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Jan
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Chad locks down capital for first time as COVID-19 cases rise

Chad locks down capital for first time as COVID-19 cases rise

COVID-19
CHAD has locked down its capital N'djamena for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and has declared a dusk to dawn curfew due to a rise in infections, a decree signed by President Idriss Deby showed. The West African nation has until now reported a relatively low number of cases compared with other countries in the region, with 2,113 COVID-19 cases since March, and 104 deaths. President Idriss Deby New daily cases fell into the single digits in early December, according to Reuters data. It has risen to double digits in recent days, mostly in the…
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Jan
02
2021
By The African Mirror
WHO emergency COVID-19 vaccine listing aims to lift access in poor countries

WHO emergency COVID-19 vaccine listing aims to lift access in poor countries

COVID-19
JOHN MILLER THE World Health Organization on Thursday listed Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, in a move seeking to speed access in the developing world. The United Nations health agency said it will work with regional partners to tell national health authorities about the two-dose shot and its anticipated benefits. The WHO established its emergency use listing (EUL) process to help poorer countries without their own regulatory resources quickly approve medicines new diseases like COVID-19, which otherwise could lead to delays. The WHO's review found Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine met the "must-have" criteria for safety and efficacy benefits outweigh…
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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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Jul
22
2022
By The African Mirror
Cape Town hospital uses robot at forefront of surgery in Africa

Cape Town hospital uses robot at forefront of surgery in Africa

HEALTH
A surgical team led by Dr Tim Forgan uses the da Vinci Xi robot to assist in removing a cancerous rectal tumour from a female patient at Tygerberg public hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. The robot, which has four 'arms' and is controlled in real-time by Forgan via an immersive 3D consul, is the most advanced surgical robot in Africa. It is one of only two such robots in use on the continent, both of them found in South African public hospitals in Cape Town. The platform is currently used mainly for complex urological, gynaecological and colorectal surgeries at…
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Jul
22
2022
By The African Mirror
African youth warm up to plant-based food

African youth warm up to plant-based food

HEALTH
SETH ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY CHANGING taste preferences among Africa’s big consumers is driving plant-based diets mainstream in Africa as diners become more conscious about their health and climate. US-based North Mountain Consulting Group and South Africa’s Credence Institute study show Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt have the continent's biggest appetite for vegan meat. It further found that Gen Z and millennial age groups (18-39 years) have developed the biggest taste for PBM in the three African states. “Although not currently familiar or widely adopted, consumers in Kenya and Nigeria were quite open to trying and purchasing PBM (about three quarters…
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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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