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Jun
17
2021
By The African Mirror
J&J to send two million doses to S.A

J&J to send two million doses to S.A

COVID-19
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that Johnson & Johnson would send 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the country by the end of the month, making up for the amount lost due to contamination at a U.S. ingredient supplier. Aspen Pharmacare, J&J's local producer, had to destroy 2 million doses of the vaccine after the contamination at a plant in Baltimore, Maryland, was discovered, the latest blow to South Africa's struggling vaccination campaign. "We have received an indication from Johnson & Johnson that it expects to deliver around 2 million vaccines to South Africa by the end of…
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Jun
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Equatorial Guinea buys 500 000 vaccines

Equatorial Guinea buys 500 000 vaccines

COVID-19
EQUATORIAL Guinea has purchased 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from China's Sinopharm, according to its health ministry. "At the Beijing airport, the 500,000 doses... to continue the vaccination campaign are ready to be shipped," the health ministry said on Twitter, adding a video of crates labelled "Sinopharm" being loaded from a semi-truck. The tweet did not specify the price Equatorial Guinea had agreed to pay for the shots. The ministry could not be reached for further comments. China sent 100,000 doses of Sinopharm's vaccine to Equatorial Guinea in February, as part of a series of donations to African countries struggling to…
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Jun
17
2021
By The African Mirror
SA’s new tough anti-COVID measures

SA’s new tough anti-COVID measures

COVID-19
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa has introduced a temporary ban on weekend alcohol off sales, consumption of booze at parks, beaches and extended curfew hours in a bid to deal with the COVID-19 third wave that has resulted in a spike in infections and hospital admissions. The measures are part of the movement of the country to Lockdown Alert Level Three that were unveiled by SA president Cyril Ramaphosa in an address to the nation, following a meeting with the COVID-19 Command Council. Ramaphosa also revealed Gauteng, Free State, North West and Northern Cape provinces are officially in the 3rd…
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May
04
2021
By The African Mirror
Tanzania, once sceptical of COVID-19, announces measures to curb new variants

Tanzania, once sceptical of COVID-19, announces measures to curb new variants

COVID-19
TANZANIA yesterday announced new anti-coronavirus measures, saying it wanted to prevent the importation of new variants, highlighting new President Samia Suluhu Hassan's more active efforts to contain the pandemic. Among the new measures, travellers, both foreigners and Tanzanians, will be required to present negative COVID-19 tests at border points. Her approach to tackling COVID-19 contrasts sharply with her late predecessor John Magufuli who dismissed fears of the infection and promoted remedies such as steam inhalation and herbal concoctions as a cure. "Based on the global epidemiological situation and emergence of new variants of viruses that cause COVID-19, there's an increased…
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May
04
2021
By The African Mirror
Cricket-IPL indefinitely suspended due to COVID-19 crisis in India

Cricket-IPL indefinitely suspended due to COVID-19 crisis in India

COVID-19
AMLAN CHAKRABORTY THE Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament has been indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 crisis in the country, the IPL said on Tuesday. The organising Indian cricket board (BCCI) and the IPL governing council took the decision at an emergency meeting. "These are difficult times, especially in India, and while we have tried to bring in some positivity and cheer, however, it is imperative that the tournament is now suspended and everyone goes back to their families and loved ones in these trying times," the IPL said in a statement. "The BCCI will do everything in its…
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May
04
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Indian variant’ detected in Morocco

‘Indian variant’ detected in Morocco

COVID-19
MOROCCO has detected its first two cases of the Indian variant of the coronavirus whose contacts have been isolated to avoid contagion, the health ministry said yesterday. Morocco has banned flights with most countries and kept a night curfew in place to counter the spread of new variants. The North African kingdom has confirmed 511,912 cases of COVID-19 and registered nearly 9,032 deaths. It has rolled out vaccinations more rapidly than its neighbours, inoculating 5.1 million people to date. The variant, B.1.617, has reached at least 17 countries, from Britain and Iran to Switzerland, sparking global concern and spurring several…
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Jun
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigeria to reopen vaccination

Nigeria to reopen vaccination

COVID-19
NIGERIA is expecting a second shipment of nearly 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by early August and plans to resume giving out first doses, which had been halted to save its supply for second doses. Africa's most population has so far given a first dose to only around 2 million of its 200 million people. Fewer than 700,000 having received a second dose. Nigeria has been rationing 3.92 million doses it received through the COVAX global vaccine sharing programme in March, with its future supplies put in doubt by an export ban from India. In April, the government told…
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Jun
16
2021
By The African Mirror
DRC caps public gatherings

DRC caps public gatherings

COVID-19
THE Democratic Republic of Congo will limit public gatherings to 20 people and close nightclubs as the country grapples with a third wave of COVID-19, President Felix Tshisekedi has announced. Congo has officially registered relatively few cases, but low vaccination rates have left the country vulnerable to more contagious strains, including the highly infectious Delta variant. "For several weeks we have seen a persistent rise in the number of people infected," Tshisekedi said in a televised address. "We need to react with speed, and above all, methodically." Last week, Tshisekedi told reporters that hospitals in the capital Kinshasa had been…
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Jun
15
2021
By The African Mirror
Euro 2020: football’s promotion of unhealthy consumption must end

Euro 2020: football’s promotion of unhealthy consumption must end

HEALTH
THE Euros are here – Europe’s festival of football, featuring some of the best players on the planet in peak physical condition. Yet alongside this spectacle runs a carnival of corporate advertising – often marketing unhealthy products such as alcohol, junk food and gambling apps. ROBIN IRELAND, PhD Candidate, Commercial Determinants of Health in Sport, University of Glasgow CHRISTOPHER BUNN, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Glasgow How is it that a showcase for health and fitness became so saturated with unhealthy messages? As Gareth Southgate has said, the tournament means a lot to players and fans alike. That means these…
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