Africa CDC says no cause for alarm over reports of Johnson & Johnson vaccine causing blood clots

By Mashirima Kapombe,

Africa's leading health think tank, the Africa CDC, now says that there is no cause for alarm over the latest reports of blood clots in recipients of ...

Africa CDC , AstraZeneca , Sputnik V

The world’s most powerful passports for 2021

By CNN,

The gap in travel freedom is its biggest in decades and disparities in vaccination access between countries could make the situation even worse, says ...

Henley & Partners , Henley Passport Index

The new ‘jollof wars’ and why Twitter chose Ghana over Nigeria for its first Africa base

By CNN,

Twitter's announcement Monday that it will set up its first Africa base in Ghana, West Africa, has generated fierce debate among Nigerian users of t...

Ghana , Jack Dorsey , Nigeria , Twitter

With 100 days to go, Tokyo scrambles to stage pandemic Olympics

By Reuters,

When Japan won the bid to host the Olympic Games eight years ago, it billed Tokyo as a reliable and secure location, contrasting it with rivals strugg...

Japana , Olympic Games , pandemic , Tokyo

Rwanda, South Africa set to begin development & manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa

By Sam Ogina,

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...

coronavirus

Botswana probes deaths of two people who took AstraZeneca shot

By Tonny Ndungu,

Botswana is investigating the deaths of two among thousands of people who had been given doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to see if there is ...

coronavirus

Lives and Livelihoods Fund deliver sanitation trucks to tackle rapid urban growth challenges in Guinea

By Agencies,

The Government of Guinea and the Lives and Livelihoods Fund (LLF) provided 56 sanitation trucks to the National Agency for Public Hygiene and Sanitati...

India bans exports of anti-viral drug Remdesivir as COVID-19 cases surge

By Reuters,

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 ...

coronavirus , remdesivir

Africa CDC seeking alternative COVID-19 vaccines amid supply hitch

By Dorcas Wangira,

Kenya, just like the rest of Africa still has a long way to go, compared to high income countries in the developed world, in realizing the desired her...

coronavirus

Kenyan rugby ace Minjire named in Forbes’ 30 under 30 list

By Matthews Mutai,

Kenya rugby sevens international and Melanin Kapital cofounder Ian Minjire has been named on Forbes' 30 under 30 list, making the cut in the finance c...

Forbes' 30 under 30 , Ian Minjire , Melanin Kapital

Calls to tackle vaccine hesitancy as African Union drops AstraZeneca

By Reuters,

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...

coronavirus

Ireland adds Kenya to list of designated states for mandatory hotel quarantine

By Rachel Ombaka,

Kenya has been added to the list of designated states for mandatory hotel quarantine in Ireland. Also Read: Jane Marriott says decision to add Keny...

coronavirus , Quarantine , Red list

J&J COVID-19 vaccine under EU review over blood clots

By Reuters,

Europe’s drug regulator said on Friday it is reviewing rare blood clots in four people in the United States who received Johnson & Johnson’s C...

coronavirus

Uhuru calls for more trade and investment deals among OACPS countries

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for more trade and investment deals among member countries of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific S...

OACPS , Trade

Fundraiser for baby Ayah Lundt, who needs world’s most expensive drug to save her life, hits Ksh.146M

By Ian Omondi,

Ayah Lundt, a 14-month-old baby who was diagnosed with a condition called spinal muscular atrophy and now needs the world’s most expensive drug to...

ayah lundt , Frank Lundt , Mary Mithika , Spinal muscular atrophy , Zolgensma

EU regulator finds possible link between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots

By Reuters,

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Wednesday it had found a possible link between AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine and reports of very rar...

AstraZeneca vaccine , Blood clots , coronavirus , COVID-19 , European Medicines Agency

Oxford pauses COVID-19 vaccine study in kids, awaits more data on blood clot issues

By Reuters,

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...

AstraZeneca , blood clot , COVID-19 , University of Oxford , vaccine

Chile’s government distributed faulty birth control pills. Now more than 150 people are pregnant.

By CNN,

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...

birth control , Chile

Global COVID-19 death toll surpasses 3 million amid new infections resurgence

By Reuters,

Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide crossed 3 million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the latest global resurgence of COVID-19 infection...

COVID-19

Jordanian military warns king’s half-brother to stop actions undermining stability

By Reuters,

Jordan’s military has told King Abdullah’s half-brother Prince Hamza bin Hussein to halt actions targeting “security and stability” in what pe...

Jordan