Category: Africa
African Coronavirus News
Sinovac vaccine produces ten times fewer antibodies than Pfizer
A study conducted in Hong Kong on more than a thousand patients shows that the Coronavac vaccine, developed by the Chinese laboratory Sinovac, causes the production of ten times less antibodies than the vaccine developed by BioNTech and produced by Pfizer. More...
Deepti Gurdasani: “This is a virus that we need to eliminate”, condemns “herd immunity” policies
“There’s no country that has attained herd immunity to SARS-CoV-2. More...
UK: We have to learn to live with Covid
“Boris Johnson will lead a Downing Street press conference on Monday where he will tell the public the country must “begin to learn to live with this virus” in the clearest indication yet he is preparing to do away with a swathe of restrictions on daily life.” More...
Global Covid-19 deaths almost TRIPLE in one day on 20th July 2021
The global death toll from Covid-19 almost tripled in one day yesterday. More...
Gupta Lab: Delta variant emergence, replication and immune evasion
Bad news from the Gupta Lab who have been looking at the Delta variant. More...
WHO: strong likelihood for the emergence and global spread of new and possibly more dangerous variants of concern
“Despite national, regional, and global efforts, the pandemic is nowhere near finished. More...
Zimbabwe: Alarm as large numbers of cattle die in Zvimba – “maybe it’s COVID-19”
Zvimba villagers in Zimbabwe are living in fear as their cattle are dying in large numbers with some suggesting that they could be dying from COVID-19. More...
4 million coronavirus deaths recorded with no end in sight for the pandemic
The John Hopkins University Covid-19 dashboard is now showing that more than four million people have died in the coronavirus pandemic and 185 millions cases have been recorded. More...
South Africa: Delta variant now dominant, hard lockdown imposed, alcohol banned
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa imposed a hard lockdown which included a ban on the sale of alcohol from Monday. More...
Uganda goes into total lockdown as coronavirus infections rise
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday tightened restrictions in the country following a worrying rise in Covid-19 infections and deaths. More...