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Congo's health authorities are reallocating around 75% of 1.7 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses to other African countries to make sure they're used before they expire. A UNICEF representative said Congo received the doses from…

The Nigerian government is expecting about 29.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib disclosed…

The European Commission has started legal action against British-Swedish company AstraZeneca due to breaches of its COVID-19 vaccine supply contract. The commission spokesperson, Stefan De Keersmaecker said the company has not been in a…

Nigeria vaccinates additional 9,255 people with first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria on Saturday. This brings the total number of vaccinated people in the country to 1,167, 837. The National Primary Health…

The United States is concerned by a massive surge of COVID-19 cases in India and will race additional support to the Indian government and health care workers. A White House spokeswoman said on Saturday that Washington is under…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Priscilla Ibekwe, reported that meningitis remains a major public health challenge in Africa with 26 States in Nigeria within this belt. Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, a…

World Health Organization (WHO), Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus denounced inequities in vaccine distribution as COVAX sharing scheme marks first year. "Nearly 900 million vaccine doses have been administered globally, but…

India hospital fire kills 13 COVID-19 patients on Friday, the incident comes amid a deadly second wave of infections in India. The fire department official, Morrison Khavari, said there were 17 patients inside when a fire broke out in…

South Korea granted conditional approval that will allow the public to use two COVID-19 self-test kits for the first time, amid surge. The ministry said in a statement on Friday, that the makers of the kits, SD Biosensor Inc and Humasis…

India to import Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine for fill and finish by June or July. The Secretary Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Renu Swarup said on Thursday. Fill and finish is…