Follow AllAfrica News: Coronavirus, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-coronavirus Fri, 22 Sep 2023 00:55:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtD2Phg21f6XarkJyTkC_2b [Daily Maverick] Aspen South Africa will soon deliver millions of vials of human insulin to patients in Africa at a low cost after reaching an agreement with Novo Nordisk.]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:48:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtD2Phg21f6XarkJyTkC_2b https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvqzemJI1_rJbkdRKkm2PJP [allAfrica]]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:54:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvqzemJI1_rJbkdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtJYn6vsbkgclyOSYGFl6uu [The Conversation Africa] The latest variant, or sublineage, of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge on the scene, BA.2.86, has public health experts on alert as COVID-19 hospitalizations begin to rise and the new variant makes its way across the globe.]]> Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:12:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtJYn6vsbkgclyOSYGFl6uu https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmu1tTx8LzEqoSVCAQLB0bf5 [The Conversation Africa] On Sept. 12, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the newly formulated COVID-19 vaccines for all Americans ages 6 months and up, hours after its expert advisory committee voted 13 to 1 in favor of recommending the vaccines.]]> Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:10:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmu1tTx8LzEqoSVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvIw1G3_c0qzUZPHFZJLI3I [Lesotho Times] Lesotho is ready for a new Covid subvariant called XBB should it break out in the country.]]> Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:11:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmvIw1G3_c0qzUZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmujfYQgBkfbvd6jHbRcHw3s [Daily Maverick] After winning a legal challenge forcing the government to hand over its Covid-19 vaccine contracts with large pharmaceutical organisations, the Health Justice Initiative says they show 'SA's sovereignty was bartered for scarce supplies'.]]> Wed, 06 Sep 2023 08:37:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmujfYQgBkfbvd6jHbRcHw3s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmt6WSEUkgv0GwBC78OgjhDM [Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia detected its first case of coronavirus infection from the new EG.5 variant, member of the Scientific Committee to Combat Coronavirus and chairman of the vaccination committee Hechmi Louzir said.]]> Mon, 04 Sep 2023 16:13:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmt6WSEUkgv0GwBC78OgjhDM https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtuC1z2Y1H20wO5yOwvVe_2 [UN News] UN rights experts called on States in the global North on Thursday to forgo intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments in the name of human rights.]]> Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:33:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtuC1z2Y1H20wO5yOwvVe_2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtAwrTHv5VMwsqq6eZJzUh9 [SciDev.Net] Nairobi -- In 2017, a road accident left Anna Nzioka with two fractures in her right leg. After a series of operations and physiotherapy, she has slowly learned to walk again, although with the aid of a crutch.]]> Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:43:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtAwrTHv5VMwsqq6eZJzUh9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuqsvP3__gLymFk24e89-qg [WHO] The COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), a multi-stakeholder partnership to facilitate sharing of intellectual property (IP), knowledge and innovations has announced three new licensing agreements acquired through the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP). The agreements include the following licenses to transfer know-how, materials and clinical data needed in different countries:]]> Tue, 29 Aug 2023 20:41:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuqsvP3__gLymFk24e89-qg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFms86jJ6KFC4KR-xWH3zZqEA [Africa CDC] On 9 August 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated EG.5, a descendant lineage of XBB.1.9.2, and its sub-lineages as a variant of interest (VOI), following the recent increase in the number of E.G.5 cases reported.]]> Mon, 28 Aug 2023 06:25:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFms86jJ6KFC4KR-xWH3zZqEA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtcJZJYGqUctWZMehmtHS8- [allAfrica]]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2023 07:44:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtcJZJYGqUctWZMehmtHS8- https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuEvLSHIgjWE6vLeqE6yv18 [The Conversation Africa] Containment measures, such as the lockdowns introduced to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, had devastating consequences for vulnerable urban populations globally.]]> Thu, 24 Aug 2023 06:40:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuEvLSHIgjWE6vLeqE6yv18 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsQEsNDqogwmLmyhX6zo8SW [Daily Maverick] Several civil society organisations fighting for transparency in the procurement of Covid vaccines by the South African government celebrated on Thursday after the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria ordered that the country's vaccine contracts and related documentation be made public.]]> Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:52:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsQEsNDqogwmLmyhX6zo8SW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmspJFZ7sVGyQwSngkwrdsok [Africa CDC] In March 2022, the Kenyan Ministry of Health lifted all COVID-19 restrictions, including wearing of masks, restrictions on large crowd gatherings, and quarantine measures for confirmed COVID-19 cases. This move not only reduced the risk perception of COVID-19 among citizens but also saw related mass media messaging drastically reduced, especially on mainstream media platforms, which were the leading platforms used by the Kenyan Government to communicate key information on COVID-19. Both outcomes negatively]]> Fri, 18 Aug 2023 10:16:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmspJFZ7sVGyQwSngkwrdsok https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuAKSLBfari0zErtZyObPkc [GroundUp] The Health Justice Initiative wants to assess the legality and cost-effectiveness of the pandemic rollout]]> Fri, 18 Aug 2023 07:23:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuAKSLBfari0zErtZyObPkc https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuAKSLBfari02ZMehmtHS8- [SAnews.gov.za] The National Department of Health on Wednesday confirmed the first case of the new COVID-19 "Eris" variant from a sample taken in Gauteng.]]> Fri, 18 Aug 2023 07:17:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmuAKSLBfari02ZMehmtHS8- https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsTQ3vD7jkOR67VFky8BpXO [The Conversation Africa] EG.5 is a family of Omicron variants (descended from XBB.1.9.2) that first appeared back in February 2023.]]> Fri, 11 Aug 2023 08:37:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsTQ3vD7jkOR67VFky8BpXO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtuwuLqn8ajwIfjc6hd5eWF [allAfrica] The United States this month holds the rotating presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. As she occupies the chair, the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thoman Greenfield, has named food security and human rights as central issues she wants to promote. Late last week, AllAfrica's Tami Hultman talked to her about those priorities as they affect Africa.]]> Wed, 09 Aug 2023 01:00:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmtuwuLqn8ajwIfjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsEHybEeIyZu0TXPGaG87AR [The Conversation Africa] Access to decent housing is a fundamental human right. Across sub-Saharan Africa, however, this right remains an elusive dream for many households.]]> Sun, 06 Aug 2023 14:16:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ljKW146aFmsEHybEeIyZu0TXPGaG87AR