COVID-19: WHO designates JN.1 ‘variant of interest’ amid sharp rise in global spread

21 december 2023 - 06:46:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it is continuously monitoring the global spread of [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Gambia receives 149,760 vaccines from Italy

24 april 2023 - 11:39:36
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia has received 149,760 doses of Pfizer vaccines from the Italian government. The vaccines were delivered [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 : The Gambia receives 500,000 COVID-19 vaccines from Spain

03 april 2023 - 11:33:09
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambian Ministry of Health has received 500,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines from Spain, representing one [...] Full text...

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2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’

27 december 2022 - 06:03:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In 2022 the UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccination rollout stalls in Africa, says WHO

21 october 2022 - 14:42:56
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of African countries, while the monthly [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccination roll-out stagnates in Africa

21 october 2022 - 10:48:05
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - COVID-19 vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of African countries, while the number of doses administered [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF, USAID give Gambia supplies worth $500,000 for pandemic fight

06 september 2022 - 15:52:39
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) have handed over more than [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Advocacy day for vaccination against pandemic in Mali

25 july 2022 - 17:42:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The results of vaccination against coronavirus (COVID-19) are far below expectation in Mali, said the president [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO updates strategy in bid to vaccinate all health workers, those most at risk

23 july 2022 - 05:53:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although the COVID-19 vaccination rollout is the biggest and fastest in history, many people most at [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambia receives 151,200 J & J vaccines from France

20 june 2022 - 10:07:52
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Ministry of Health has received 151,200 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines from the Government [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO validates 11th vaccine for pandemic

19 may 2022 - 16:26:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for "CONVIDECIA", a vaccine [...] Full text...

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US congratulates Sierra Leone, Togo on their independence anniversary

27 april 2022 - 06:08:05
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States of America has congratulated Sierra Leone and Togo, who celebrate their independence [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: New wave a reminder pandemic is ‘far from over’: Guterres

09 april 2022 - 05:22:10
New York, US (PAA) - Governments and pharmaceutical companies need to work together in a better way, to deliver vaccines [...] Full text...

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AI reports says political leaders and corporate titans put profit and power ahead of people

29 march 2022 - 16:26:20
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) says political leaders and corporate titans have put profit and power ahead of [...] Full text...

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Kenya to destroy 840,000 doses of Astra Zeneca vaccines

23 march 2022 - 18:02:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 840,000 doses of the Astra Zeneca vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease received through [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN General Assembly holds debate to boost momentum for universal vaccination

26 february 2022 - 05:14:09
New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly appealed on Friday for greater global solidarity to [...] Full text...

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African-European Summit resolve to revitalise ties

20 february 2022 - 07:40:05
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - African and European leaders rose from their sixth Summit at the seat of the European Union, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: COVID-19 Immunization campaign targets mobile communities along Gambia-Senegal border

18 february 2022 - 21:05:38
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - COVID-19 Immunization campaign, targeting  mobile communities along Gambia-Senegal border, has vaccinated over 1,500 persons, according to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO lauds ‘historic initiative’ on vaccine equity underway in South Africa

15 february 2022 - 05:02:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - During a COVID-19 global action meeting on Monday, the UN health chief lauded the progress underway [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World leaders call for US$23 billion to end pandemic this year

09 february 2022 - 20:18:38
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic could be defeated this year but only if vaccines, tests and treatments [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa needs to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination rate six-fold

04 february 2022 - 05:29:57
Brazzaville, CONGO (PANA) - The COVID-19 vaccination rate in Africa needs to increase six-fold for the continent to meet the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Togo receives 756,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine

22 january 2022 - 13:51:49
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo received on Friday 756,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, part of a batch of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Cases drop for first time as Africa’s fourth wave ebbs: WHO

21 january 2022 - 05:37:45
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - For the first time in Africa since the peak of the Omicron wave, weekly COVID-19 cases [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO expresses hope worst of Omicron wave is over

19 january 2022 - 05:24:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Omicron continues to sweep the world, but cases seem to have peaked in some countries, which [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN-backed COVAX mechanism delivers one billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose

17 january 2022 - 06:00:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With a 1.1 million jab delivery in Rwanda this weekend, the World Health Organization’s multilateral initiative [...] Full text...

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Greek FM meets with Angola's President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço

11 january 2022 - 20:11:48
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias, was received on Tuesday in Luanda by Angola's President João Manuel [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 2021 Year in Review: ‘We underestimate this virus at our peril’-WHO

28 december 2021 - 08:22:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite the almost miraculous development of effective vaccines in 2020, the coronavirus (COVID-19) continued to spread [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO warns against blanket boosters, as vaccine inequity persists

23 december 2021 - 07:22:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes could prolong the pandemic and increase inequity, the Director-General of the [...] Full text...

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US ambassador reaffirms Washington's support for majority of Libyans opting for elections

21 december 2021 - 13:45:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Special Envoy and US Ambassador to Libya, Mr. Richard Norland, said on Monday that Washington continues [...] Full text...

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US donates more than 1 million doses of Pfizer vaccine to Libya

20 december 2021 - 20:14:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,178,190 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine were received on Monday at Maitigua International [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 55 deaths

18 december 2021 - 09:10:26
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius Friday reported 507 active cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) out of whom 17 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO lists ninth vaccine for emergency use

18 december 2021 - 08:14:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization  (WHO) on Friday approved the Covovax vaccine for emergency use listing (EUL), elevating to nine [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Don’t underestimate Omicron, WHO chief warns

15 december 2021 - 05:38:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Omicron variant is “probably” now present in most of the world’s countries and it would [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccine hoarding will prolong pandemic, warns WHO

10 december 2021 - 05:37:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Early laboratory data on the effectiveness of existing vaccines against the Omicron COVID-19 variant is useful, [...] Full text...

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Africa being left behind amid 'extreme vaccine discrimination': report

06 december 2021 - 09:51:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Africa has little chance of recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic in the coming year due to [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Mauritius records 348 deaths in November 2021

30 november 2021 - 13:28:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, quoting official statistics on Tuesday, said that the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Over 1.6 million people vaccinated against pandemic in Libya

27 november 2021 - 14:07:50
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,669,064 people have received a vaccine against coronavirus (Covid-19) in Libya since the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Germany provides 496,800 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine to Guinea

24 november 2021 - 11:49:19
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government received on Tuesday 496,800 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine donated by Germany, [...] Full text...

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US donates 230,490 doses of Pfizer vaccine to Libya

22 november 2021 - 18:24:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 230,490 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech anti-Covid-19 vaccine, donated to Libya by the United [...] Full text...

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US Secretary of State Blinken to discuss situation in Horn of Africa with Kenyan president

17 november 2021 - 12:03:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Kenya on Wednesday on an official visit to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Licensing agreement for new candidate drug ‘an important first step’

16 november 2021 - 17:15:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Access to a new COVID-19 drug will be expanded in low- and middle-income countries following a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius receives second donation of 107,640 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines from the US

15 november 2021 - 19:23:22
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Monday received a second donation of 107,640 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines from the United [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO, foreign ministers meet on finding antidote to pandemic

10 november 2021 - 21:43:23
Washington, DC, US (PANA) -  The World Health Organization (WHO) at a foreign ministers meeting convened by US Secretary of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic brings global syringe shortage into sharp focus

10 november 2021 - 05:51:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Efforts to boost COVID-19 vaccine production should be matched by access to the syringes needed to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO approves Indian vaccine

04 november 2021 - 05:11:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday approved an eighth vaccine against COVID-19, which follows a slight uptick [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Billions more needed for UN-backed global collaboration to end pandemic: WHO

29 october 2021 - 05:31:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new strategy announced on Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO) calls for $23.4 billion [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Less than 10% of African countries to hit key vaccination goal

28 october 2021 - 11:16:09
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Just five African countries, less than 10% of Africa’s 54 nations, are projected to hit the year-end [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic may have claimed up to 180,000 health workers

21 october 2021 - 20:34:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Between 80,000 and 180,000 health and care workers may have died from COVID-19 between January of 2020 and May of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic deaths at lowest level in nearly a year, WHO reports

13 october 2021 - 19:06:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths continue to decline, vaccine inequity persists, the head of the World Health Organization [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin records 845 new cases

10 october 2021 - 19:32:29
Cotonou, Benin PANA) - Benin has recorded 845 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, statistics from the Ministry of Health [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Global vaccine plan aims to end ‘two-track pandemic’

07 october 2021 - 18:50:50
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday unveiled an $8billion pathway out of the coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: China offers Mali 835,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine

05 october 2021 - 20:15:54
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali received here Monday 835,200 doses of SINOVAC vaccine donated by China, as part of the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Over 1.3 million people vaccinated in Libya

02 october 2021 - 13:30:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 1,393,030 people have received the anti-coronavirus vaccine in Libya since the launch of the national [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Fifteen African countries hit 10% vaccination goal

30 september 2021 - 20:19:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Fifteen African countries, nearly a third of the continent’s 54 nations, have fully vaccinated 10% of their [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin records 13 deaths, 2,440 new cases

30 september 2021 - 17:11:03
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has recorded 13 new deaths and 24,440 new infections of Covid-19, official sources said on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US donates 336,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine to Guinea

25 september 2021 - 13:15:16
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea on Friday received 336,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine donated by the US. The donation [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libya receives 144,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine

24 september 2021 - 10:42:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya on Wednesday took delivery of 144,000 doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine in the fight against COVID-19, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa needs seven-fold rise in vaccine shipments - WHO

23 september 2021 - 17:29:51
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa must rise by over seven times from around 20 million per month [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 115 positive cases, three deaths

23 september 2021 - 08:31:59
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Thursday that 115 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ‘We can end the pandemic’, UN chief says in new call for global vaccine plan

23 september 2021 - 05:17:16
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday repeated his call for a global COVID-19 vaccination plan [...] Full text...

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Botswana, China cement relations

22 september 2021 - 19:52:12
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has applauded China for her unflinching support of multilateralism and strong bilateral relations. “It is our [...] Full text...

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Africa cannot outsource its health to the rest of the world – AfDB president

22 september 2021 - 15:15:06
New York, US (PANA) - Global leaders, in a sideline event on health during the United Nations General Assembly, voiced [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Empty promises will not save the world from pandemic, campaigners warn

21 september 2021 - 18:43:38
New York, US (PANA) - On the eve of US President Joe Biden’s global COVID-19 summit on the side-lines of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Over 1.2 million people vaccinated in Libya

18 september 2021 - 11:54:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 1,268,241 people have received a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in Libya since the launch of the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Germany supports Ethiopia with 271,200 vaccine doses

18 september 2021 - 02:05:28
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Ministry of Health Friday received 271,200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from Germany to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO calls on world leaders to focus on vaccine equity, pandemic preparedness

17 september 2021 - 14:06:34
New York, US (PANA) – The World Health Organization  (WHO)  is urging leaders attending the 76th session of the United [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: International organisations, vaccine manufacturers agree to intensify cooperation to deliver vaccines

17 september 2021 - 10:37:17
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – Multilateral leaders of the Task Force on Scaling COVID-19 Tools have called on all countries [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libya takes delivery of 117,600 COVAX doses

17 september 2021 - 10:33:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has taken delivery of 117,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from COVAX, the National Centre for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa faces 470 million vaccine shortfall this year

17 september 2021 - 05:15:58
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Africa needs around 470 million doses to accomplish the goal of fully vaccinating 40 per cent of its population by the end of the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin records 5 deaths, 2344 new infections

14 september 2021 - 22:48:14
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has recorded five new deaths and 2,344 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, official sources said here [...] Full text...

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Health leaders call for acceleration of vaccination globally, particularly in Africa

14 september 2021 - 21:26:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PAA) - WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and a group of global health leaders Tuesday issued an urgent call [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO says variants prolong Africa’s pandemic wave

10 september 2021 - 05:27:03
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa fell by more than 20% — the sharpest seven-day decline in two [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burkina Faso to receive Chinese Sinopharm vaccine

09 september 2021 - 12:52:32
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso is to receive a donation of 400,000 doses of Sinopharm's anti-COVID-19 vaccine from [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ‘Unacceptable’ deals and delays, hampering lifesaving COVAX deliveries

09 september 2021 - 05:10:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  While 80 per cent of citizens in high and upper-middle income nations have had a dose [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO urges G20 Health Ministers to meet COVID-19 pledges, support regional vaccine manufacturing

06 september 2021 - 06:45:45
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Despite hopes that by now the pandemic would be under control, the head of the UN’s [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin records four new deaths, 1,014 new infections

05 september 2021 - 18:24:40
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin recorded between 29-31 August four deaths and 1,014 new infections from coronavirus (COVID-19), official sources [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO warns Africa could miss goal to vaccinate millions by month’s end

03 september 2021 - 05:47:40
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Africa could miss the goal of vaccinating the most vulnerable 10 per cent of its population [...] Full text...

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AU shrugs off hesitancy debate, warns vaccine ‘famine’ more acute in Africa

03 september 2021 - 00:05:01
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has played down fears of emerging vaccine hesitance, pandemic fatigue and [...] Full text...

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Vaccination becomes compulsory for health sector personnel in Benin

02 september 2021 - 22:17:14
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has decided to make vaccination against the coronavirus (COVID-19) compulsory for health sector [...] Full text...

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High-income countries called on to share covid-19 vaccines

31 august 2021 - 23:30:47
New York, (US) - Former co-chairs of the Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) have expressed their deep concern [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: France to deliver 10 million doses of vaccine to Africa

31 august 2021 - 18:47:59
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - France will soon deliver to African countries 10 million additional doses of AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AU to receive additional 10 million vaccines from French government

30 august 2021 - 18:04:43
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African countries will receive 10 million doses of Astra Zeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines over [...] Full text...

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Global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines progressing at two alarmingly different speeds - MLT

27 august 2021 - 22:01:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Multilateral Leaders Taskforce on COVID-19 (MLT) Friday noted that the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines [...] Full text...

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Festive and cultural events banned in Benin to limit spread of Covid-19

25 august 2021 - 19:58:02
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Interministerial Committee for the management of the COVID-19 health crisis has decided to suspend all [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO slams 'shocking disparity' in access to vaccines

25 august 2021 - 13:14:16
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organization hit out on Tuesday at the "shocking disparity" in access to coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Over 3,000 cases are active in Benin

24 august 2021 - 12:54:18
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin had as of 19 August 3,324 active cases of coronavirus, according to statistics from the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana's president to seek BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine in Germany talks

23 august 2021 - 06:08:09
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to take advantage of an official visit to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO renders support to countries rolling out multiple vaccines

20 august 2021 - 08:15:40
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – With 620 million COVID-19 vaccine doses set to arrive in Africa through COVAX alone by the end [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: West Africa deaths surge amid Ebola and other outbreaks: WHO

20 august 2021 - 08:03:23
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – West Africa has recorded its highest number of COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began as several countries [...] Full text...

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Botswana optimistic of COVID-19 vaccination rollout

19 august 2021 - 18:48:51
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Vice President, Slumber Tsogwane, has reassured the nation of government’s commitment to COVID-19 vaccination. “It is [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana takes delivery of 249,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines

18 august 2021 - 23:04:49
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana Wednesday took delivery of 249,00 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine through  the #COVAX facility meant for [...] Full text...

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More than 450,000 doses of vaccine received by Libya through the COVAX

16 august 2021 - 11:06:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has received 450,190 doses of anti-coronavirus vaccine via the COVAX platform, the World Health Organisation [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Only 0.2% of Beninese vaccinated against Covid- 19

15 august 2021 - 20:00:15
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Only 0.2% of the Beninese population has already been vaccinated against Covid-19, according to figures published [...] Full text...

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Botswana debunks media reports on Pfizer vaccine consignment

13 august 2021 - 18:06:25
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana health authorities have denied media reports suggesting that Pfizer vaccine consignment, destined for Botswana, has been [...] Full text...

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Africa implored to solve vaccine challenges

12 august 2021 - 16:15:29
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) -- Botswana assistant minister of health and wellness has implored Africa to find sustainable solution to problems [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO announces three new drugs for latest ‘Solidarity’ clinical trials

11 august 2021 - 18:37:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Three new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of global Solidarity clinical trials [...] Full text...

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US donates vaccine doses to Botswana

10 august 2021 - 18:27:17
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The United States government has donated Pfizer-Biotech COVID-19 vaccine to Botswana through the COVAX dose sharing [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 100 new positive cases

10 august 2021 - 08:28:41
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced on Tuesday that they had detected 100 new positive cases [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana takes delivery of 177,600 Johnson & Johnson vaccines

08 august 2021 - 11:12:04
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Government of Ghana has received 177,600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson single dose vaccine [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Deaths in Africa hit record weekly toll

06 august 2021 - 05:44:46
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Weekly COVID-19 deaths in Africa reached a record peak in the week that ended on 1 August, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccine equality, ‘most pressing issue of our times’ – UN chief

06 august 2021 - 05:31:39
New York, US (PANA) - The remarkable and rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines offers “great hope” that the devastating pandemic can be overcome, the UN chief [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AU begins monthly shipments of vaccines

05 august 2021 - 13:30:52
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) is on Thursday beginning its monthly shipments of vaccines acquired by the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO calls for moratorium on booster jabs

05 august 2021 - 05:26:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health organization called on Wednesday for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine [...] Full text...

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New Global Database to enhance transparency, improve delivery of COVID-19 tools

31 july 2021 - 07:59:26
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Developing Countries on Friday launched [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccine shipments boost for Africa - WHO

30 july 2021 - 05:25:28
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) -  After a near-halt of COVID-19 vaccine shipments in Africa, delivers have ramped up in recent months, the UN health agency [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: More than 42% of Mauritian population immunised

28 july 2021 - 07:28:11
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian  Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, said on Tuesday that 531,000 persons [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: COVAX and World Bank accelerate vaccine access for developing countries

26 july 2021 - 13:28:04
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - COVAX and the World Bank will accelerate COVID-19 vaccine supply for developing countries through a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana's president warns public to adhere to safety protocols as third wave bites

26 july 2021 - 07:03:48
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - With Ghana experiencing a third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has warned [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Panddmic will end when world chooses to end it - Dr. Tedros

22 july 2021 - 23:28:50
Tokyo, Japan (PANA) - World Health Organiation (WHO) Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebrejesus has said that the coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: New cases in Africa have slowed down amid sharp drop in S. Africa

22 july 2021 - 21:08:17
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - After eight consecutive weeks of a fast-moving surge, new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa have slowed [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Americans donate 304,000 vaccine doses to the Gambia

22 july 2021 - 17:11:59
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - As President Joseph R. Biden committed earlier this year, vaccines donated by the American people have [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Unrest in South Africa threatens Namibia's oxygen supply

17 july 2021 - 10:15:24
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) -   Namibian President Hage Geingob has said said the looting and unrest in neighbouring South Africa should [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius allocated 76,050 doses of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine from COVAX Facility

17 july 2021 - 06:46:07
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius would be allocated 76,050 doses of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine from COVAX Facility between July and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic continues to wreak havoc in Tunisia

14 july 2021 - 10:51:49
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia recorded 157 deaths and 8,473 new contaminations of coronavirus on Monday, the Ministry of Health [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 'Vaccinate the most vulnerable', WHO chief stresses

13 july 2021 - 05:33:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, has reiterated that the [...] Full text...

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Benin records one coronavirus-related death, 57 new cases

10 july 2021 - 13:44:11
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has recorded one new coronavirus (COVID-19)-related death and 57 new infections, an official source said [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa marks worst pandemic week: WHO

09 july 2021 - 07:16:56
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Africa marked its worst pandemic week ever, surpassing the second wave peak during the seven days ending [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guterres calls for global vaccine plan as pandemic death toll passes 4 million

08 july 2021 - 05:40:55
New York, US (PANA - The global death toll due to COVID-19 officially passed four million on Wednesday, marking yet [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia sees new daily infections record of nearly 8,000

07 july 2021 - 09:38:44
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia on Tuesday announced a new record of daily COVID-19 infections of 7,930 cases in 24 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Equitable distribution of vaccines, equipment only way out of pandemic: WHO chief

07 july 2021 - 05:17:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Equitable distribution of equipment and medicines to fight COVID-19 is the only way out of the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US to give €600 million to support vaccine manufacturing in South Africa

01 july 2021 - 05:26:42
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) on Wednesday announced a joint financing package of €600 million [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya secures $130 million from World Bank for COVID-19 vaccines

29 june 2021 - 15:47:25
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved $130 million additional financing for the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 'Sub-Saharan Africa must act now to stop surge of new Delta variant'

29 june 2021 - 06:26:06
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The only way for Sub-Saharan Africa to break free from the new vicious COVID-19 [...] Full text...

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Libya receives 54,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccine

25 june 2021 - 16:48:50
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The third batch of 54,600 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, acquired through the COVAX facility, arrived [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: New batch of 54,000 doses of vaccine arrives in Libya

25 june 2021 - 15:35:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A third batch of 54,600 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine procured through the COVAX Initiative arrived [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa faces steepest pandemic surge yet - WHO

25 june 2021 - 11:36:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Africa is facing a fast-surging third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, with cases spreading more rapidly and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius to ease restrictions from 1 July

25 june 2021 - 08:23:36
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday announced that restrictions imposed in March 2021 because of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNHCR urges states to remove vaccine barriers for refugees

24 june 2021 - 10:57:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Four months since the first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility, the global initiative [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank, AU to support rapid vaccination for up to 400 million people in Africa

22 june 2021 - 07:30:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Finance Ministers and the World Bank Group met on Monday to fast track vaccine [...] Full text...

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WHO supporting S. African consortium to establish first COVID mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub

21 june 2021 - 20:56:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria starts recovery but unemployment and inflation remain elevated - IMF

18 june 2021 - 09:22:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian economy has started a gradual recovery from the negative effects of the COVID-19 global [...] Full text...

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COVID-19; Cases surge in Africa, near first wave peak - WHO warns

17 june 2021 - 22:17:32
Brazzaville, Cong0 (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said here Thursday coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa are surging by [...] Full text...

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Ghana: World Bank approves $200 million additional funding for Ghana project

16 june 2021 - 21:38:18
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The World Bank has approved $200 million as additional funding for the Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness [...] Full text...

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World Bank to partner with African Union in securing more coronavirus vaccines

15 june 2021 - 16:18:58
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - World Bank President David Malpass and senior managers, including Axel van Trotsenburg and Makhtar Diop, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Reported new cases decline for 7 weeks in a row -WHO

14 june 2021 - 22:35:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Globally, the number of new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN welcomes landmark 870 million G7 vaccine doses pledge

14 june 2021 - 06:44:06
New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN official on Sunday welcomed the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized nations’ [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa Union eyes more doses to lessen vaccine exclusion

10 june 2021 - 22:35:08
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has welcomed ongoing debate at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nine in 10 African countries set to miss urgent COVID-19 vaccination goal

10 june 2021 - 21:02:07
Brazzaville, (Congo) - As coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa rise for the third week running and vaccines are increasingly scarce, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF, celebrities appeal to G7 countries to donate COVID vaccinations

08 june 2021 - 20:56:27
New York, US (PANA) - From David Beckham to Whoopi Goldberg and Angelique Kidjo, ambassadors for the UN Children’s Fund [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN health agency urges nations to donate 250 million doses of vaccine

04 june 2021 - 19:17:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed globally but only 0.5 per cent [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF signs vaccine supply agreement with Moderna

03 june 2021 - 07:35:30
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has signed a long-term agreement with Moderna for the supply of COVID-19 vaccine on behalf [...] Full text...

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Global vaccines initiative gets US$50 million boost

02 june 2021 - 22:39:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a US$50 million commitment to the Global Vaccine [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccine equity at heart of new $50 billion plan to end pandemic, drive recovery

02 june 2021 - 06:22:56
New York, US (PANA) - Governments are being urged to finance a new $50 billion roadmap to end the COVID-19 [...] Full text...

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​WHO validates Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

01 june 2021 - 22:24:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization Tuesday validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine produced by the Beijing-based pharmaceutical company [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: EU High Representative says 'vaccination gap must be closed’

31 may 2021 - 15:48:21
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union High Representative has stressed the need to close the vaccination gap between advanced [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO, partners call to action to equip COVAX to deliver 2 billion doses in 2021

27 may 2021 - 21:21:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries that are advanced in their vaccination programmes are seeing cases of COVID-19 decline and early [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa urgently needs 20 million second doses of vaccine

27 may 2021 - 11:33:51
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Africa needs at least 20 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the next six weeks to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ACT Accelerator has helped ability to tackle pandemic globally -WHO

25 may 2021 - 21:58:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dr Bruce Aylward, Senior Advisor to the WHO Director-General and Head of the ACT-Accelerator Coordination Hub, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: EU to increase global vaccine production capacities

25 may 2021 - 15:13:48
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The pace of vaccinations has accelerated across the EU and should be sustained, the European Council [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 74th World Health Assembly kicks off with bold ambition to end pandemic

24 may 2021 - 14:07:12
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a tsunami of suffering, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Over 173,000 people vaccinated in Libya

24 may 2021 - 12:08:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 173,539 people have received the coronavirus vaccine in Libya since the launch of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN chief calls for G20 vaccine task force, in 'war' against the virus

22 may 2021 - 05:03:59
Rome, Italy (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the world’s richest economies to take a central role in ending the COVID-19 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: G20 leaders call for urgent, immediate action to overcome pandemic

21 may 2021 - 22:32:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World leaders met here Friday at the Global Health Summit co-hosted by the European Commission and Italy  [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa CDC criticises destruction of vaccines in Malawi

20 may 2021 - 17:42:12
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has urged countries to act rapidly [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libya receives 120,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines

20 may 2021 - 11:59:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly 120,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines were received on Wednesday by Libya, the spokesperson of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Health Assembly to focus on ending COVID-19 pandemic

20 may 2021 - 00:04:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a year when COVID-19) threatens the health and well-being of everyone on the planet, the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF chief calls on G7 countries to 'share excess vaccines now'

17 may 2021 - 06:25:08
New York, US (PANA) - The deadly increase in COVID-19 cases  in India could potentially occur elsewhere if vulnerable countries [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: PCR testing now subject to medical prescription in Benin

15 may 2021 - 12:19:09
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - The "PCR" (polymerase chain reaction) or "virological" test to detect positivity to COVID-19 is now subject to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief calls on wealthier nations to donate vaccines to poorer nations

15 may 2021 - 00:04:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, against the vastly uneven international distribution of coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo to pay working visit to France, Belgium, S. Africa

14 may 2021 - 23:18:41
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Akufo-Addo will leave Sunday, 16 May, for a nine-day official working visit to France, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Top COVID probe urges bold overhaul of pandemic prevention measures

12 may 2021 - 15:52:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A prestigious World Health Organization (WHO) appointed panel on Wednesday urged bold action to end the COVID-19 [...] Full text...

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UN highlights Islamic social financing to help economic recovery, pandemic response

12 may 2021 - 08:48:30
New York, US (PANA) - As the world continues to grapple with the health and economic crisis sparked by the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 9 new cases

10 may 2021 - 09:15:28
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities say that they detected nine new positive cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, bringing [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 30 new infections

09 may 2021 - 16:01:30
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 30 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections were recorded on [...] Full text...

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WHO approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

08 may 2021 - 06:22:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A COVID-19 vaccine produced in China has been given the green light for global rollout, potentially [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccine supply crunch adds to risk of pandemic resurgence, warns WHO

07 may 2021 - 06:00:30
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - With Africa-bound COVID-19 vaccine doses from the Serum Institute of India delayed for the foreseeable future, slow [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief hails US support for vaccine patent waiver

06 may 2021 - 05:57:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said the commitment announced by the [...] Full text...

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WHO welcomes Sweden’s move to share COVID-19 vaccine doses with COVAX

03 may 2021 - 19:38:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has welcomed the announcement by the Swedish Government that [...] Full text...

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Institutional mistrust retards child vaccination progress in Africa, new study

01 may 2021 - 10:07:02
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Mistrust in local and national government plays a significant role in slowing down child [...] Full text...

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Guinea’s growth forecast to reach 5.2 per cent in 2021 - IMF

01 may 2021 - 09:37:07
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea’s economy weathered the coronavirus (COVID-19) shock with a strong growth of 7 per cent in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 45 new infections, bringing total cases to 164,633

24 april 2021 - 13:25:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said here the country had as at Friday recorded 45 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN officials appeal for critical funding for COVID-19 tools

24 april 2021 - 08:39:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although a landmark global collaboration has developed and delivered COVID-19 vaccines and diagnostics worldwide, critical funding [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: EC reaffirms Team Europe’s commitment to global fight against the pandemic

23 april 2021 - 14:47:06
    Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Friday approved conclusions reaffirming Team Europe's full commitment to the global fight [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Greta Thunberg contributes 100,000 Euros to vaccine equity initiative

20 april 2021 - 05:30:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has donated 100,000 Euros to boost global efforts to deliver [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambia secures more funds for vaccines

18 april 2021 - 11:03:55
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia has secured financing for its COVID-19 Vaccine Preparedness and Response Project to strengthen immunisation [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccine equity is the ‘challenge of our time’, WHO chief declares

17 april 2021 - 04:51:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With the number of new COVID-19 cases nearly doubling over the past two months, approaching the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO calls for bolstering of vigilance as Africa rolls out vaccines

16 april 2021 - 07:43:40
Brazzaville, Congo (PAMA) - More than 13.6 million – including 12 million AstraZeneca – vaccine doses have been administered in [...] Full text...

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Sub-Saharan Africa navigating a long pandemic – IMF Economic Outlook

15 april 2021 - 13:07:30
Washington, DC US (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth is set to recover in 2021. Yet, the path to recovery, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin records five new deaths

14 april 2021 - 23:31:10
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin between 22 March and 12 April recorded five new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19), [...] Full text...

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Africa CDC moves to advance vaccine manufacturing on continent

14 april 2021 - 14:14:36
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has signed an agreement with [...] Full text...

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Great Lakes Region ‘on the right track’ to tackling political and other challenges: UN Envoy

13 april 2021 - 05:33:20
New York, US (PANA) - Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries in Africa’s Great Lakes region are “on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic witnessing seven weeks of increasing cases, deaths -Tedros

13 april 2021 - 00:08:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Monday briefed the media on the state of the coronavirus (COVID-19), [...] Full text...

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UN chief Guterres calls for ‘paradigm shift’ to recover from COVID setbacks

12 april 2021 - 17:34:02
New York, US (PANA) - A “paradigm shift” aligning the private sector with the global goals is needed to address [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 58 new deaths

12 april 2021 - 15:25:49
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 58 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (Covid-19), bringing to 9,293 the total [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guinea receives first batch of COVAX-sponsored vaccines

12 april 2021 - 09:46:03
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea on Sunday received 194,400 doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, as part of the first phase of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Less than 2% of world’s vaccines administered in Africa - WHO

11 april 2021 - 11:32:13
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Less than 2% of the 690 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to date globally is in Africa, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libyan PM launches vaccination campaign

10 april 2021 - 15:40:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The national vaccination campaign against the emerging coronavirus was launched on Saturday from the headquarters of [...] Full text...

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Kenyatta urges trade body to deepen trade, investment in OACPS states

09 april 2021 - 13:57:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for more trade and investment deals among the 79-member Organization of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libyan PM announces arrival of third shipment of vaccine

09 april 2021 - 11:40:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba announced on Friday the arrival in Tripoli of a third shipment [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Morocco receives first allocation of Covid-19 vaccines from COVAX mechanism

09 april 2021 - 10:38:52
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco has benefited from a first allocation of the Covid-19 vaccine under the COVAX mechanism, the [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 equitable vaccine scheme reaches more than 100 countries

09 april 2021 - 07:30:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 100 countries and economies have now received COVID-19 vaccines through the UN-partnered equitable coronavirus-busting [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Eight positive local cases detected in Mauritius quarantine centres

08 april 2021 - 08:25:12
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Wednesday that eight positive COVID-19 cases were detected in quarantine [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ‘Plausible’ link between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots - WHO committee

08 april 2021 - 06:51:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine could possibly cause rare blood clots in some people but further studies [...] Full text...

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Dispelling misinformation, countering vaccine hesitancy vital to beat COVID-19, countries affirm

08 april 2021 - 05:15:48
New York, US (PANA) - Addressing misinformation and countering vaccine hesitancy features prominently in a political declaration launched at the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNHCR calls for equitable access to vaccines for refugees

07 april 2021 - 11:02:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On World Health Day, the UN Refugee Agency is calling for concerted international action and solidarity [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic lays bare social inequality says UN chief, as COVAX doses top 36 million

06 april 2021 - 06:30:47
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID crisis "has revealed how unequal our societies are” said the UN chief in [...] Full text...

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EU President Michel commends Libya’s efforts and spirit of reconciliation

04 april 2021 - 20:51:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan people have witnessed a historic moment with the installation of the new Presidential Council [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: IMF, African Caucus work on strategy for meeting development goals

03 april 2021 - 11:17:52
Washington DC, US (PANA) – Safely exiting the COVID-19 crisis and returning Africa to its pre-crisis convergence path require carefully-calibrated [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Some 190,000 people inoculated with first dose of vaccine in Mauritius

02 april 2021 - 07:22:43
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Thursday said that a total of 190,000 [...] Full text...

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Christians in Ghana celebrate Good Friday

02 april 2021 - 07:14:26
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaians are on Friday joining the Christian fraternity round the world to mark Good Friday, the [...] Full text...

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