Covid

Uganda will destroy Covid vaccinations worth $7.3 million after they expired. The east African nation's government obtained around 5.6 million doses of these COVID-19 vaccines through a World Bank loan In a report submitted to parliament…

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, 78, has announced that he had taken a "forced leave of absence" after testing positive for Covid-19. "Yesterday morning, I noticed symptoms resembling mild flu," the head of state wrote in a statement,…

A group of Senegalese organizations from the civil society and citizens filed 6th February a complaint with the Dakar court to ask the courts to take up the Covid-19 mismanagement case. The move by Sunu’y milliards du ress , our billions…

The Senegalese authorities have barred a demonstration planned for Friday in Dakar by the opposition, to denounce irregularities in the management of an anti-covid fund identified in a report by the Court of Auditors, an official source…

Hundreds of Senegalese demonstrated in Dakar to demand legal action after numerous irregularities were found in a report by the Court of Auditors on the management of anti-Covid funds, journalists noted. The crowd gathered at the Place…

China's National Health Commission (NHC) will as of Wednesday stop reporting new asymptomatic COVID-19 infections, as many people without symptoms no longer participate in testing, making it hard to accurately tally the total count.

The Australian government says it will stop mandatory Covid isolation requirements from the 14th of October.

South Africa may be facing a fifth COVID wave earlier than expected after a sustained rise in infections over the past 14 days that seems to be driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub-variants, health officials and scientists said on…

Nigeria says it is committed to the global agenda of ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate President, Ahmed Lawan said this at the opening session of a 2-day event to end the pandemic and build back the nation better organized by the…

A South Africa health official has warned that they are seeing a spike in hospital admissions in the country, despite suggestions that the new omicron variant could be milder. Dr Waasila Jassat, who monitors the week on week increases in…