COVID-19 in Africa

On 11 March 2020, just months after the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was first identified in China, the World Health Organisation declared...

 Africa's top public health agency has agreed on a memorandum of understanding with Pfizer to bring supplies of the pharmaceutical...

Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) said on Monday it would set up a manufacturing facility in Kenya, its first in Africa, to produce messenger...

Uganda has lifted the last remaining COVID-19 restrictions on economic activity. This allowed boda-bodas (motorcycle taxis) to fully operate again...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that it does not expect an immediate impact on vaccine supply to Africa due...

About 100,000 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine are at risk of being destroyed by the end of this month due...

During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, security forces were mandated to enforce lockdown and stay-at-home orders....

It is one year since the vaccine dose sharing facility COVAX, delivered the first COVID-19 vaccines to Africa and around...

he Omicron BA.2 sub-variant of COVID-19 appears to be more infectious than the original BA.1 sub-variant, but does not cause...

Botswana's newly adjusted COVID-19 isolation period will come into effect from Wednesday. This comes as the country's Health Ministry reduces...

Ever since the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a global public health emergency in January 2020, there’s been a need...

Moderna Inc has applied for patents in South Africa relating to its COVID-19 vaccine, prompting fears among charities that the...

Travellers to Botswana will from Monday need to produce proof of being fully vaccinated to gain entry to the country.

Africa needs to speed up vaccinations six-fold if it hopes to beat the COVID-19 pandemic, and people on the continent...

 Abubakar Yusuf, an informal Nigerian trader, said he was scared to get a COVID-19 vaccine after hearing the country had...

The COVID-19 pandemic has tested Africa’s public healthcare systems. It exposed weaknesses, gaps and inequalities – but also some potential...

The Africa Centers for Disease Control And Prevention has warned of the danger still posed by the pandemic, despite many...

Africa's top public health body plans to talk to Merck about obtaining supplies of its molnupiravir treatment pill for COVID-19, although...

Tunisia have been hit by a COVID-19 outbreak in their camp at the Africa Cup of Nations and could have as many...

Morocco will provide two billion dirhams ($220 million) in aid to help tourism businesses and workers cope with COVID-19 restrictions,...