BioNTech eyes construction start for African mRNA vaccine factory in mid-2022
LUDWIG BURGER PHARMACEUTICAL giant BioNTech has signed an agreement with the Rwandan government and Institut Pasteur de Dakar in Senegal
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S.Africa’s Aspen aims to sharply increase COVID-19 vaccine capacity
PROMIT MUKHERJEE SOUTH Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare is aiming to ramp up its COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity to 1.3 billion doses
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Morocco’s health minister defends mandatory vaccine pass
AHMED ELJECHTIMI MOROCCO’S health minister said on Monday that last week’s introduction of a vaccine pass to access public places
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Namibia to suspend use of Russian COVID-19 vaccine – ministry
Namibia will suspend its rollout of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, its health ministry said on Saturday, days after the
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COVID-19 Science: Latest
NANCY LAPID THE following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study
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One of VWSA’s COVID-19 HEROES
STARTING a new job mere weeks before a pandemic is challenging; being put in charge of establishing your new employer’s
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COVID: new antibody treatment could offer up to 18 months’ protection against severe disease
A new treatment could soon help protect people from developing severe COVID. AstraZeneca has just released results from a phase
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Gates Foundation to spend $120 mln to speed access to generics of Merck COVID-19 pill
JULIE STEENHUYSEN and MICHAEL ERMAN THE Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Wednesday it would spend up to $120
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Morocco to halt flights with UK, Germany and Netherlands
MOROCCAN authorities will suspend direct flights with Britain, Germany and the Netherlands over COVID-19 concerns starting on October 21, flag
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What COVID-19 travel bans have done to conservation tourism in Africa
IT’S been over 20 months since the World Health Organization announced COVID-19 as a global health emergency and pandemic. It’s
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