Two-third of Africans willing to receive COVID-19 vaccine – Survey
Two-third of Africans interviewed have expressed willingness to accept the COVID-19 vaccines, says the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Africa CDC disclosed this in a statement…
Guinea Ebola outbreak: Resurgence of previously circulated W/Africa strain – CDC says
The new Ebola outbreak in the West African nation of Guinea is directly related to the region’s devastating epidemic between 2014 and 2016. The African Centres for Disease Control (CDC)…
Tokyo Olympics torch relay begins in Japan
The long-awaited torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics kicked off in the north-eastern prefecture of Fukushima on Thursday. This was in spite of persisting concerns about the Games going…
The world should be back to normal by end-2022 due to vaccines – Bill Gates
The world should be back to normal by the end of 2022 thanks to COVID-19 vaccines, Bill Gates said in an interview for Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and television broadcaster…
COVID-19: Africa CDC to ensure vaccination of at least 60% population in each country – Official
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says it is working to ensure that each country in the continent vaccinates at least 60 per cent of its…
AstraZeneca maker reduces vaccine efficacy by 3 percent after independent group query
An updated company analysis of the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford showed that the two-shot regimen was robustly effective — 76 percent at preventing symptomatic…
Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet Sold For $2.9m At Auction
The first message ever fired off at Twitter sold on Monday for $2.9 million when its sender Jack Dorsey accepted the winning bid for the collectible as a “non fungible…
A transgender Islamic school in Pakistan breaks barriers
A long white shawl on her head, Rani Khan gives daily Koran lessons at Pakistan’s first transgender-only madrasa, or Islamic religious school, which she set up herself using her life…
‘Organisations of sin’: Pope Francis launches fresh attack on Mafia
Pope Francis on Sunday launched a fresh attack on the mafia, Italy’s day of remembrance for victims of the mob, describing them as “organisations of sin” who have exploited the…
African govts. develop modalities to fill $92.8bn annual development financing gap
African governments have begun developing modalities to fill the annual development-financing gap of 92.8 billion dollars to implement the 2030 Agenda, achieve Agenda 2063 and actualise the Paris Agreement. Mr….