South Africa loosens COVID curbs as third wave eases
JOHANNESBURG - Authorities will also extend the hours of alcohol sales, the president said, further relaxing restrictions introduced in June to combat a third wave of cases caused by the Delta ...
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Technology could be used to tackle COVID-19, help economic recovery: S. African expert
JOHANNESBURG - Technology could be a game changer in the fight against COVID-19 and economic recovery in South Africa and other BRICS countries, said a South African expert on Wednesday. ...
Nigerian virologist calls for science-based COVID-19 origins tracing
ABUJA - A Nigerian virologist said COVID-19 origins tracing should not be politicized but be based on concrete scientific evidence. Oyewole Tomori, chairman of Nigeria's Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, ...
Covid-19: Egypt races ahead in bid to become vaccine hub
CAIRO－The factories of Egypt's state-owned vaccine production company have been working nonstop over the past few months to manufacture millions of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses, as the most populous Arab ...
Covid-19 flare-up shuts schools in South Africa
The increasing number of COVID-19 infections in schools in South Africa's Northern Cape Province is becoming a major concern. According to the Northern Cape Department of Education, schools in the ...
The US report on origins tracing of COVID-19 can at best produce a “political virus — Nigerian expert
ABUJA - The US report on origins tracing of COVID-19 can at best produce a "political virus," said a Nigerian expert, urging a science-backed endeavor and global collaboration on this ...
Covid-19: Kenya has approved China’s Sinopharm vaccine
As with other countries, the global health crisis has had wide-ranging effects on East Africa's largest economy, ranging from health and economic implications to political and even cultural effects. Kenya ...
Nigeria Covid-19: Lagos records 776 as NCDC confirms over one thousand fresh cases, more deaths
The public health agency made the announcement on Sunday morning via a post on its verified Facebook page. According to the fresh report, the agency, in the last 24 hours, ...
Covid-19: Lawyers are challenging one of the UK’s few remaining restrictions
Lawyers are challenging one of the United Kingdom's few remaining restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus: the insistence that some international arrivals submit to a period ...
Int´l: The European Union looks at fresh travel ban from US
The EU conducts regular reviews of the list of countries from which travelers can arrive in the bloc, with its ban on travel from the US being lifted in June ...
