17-Apr-2021 to 17:32
COVID-19 W/Africa: 867 new cases, 15 new deaths in 24 hours
APA-Freetown-(Sierra Leone) — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has recorded 867 new cases and 15 new deaths of COVID-19 in past 24 hours, official figures show on Saturday.
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16-Apr-2021 to 17:59
AstraZeneca: no blood clot reports in Africa (WHO)
APA - Brazzaville (Congo) — Reports of post-vaccine adverse events on the continent are limited to mild or moderate side effects.
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16-Apr-2021 to 17:17
S/Africa turns to Russians, Chinese for Covid vaccines
APA-Durban (South Africa) — Just days after “temporarily” suspending its vaccination programme that used the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, South Africa would secure the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines and China’s Sinovac injections to add to its vaccination arsenal, APA learnt on Friday.
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16-Apr-2021 to 10:29
Africa reports 10 percent drop in Covid deaths
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — Africa has reported 1944 deaths in a week until Thursday due to coronavirus, representing a 10 percent decrease compared to the previous week’s casualty rate, Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa- CDC) has said
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16-Apr-2021 to 06:12
COVID-19 forgery ring busted in Mozambique
APA-Maputo (Mozambique) — Mozambican police have busted a racket that was illegally issuing fake COVID-19 negative results at the country’s border with South Africa.
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15-Apr-2021 to 17:19
COVID-19 and W/Africa: 1,587 new cases, 18 new deaths in 24 hours
APA-Freetown-(Sierra Leone) — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has recorded 1,587 new cases and 18 new deaths of COVID-19 in past 24 hours, official figures show on Thursday.
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15-Apr-2021 to 16:34
Malawi to destroy ‘expired’ COVID-19 vaccines
APA-Lilongwe (Malawi) — Malawi has ordered the destruction of 16,400 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine after they expired before they could be used, an official said on Thursday.
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