COVID-19 SCIENCE: J&J shot recipients may need a booster, new advice on infected kids
NANCY LAPID THE following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts
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COVID-19
Africa demands local production of vaccines
DUNCAN MIRIRI and GEORGE OBULUTSA GLOBAL pharmaceutical firms should license the production of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa rather than just
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Guinea takes part in Olympics
GUINEA’S five athletes will participate in the Tokyo Olympics after all, a statement from the West African nation’s sports ministry
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The poor nations trailing in the fight against COVID-19
NITA BHALLA and ANASTASIA MOLONEY AT a private hospital in Burundi’s capital, emergency specialist Emmanuel Kubwayo is worried for the
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Landmark deal to make vaccine in SA
PFIZER and BioNTech have struck a deal for South Africa’s Biovac Institute to help manufacture around 100 million doses a
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Tunisian army to take over COVID-19 management
TUNISIAN President Kais Saied has announced that the military health department will take over management of the health crisis in
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SA aims to vaccinate 35 million by Christmas
SOUTH Africa aims to have given at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 35 million of its 60 million
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Senegal’s COVID-19 surge forces difficult Eid al-Adha decisions
NGOUDA DIONE and COOPER INVEEN WITH COVID-19 cases surging across Senegal, Pape Gueye made the difficult decision to spend the
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‘Kenya plan to help poor plagued by irregularities’
GEORGE OBULUTSA A Kenyan government programme intended to help the capital’s poorest citizens weather the pandemic was crippled by irregularities
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Zimbabwe orders COVID-19 vaccination for all civil servants
ZIMBABWE’S government has ordered that all its workers should receive a COVID-19 vaccine and only 10% of civil servants report
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