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First Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to Africa under COVAX arrive in Rwanda
By Reuters,
208, March 4, 2021 (EAT)
The first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 shots to be dispatched to Africa under the global COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme arrived in Rwanda on Wednesday. ...
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How Brazil gambled on unproven drugs to fight Covid
By CNN,
927, February 15, 2021 (EAT)
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has long been a champion of drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to cure Covid-19, despite multiple studies tha...
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First two cases of South African COVID-19 variant found in US
By VOA,
1003, January 29, 2021 (EAT)
Health officials in South Carolina said Thursday that they had detected two cases of the South African COVID-19 variant, the first cases in the United...
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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 100 million as nations tackle vaccine shortages
By Reuters,
1154, January 27, 2021 (EAT)
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as countries around the world struggle with new virus varia...
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U.S. to require negative COVID-19 tests for arriving international air passengers
By Reuters,
1217, January 13, 2021 (EAT)
Under the rules taking effect Jan. 26, nearly all travelers including U.S. citizens must show a negative test within three days of departure or docume...
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China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine less effective than initially thought
By VOA,
1053, January 13, 2021 (EAT)
Late-stage trials in Brazil show the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Sinovac to be 50.38% effective, nearly 30 percentage points below the initial results re...
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China promised Africa coronavirus vaccines were a priority. But where are they?
By CNN,
1036, January 10, 2021 (EAT)
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi concludes his tour of Africa this weekend without making a single concrete vaccine commitment to a continent hoping a...
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South African coronavirus variant detected in reinfection case in Brazil
By Reuters,
1134, January 9, 2021 (EAT)
Brazilian researchers have identified the concerning new coronavirus variant first discovered in South Africa in a woman who contracted COVID-19 for t...
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The unfinished race: Kimetto, Jelimo to Rudisha…what went wrong?
By Isaac Swila,
1121, February 9, 2021 (EAT)
Isaac Swila in Nairobi Sandra Lamwaka in Kampala Gilbert Kiprotich in Eldoret David Rudisha is an “A class'' athlete, but it’s debata...
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WHO scientist calls for more data on coronavirus vaccines
By VOA,
1156, November 28, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization’s top vaccine expert says the agency needs to evaluate coronavirus vaccines and their immune responses based on more t...
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Football world mourns as Argentina great Maradona dies
By Reuters,
1057, November 26, 2020 (EAT)
Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time before drug and alcohol addiction marred his career, died on Wednesd...
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Brazil signs letter of intent to purchase five COVID vaccines
By Reuters,
1213, November 23, 2020 (EAT)
Brazil’s health ministry said on Sunday it will sign non-binding letters of intent to purchase coronavirus vaccines from four companies and Russia...
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Activists demand Kenya’s withdrawal from Geneva Consensus Declaration over women’s human rights
By Citizen Reporter,
1510, November 12, 2020 (EAT)
21 Kenyan civil society groups have petitioned the Government of Kenya to withdraw from the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD). According to them, ...
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Biden win seen as green light for women’s reproductive rights
By Reuters,
858, November 9, 2020 (EAT)
Democrat Joe Biden as U.S. president will bring sweeping changes to women’s reproductive rights globally, starting with overturning a U.S. policy ba...
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WTO cancels meeting to decide on Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as top boss
By Reuters,
1431, November 7, 2020 (EAT)
The World Trade Organization has cancelled a meeting on Nov. 9 to decide on the appointment of Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the body’s next di...
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FIFA boss Infantino not interested in European Super League
By Reuters,
1318, October 22, 2020 (EAT)
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Thursday he is not interested in a European Super League amid reports that some elite clubs were in talks to s...
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Brazilian police catch senator hiding cash ‘between buttocks’
By Reuters,
1610, October 16, 2020 (EAT)
Brazilian Senator Chico Rodrigues was caught in a police raid with money hidden between his buttcheeks on Wednesday, a judicial source briefed on the ...
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Champions Kipchoge and Kosgei set for titanic clashes in London
By World Athletics,
1230, October 3, 2020 (EAT)
He is already the history man of marathon running but Eliud Kipchoge will be chasing another record-breaking milestone when he lines up for Sunday’s...
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Olympics: Japan to require Covid-19 tests for athletes
By Reuters,
942, September 24, 2020 (EAT)
Organisers of next year’s delayed Tokyo Olympics will require coronavirus tests of foreign athletes upon their arrival in Japan, but may not mandate...
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Ex-FIFA secretary general Valcke to go on trial over TV rights
By Reuters,
1351, September 14, 2020 (EAT)
Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke and the chairman of Qatar-based media group BeIN Sports, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, went on trial in Switzerland ...
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