States because it is unlikely to be effective against the coronavirus…
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SIERRA LEONE – Government of Sierra Leone has received vehicles including motorbikes and computers worth over US$2.8 million from the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership, (CoVDP), for vaccine deployment. CoVDP is…
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NIGERIA – The Nigerian government has announced that international travellers to Nigeria are now required to show evidence of COVID-19 vaccination. This follows the recent upsurge in COVID-19 cases in…
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INDIA – HempStreet, India’s first and largest research to retail player in the medicinal cannabis space, has worked with MGC Pharmaceuticals Limited (MGC Pharma) to release a novel nutraceutical mouth…
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BOTSWANA – Botswana has discovered new Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, said a government official in a press release. The new subvariant is a result of mutations of the already existing Omicron…
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NIGERIA – Nigeria has recorded a surge in COVID-19 cases recently, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC. Between 7th to 13th January 2023, 29 new…
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SWITZERLAND — – The World Health Organization’s agency has welcomed new information about China’s COVID-19 situation after Beijing released new data showing a significant increase in COVID-19-related deaths. Director General…
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CHINA — Merck & Co. has said it would take legal action against some pharmaceutical companies after noticing that some manufacturers were supplying COVID-19 drugs to some provinces and cities…
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GHANA – The Rockefeller Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) delivered 1,829 digital tablets to support the Ghana Health Service’s (GHS) five-day national COVID-19 immunization campaign.…
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