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www.aframnews.com Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5-11. The move has garnered criticism and speculation about the vaccine’s effectiveness and health risks for children. Many parents are still unsure and are looking for more information about the vaccine for their children, […]
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
By Joséphine Li For the beleaguered restaurant industry, the news of a vaccine that could bring an end to the Covid-19 pandemic is not coming fast enough. A great number of restaurants are on the verge of closing down. According to research conducted by […]
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Reginae Carter was feeling as good as she looked after sipping a little something, and she took to Instagram to give her best attempt at a model walk
[Vanguard] The winner of the Nigeria Idol 2020/2021 season 6 talent hunt, is to go home with N50m worth of prizes and a recording contract.
By Samuetta Hill Drew With COVID-19 numbers continuing to spiral upward at an increasingly rapid and alarming rate across the country, which includes our state where two major cities are reporting no available ICU beds, how is one to determine if they are designated as “high risk?” With a disease where the medical and scientific […]
More Americans have been getting flu shots this year, apparently heeding the advice of health officials fearful of a flu and coronavirus double pandemic, public health officials said Wednesday. But the flu vaccination rate for Black children is down, fueling worries that Black Americans may be turning away from shots. “It’s certainly a point of […]
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A new card game that challenges players on their knowledge of Black culture is poised to become the next sensation in family game night. And it's being
THE LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — President Obama thinks you lose people with snappy slogans like #DefundThePolice. Our movement believes when leaders waste time criticizing a hashtag instead of talking about stopping the murders committed by law enforcement and white supremacists, we lose Black lives. If the former President is worried about whether #DefundThePolice is the right slogan, we must make it known that this is the type of leadership that is a part of the problem.
At the end of March, just 14 days after “The Real Housewives of Orange County” shut down production due to the coronavirus pandemic, housewife Kelly Dodd hopped on a flight from Southern California to New York City. Now, please don’t ask whether she wore a mask on the flight — you know the answer to […]
Days after Rep. Cynthia Johnson was harassed for her criticism of Rudy Giuliani, Michigan Republicans removed her from committee posts for sharing what they called a threatening video on Facebook.
Legendary singer Dionne Warwick has been trending all over social media lately. Now the music vet is making headlines once... View Article
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[Premium Times] Nigeria closed its land borders more than a year ago, citing economic and security reasons.
With the pandemic still raging and shutdowns once again looming due to the rising numbers we don't expect things to get better anytime soon, but we hope for the safety of everyone that these kind of incidents are left behind in 2020 with all the other f*ckery we've been forced to live with.
It looks like the public's support for Obamacare is now at one of its highest points. Support for the controversial... View Article
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THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The Innovation Commission’s collaboration with the Silicon Valley-based Hoover Institution will address the starting, recruitment and retention of companies and jobs, the development of innovation hubs and the commercialization of startups.
A white biker charged in the killing of a 27-year-old Black woman in Oklahoma told authorities \"I'm glad I killed that f--king b---h,\" after confessing to
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) - Britain's medical regulator warned yesterday that people with a history of serious allergic reactions shouldn't get the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, and investigators looked into whether two reactions on the first day of the UK's vaccination programme were linked to the shot.
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited (Cassava Smartech) has turned adversity into opportunity by exploiting the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic to enhance it digital capabilities, rollout self-care platforms and improve its overall customer satisfaction index. The COVID-19 pandemic triggered national lockdowns that have shaken world markets and put national economies on their knees as industries such as aviation, travel and tourism – among many others – have been ravaged by the deadly virus, which first broke out in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. Mrs Sheree Shereni, Cassava Smartech’s chairperson, said changes brought about by COVID-19 reaffirmed the importance of the group’s focus on digital solutions that address the day-to-day challenges of all Zimbabweans. “The advent of COVID-19 has also accelerated our digital transformation journey, enabling us to realize cost efficiencies without loss of productivity. We have embraced virtual working by our staff and designed virtual access platforms to continue serving our customers”, Mrs Shereni said in the Chairman’s statement accompanying the group’s financial results for the six months to August 31, 2020. “The Group has taken advantage of the pandemic to accelerate its digital thrust to come up with new products and services that better respond to the evolving needs of our customers,” she said. She said customers were a critical component of the business’ success and the Group was always looking for new ways to enhance the customer experience. “Customer service is at the heart of what we do, and the first half of the year was focused on improving customer experience as a way of ensuring that our customers’ needs are well taken care of. We focused on developing state-of-the-art systems aimed at improving turn-around times for service delivery across all our brands,” Mrs Shereni said, adding that the company’s goal was to provide responsive, timely service on a consistent basis, in the most cost-effective manner. “During the first half, a number of automation projects were completed and we anticipate significant improvement in our customer service index as these innovations begin to yield results going forward,” she said. The group has significantly changed the way people live for the better with its life-changing innovations coming through its Fintech, InsurTech, AgriTech and On-Demand services, among others. Cassava Smartech’s Chief Executive Officer Mr Eddie Chibi said the Group will continually upgrade its systems to match increasing consumer demands and remain relevant in a fast-evolving market. “Our mission is to leverage technology to provide solutions that address the everyday needs of Zimbabweans in a simple and affordable manner. We are happy with the impact that the digital customer platforms we launched in the first half are having on our customers, and are excited about those we are rolling out in the second half,” said Mr Chibi, adding that the aim was to create all-round convenience for the group’s customers. In the past year, the technology-driven g
The MSR took to the streets to ask community members if they would take the vaccine when it's made available to the broader public.
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by PublicSource reporters Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said Wednesday he anticipates new, “obviously” needed COVID-19 mitigation efforts to be announced by the state Thursday. He said he had expected to be discussing those efforts during the county's Wednesday press briefing. When asked by reporters if residents should expect a full shutdown, Fitzgerald said that … Continued
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Need to stay updated on coronavirus news in Texas? Our evening roundup will help you stay on top of the day's latest updates. Sign up here. At least three members of the State Board of Education tested positive for COVID-19 after meeting in person for four days in November, according to multiple board members. Georgina Pérez, an El Paso […]
In the early weeks and months of the coronavirus pandemic, medics and health professionals working in hospitals around the world noticed that Covid-19 was hitting men harder than women. Now, a global analysis of over 3 million Covid-19 cases from January to June has found that male patients with the disease have 'almost three times the odds' of requiring admission to intensive care than female patients. What's more, men were almost 1.4 times more likely to die from Covid-19 than women - although both sexes have an equivalent risk of infection. The researchers analyzed data from 90 reports involving 46 countries and 44 US states. This data showed that, among the cases in the study, about 1.57 million were women and about 1.53 million were men. Yet when it came to data on over 12,000 admissions to hospital intensive care units, about 8,000 of those were men and 4,000 were women, the researchers found. And among the over 200,000 Covid-19 deaths included in the study, about 120,000 were men and 91,000 were women. The study, which published in the journal Nature Communications on Wednesday, didn't examine the reasons for the disparity. But the researchers - from the University College London and the University of Cape Town in South Africa - suggested the explanation is more likely due to biological differences than behavioral or socioeconomic ones. The many parts of the immune system that work together to defend the body against viruses do not operate exactly the same way in men and women, and the study said that more research is needed to determine which specific biological factors may be driving these differences. 'Men and women have differences in almost all arms of the immune system. These range from the early immune responses to viral infection, to T cell responses, B cell responses and immune memory,' said study author Dr. Kate Webb, a consultant pediatric rheumatologist at the University of Cape Town and The Francis Crick Institute in London. 'There are many potential reasons for these differences in immunity: hormones have immunological effects and women have two X chromosomes compared to one in men. X chromosomes are packed full of genes which code for immunity.' -CNN
Can I stop wearing a mask after getting a COVID-19 vaccine? No. For a couple reasons, masks and social distancing will still be recommended for some time after people are vaccinated. To start, the first coronavirus vaccines require two shots; Pfizer’s second dose comes three weeks after the first and Moderna’s comes after four weeks. And the effect of vaccinations […]
South Africa recorded 6 709 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, with Health Minister Zweli Mkhize confirming a second wave has hit its shores.
[Nation] Dr Stephen Mogusu continued to serve patients under the most horrible conditions - working long hours and without a salary for several months - dreaming, like thousands of fellow frontline workers across the country, of a better day.
[Africa In Fact] Abuja Declaration: broken promises
The Western Cape has seen a whopping 53.4% increase in new Covid-19 cases in the last week.
