COVID waves: IMF says vaccine manufacturers should shift supplies to Africa
June 19, 2021 COVID-19 infections in Africa will likely exceed previous peaks within days, underscoring the urgent need to accelerate vaccine supplies and financing to region, International Monetary Fund Managing…
COVID-19: Less than 0.8% of people fully vaccinated in Africa – Officials
June 18, 2021 COVID-19 cases rose by over 20% week-on-week in nearly two dozen African countries and progress on vaccinating Africans is proceeding slowly, with just 0.79% of people on…
Nigeria beginning to recover from effects of COVID-19, inflation expected to remain elevated in 2021 – IMF
June 18, 2021 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Nigeria says the Nigerian economy has started to gradually recover from the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Jesmin…
COVID-19: ACT-Accelerator partnership needs $16bn to fill funding gap –WHO
June 14, 2021 World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday said total funding committed to the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT-Accelerator) partnership remains 15.1 billion dollars with a gap of over…
G7 vaccine pledge is just a drop in the ocean – campaigners
June 11, 2021 A Group of Seven plan to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries lacks ambition, is far too slow and shows Western leaders are not…
COVID-19 vaccine: WHO urges manufacturers to commit 50% of their volumes to COVAX this year
June 8, 2021 World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on all manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines to give COVAX first right of refusal on new volume of vaccines, or commit 50…
WHO warns of ‘failure’ unless rich countries speed up vaccine sharing
June 4, 2021 Wealthy countries need to give more COVID-19 vaccines and follow the United States in making doses available immediately to cover a 200 million dose gap caused by…
WHO pushes for countries to vaccinate at least 10% of global population by September
May 25, 2021 Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General, says COVID-19 vaccines are administered in only 10 countries, describing the ongoing vaccine crisis as a scandalous inequity…
Malawi burns nearly 20,000 expired COVID-19 shots despite assurances on shelf life
May 20, 2021 Malawi on Wednesday destroyed 19,610 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines that expired 18 days after arriving, despite assurances from the African Union (AU) and World Health Organisation…
Nigeria To Receive 29.8 Million Doses Of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine
April 27, 2021 Nigeria is expecting about 29.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Faisal Shuaib said on Monday. Shuaib, the Executive Director of the…