How trying to copy a COVID vaccine changes the outlook for African countries
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the first six African countries that will receive technology to produce messenger RNA
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COVID-19 vaccine
China donates 10-million doses to Zim
ZIMBABWE’S President Emmerson Mnangagwa said that China would be donating another 10 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine over the
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Tie pharma CEO pay to fair global COVID-19 vaccine access, investors say
TOBY STERLING A group of institutional investors representing $3.5 trillion in assets under management on Thursday called on pharmaceutical companies
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Nigeria is working on COVID-19 vaccine, president says
NIGERIA is working to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, President Muhammadu Buhari said in a televised interview on Thursday, as the
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Pandemic, war and environmental disaster push scientists to deliver quick answers
Authors FIONA GREENLAND, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia MICHELLE D. FABIANI, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, University of
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J&J booster slashes Omicron hospitalisations -S.African study
WENDELL ROELF A booster dose of Johnson & Johnson Inc’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine was 84% effective at preventing hospitalisation in South
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South Africa’s Biovac to start making Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in early 2022 – exec
SOUTH Africa’s Biovac Institute will start making Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine early next year after receiving the drug substance from Europe,
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FACTBOX-What COVID-19 vaccine and drug makers have to say about Omicron
THE Omicron variant of the coronavirus has sparked fears that existing COVID-19 vaccines and treatment could be less effective against
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Only 5 African countries may fully vaccinate 40% of population by year-end
GEORGE OBULUTSA ONLY five African countries will meet the target of fully vaccinating 40% of their populations against COVID-19 unless
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New investments to energise Africa’s drugs industry
COVID-19 laid bare Africa’s huge reliance on imported pharmaceuticals, with the continent importing as much as 90 per cent of its drugs. A new determination to provide medicines locally – supported by government, local business and health activists – is providing the “pharma” industry with a multi-billion dollar investment opportunity.
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