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World can bring pandemic under control within months – WHO chief
By Reuters,
653, April 20, 2021 (EAT)
The world can bring the global COVID-19 pandemic under control in the coming months provided it distributes the necessary resources fairly, the head o...
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The world’s biggest producer is running out of COVID-19 vaccines
By CNN,
1037, April 18, 2021 (EAT)
In India, the world's biggest vaccine producer, millions of people are waiting for Covid-19 vaccines amid a devastating second wave of infections. ...
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Johnson & Johnson rare blood clot concerns deal new blow to global vaccination drive
By CNN,
1009, April 15, 2021 (EAT)
Reports that the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine may, in extremely rare cases, cause blood clots has dealt a fresh blow to the world's vaccin...
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Rwanda, South Africa set to begin development & manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa
By Sam Ogina,
809, April 13, 2021 (EAT)
A meeting of the Africa Union and Africa CDC brought together Africa heads of States in a brainstorming session over the continents preparedness or la...
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Allow pregnant girls back to schools, lobby groups urge President Suluhu
By Citizen Reporter,
1056, April 12, 2021 (EAT)
Eight organisations have raised the plight of pregnant girls in Tanzania calling on President Samia Suluhu to address the directive on re-entry to sch...
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India bans exports of anti-viral drug Remdesivir as COVID-19 cases surge
By Reuters,
832, April 12, 2021 (EAT)
India on Sunday banned the export of anti-viral drug Remdesivir and its active pharmaceutical ingredients as demand rocketed due to a record surge in ...
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President Samia Suluhu wears a mask in first official visit to Uganda
By Tonny Ndungu,
1500, April 11, 2021 (EAT)
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu has made her first trip as President to Uganda, where she is spending the day, and appears to have broken tradition b...
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Calls to tackle vaccine hesitancy as African Union drops AstraZeneca
By Reuters,
1219, April 11, 2021 (EAT)
Wariness about taking AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine in Africa could be compounded by the African Union’s decision to halt plans to procure the sh...
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South Korea to resume wider use of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, exclude people under 30
By Reuters,
1007, April 11, 2021 (EAT)
South Korean authorities said on Sunday they will move ahead with a coronavirus vaccination drive this week, after deciding to continue using AstraZen...
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EU regulator finds possible link between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots
By Reuters,
1812, April 7, 2021 (EAT)
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Wednesday it had found a possible link between AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine and reports of very rar...
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‘Do not travel to Kenya,’ US gov’t warns its citizens over COVID-19 risk
By Benjamin Muriuki,
753, April 8, 2021 (EAT)
The United States government has issued a travel advisory asking it's citizens not to travel to Kenya due to increased risk of COVID-19. This is af...
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Brazil records 4,195 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours
By CNN,
1625, April 7, 2021 (EAT)
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has shrugged off criticisms that he is "genocidal" in his opposition to Covid-19 restrictions, as the nation record...
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Oxford pauses COVID-19 vaccine study in kids, awaits more data on blood clot issues
By Reuters,
2259, April 6, 2021 (EAT)
The University of Oxford said on Tuesday it had paused a small UK trial testing the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with AstraZeneca Plc in children and...
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Chile’s government distributed faulty birth control pills. Now more than 150 people are pregnant.
By CNN,
2245, April 6, 2021 (EAT)
In Chile's arid Atacama desert, Tabita Daza Rojas is trying to scrape together enough money to finish construction on her home before her baby, due an...
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Global COVID-19 death toll surpasses 3 million amid new infections resurgence
By Reuters,
2001, April 6, 2021 (EAT)
Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide crossed 3 million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the latest global resurgence of COVID-19 infection...
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Kenya Medical Association raises concern over commercialization of Sputnik-V vaccine
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1618, April 4, 2021 (EAT)
The Kenya Medical Association (KMA) has criticized the commercialization of the Sputnik -V vaccine in the country, saying this is likely to set a bad ...
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Here’s what to know about the risk of blood clots and the AstraZeneca vaccine
By CNN,
1159, April 3, 2021 (EAT)
The UK's medicines regulator has said that at least 30 people in the United Kingdom have experienced rare types of blood clots after receiving the Oxf...
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Gov’t bans importation, sale and use of private COVID-19 vaccines
By Tonny Ndungu,
1825, April 2, 2021 (EAT)
The Ministry of Health has banned importation, distribution and administration of private COVID-19 vaccines in Kenya. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe's announ...
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Canada halting AstraZeneca vaccine shots for people 55 and younger
By CNN,
1024, March 31, 2021 (EAT)
Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommended Monday that the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine should not be used in adults under age 5...
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WHO says virus origins report will be released on Tuesday
By Reuters,
930, March 30, 2021 (EAT)
The head of the World Health Organization said that a long-awaited report into the origins of the new coronavirus following a mission to China where t...
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