SOUTH AFRICA – GESlabs has been granted a license by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) to manufacture cannabinoid pharmaceutical ingredients for use in therapeutic medicines. In Cape…
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AFRICA – According to Africa’s top public health official, John Nkengasong, severe lockdowns are no longer effective in preventing the spread of Covid 19. The director of the Africa Centres…
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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…
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SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa has approved the use of a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster shot Wednesday as the country battles a fourth wave of the pandemic driven by the…
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SOUTH AFRICA – The new purpose designed Netcare Alberton Hospital, which is currently under construction on the grounds of the former Newmarket racecourse, south of Johannesburg, is taking good shape.…
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SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa is witnessing the fourth wave of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, its health minister Joe Phaahla has said in a statement, days after the…
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SOUTH AFRICA – As part MTN’s commitment to protect the health and safety of people and workplaces, as well as contribute towards the rate of COVID-19 vaccinations across markets covered,…
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SOUTH AFRICA – Aspen Pharmacare has made known plans to enter into a licensing agreement with Johnson & Johnson allowing the South African drug company to make its own-branded Covid-19…
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ETHIOPIA – The World Health Organization (WHO), the African Union, Unicef, GAVI, the vaccine alliance, and the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued a joint statement…
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SOUTH AFRICA – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has said it has received an application for the Pfizer booster shot. According to the local drug watchdog, it…
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