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Jan
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Wisconsin pharmacist arrested on charges of sabotaging COVID vaccine doses

Wisconsin pharmacist arrested on charges of sabotaging COVID vaccine doses

COVID-19
A Wisconsin hospital pharmacist was arrested on suspicion of sabotaging more than 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine by deliberately removing them from refrigeration to spoil, police and medical authorities said. The pharmacist, an employee of Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, Wisconsin, at the time that 57 vials of vaccine were found left out of cold storage earlier this week, has since been fired but has not been publicly identified, officials said. Each vial contains 10 doses. Nearly 60 of the doses in question were administered before hospital officials determined the medication had been left unrefrigerated long enough to render the…
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Jan
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Global coronavirus cases surpass 90 million in battle on new variant

Global coronavirus cases surpass 90 million in battle on new variant

COVID-19
ROSHAN ABRAHAM and ANURAG MAAN WORLDWIDE coronavirus cases have surpassed 90 million, according to Reuters tally, as nations around the globe scramble to procure vaccines and continue to extend or reinstate lockdowns to fight new coronavirus variants. The new COVID-19 variants discovered initially in the United Kingdom and South Africa are rapidly spreading globally. The novel coronavirus has picked up pace in the past few months with about one-third of total cases registered in the last 48 days, according to a Reuters tally.  Europe, which became the first region to report 25 million cases last week, remains the worst-affected area…
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Jan
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Antibody therapy will likely help against variants

Antibody therapy will likely help against variants

COVID-19
REGENERON Pharmaceuticals Inc's antibody cocktail therapy for COVID-19 will likely also be effective against the new variants of the virus, the drugmaker's chief executive officer has said. Regeneron's antibody therapy received U.S. Food and Drug Administration's authorization for emergency use in mild to moderate COVID-19 patients in November. "We do believe cocktail is very important... having a cocktail makes it more likely we will be able to deal with variants that might pop up," Chief Executive Officer Leonard Schleifer said during J.P. Morgan Health Conference. Regeneron said its cocktail approach has resulted in a treatment that should work against the…
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Jan
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt expects vaccines within weeks

Egypt expects vaccines within weeks

COVID-19
EGYPT expects to start receiving COVID-19 vaccines through the Geneva-based GAVI vaccine alliance in the coming weeks, the health minister said yesterday. "GAVI will provide us with 20% of our needs. It will give us the urgent needs during the first quarter," Hala Zayed said in a televised briefing. "Within two or three weeks maximum there will be the beginning of the influx of GAVI vaccines, which largely will be AstraZeneca (vaccines)," she added. GAVI and the World Health Organisation have set up the COVAX initiative to secure fair vaccine access for lower and middle-income countries. Zayed said Egypt also…
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Jan
12
2021
By The African Mirror
In Senegal, lack of cold storage limits COVID vaccine options

In Senegal, lack of cold storage limits COVID vaccine options

COVID-19
CHRISTOPHE VAN DER PERRE SENEGAL does not have the capacity to store COVID-19 vaccines at ultra-low temperatures and would prefer to receive vials that can be kept for longer under ordinary refrigeration, the head of the country's vaccination programme said on Monday. A lack of cold storage means Senegal would only be able to keep vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, by China or Russia in the long term, as they do not require a deep freeze, Ousseynou Badiane told Reuters. Those being distributed by Moderna, which require storage at minus 20 degrees Celsius (-4 F), and Pfizer and…
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Jan
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Blood plasma trial finds no benefit for severely ill patients

Blood plasma trial finds no benefit for severely ill patients

COVID-19
KATE KELLAND AN international trial testing convalescent blood plasma in cases of moderate and severe COVID-19 has halted enrolment of severely ill patients requiring intensive care after finding the plasma was of no benefit, trial investigators have said The decision by the REMAP-CAP trial leaders came after an initial analysis of more than 900 severely ill trial participants in intensive care showed that treatment with the product - an antibody-rich plasma taken from people who have recovered from the pandemic disease - did not improve outcomes. "There was no evidence of harm associated with the administration of convalescent plasma" (and)…
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Jan
11
2021
By The African Mirror
South African hospitals overran by COVID-19 patients

South African hospitals overran by COVID-19 patients

COVID-19
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH African hospitals are being overwhelmed by the ever-rising number of COVID-19 patients with some institutions forced to convert parking garages into wards. Hospitals across South Africa - both in the private and public sector - are battling with patients in a country where over 1.2-million people have been infected and over 33 163 have died from the deadly virus. In an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, South Africa is currently on lockdown Level 3, in terms of which alcohol sales have been banned, public gathering outlawed, beaches closed and funerals restricted to 50 people.…
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Jan
11
2021
By The African Mirror
S.A COVID-19 variant contained

S.A COVID-19 variant contained

COVID-19
HEALTH officials in Ireland, where a more infectious variant of the coronavirus first discovered in England has been surging, said they believe three cases of another new variant found in South Africa had been contained. Ireland is grappling with a COVID-19 surge that has exceeded last year's first wave. It confirmed the first cases of the more infectious variant found in South Africa on Friday in people who had travelled to Ireland from South Africa over the Christmas holidays. Ireland this week reported an increasing presence of the variant first found in England. It was detected in 25% of positive…
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Jan
11
2021
By The African Mirror
1st African country to roll out vaccine

1st African country to roll out vaccine

COVID-19
SEYCHELLES has started vaccinating its population against COVID-19 with doses from China's Sinopharm vaccine, President Wavel Ramkalawan said. Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan Ramkalawan's office said in a statement seen by Reuters on Monday that the initial target was for the vaccine to reach 25,000 people and first priority was for healthcare workers. The statement said the Indian Ocean archipelago had received 50,000 doses of the vaccine as a donation from the United Arab Emirates. Ramkalawan's office said he and former president Danny Faure and other senior government officials were vaccinated as part of efforts to bolster confidence among the population…
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