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Nairobi -- The Nairobi County Government has introduced new security features on the yellow fever certificate to deter scammers and brokers. The features were introduced even as the county revamped [...]

Byline: Thelma Chioma Abeku It is time for Africa to focus on producing vaccines for its population. In February (https://press.un.org/en/2021/sc14438.doc.htm#:~:text=%E2%80%9CAt%20this%20critical%20moment%2C%20vaccine,affected%20by%20conflict%20and%20insecurity.) 2021, UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres highlighted vaccine equity as 'the [...]

Byline: Puyeipawa Nakashole THREE security guards from Namibia Protection Services' employment contracts were not renewed this month after they refused to get vaccinated against Covid-19. One of the former guards, [...]

As 2022 nears, health experts in Kenya have enough to reflect and act on towards vaccine acceleration efforts and sustenance of COVID-19 preventive and safety measures. MOH in an effort [...]

More than 90 percent of schoolchildren aged 16 and over, basically O and A-Level classes, have now been vaccinated for Covid-19, says the National Association of Secondary Heads (NASH) after [...]

On 9 July 2021, the COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) issued a statement regarding reports of myocarditis and pericarditis following COVID-19 mRNA vaccines [...]

Entebbe, Uganda -- President Yoweri Museveni has said schools will only be re-opened after the high risk groups and teachers are fully vaccinated. Institutions and universities can open November 1, [...]

A COVID-19 PCR test valid for 48 hours will be a prerequisite for exhibitors during the Zimbabwe International Trade Fare (ZITF) due in the next two weeks, and delegates are [...]

As government ramps up the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination programme, Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, has assured South Africans that vaccines are safe, effective and protect lives. Addressing [...]

On 13 and 20 July 2021, the COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) met virtually to discuss rare reports of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) following [...]

Employers should find a reasonable resolution that accommodates all parties where employees refuse to be vaccinated for medical and constitutional grounds, says Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi. The Minister [...]

Employers should find a reasonable resolution that accommodates all parties where employees refuse to be vaccinated for medical and constitutional grounds. This is contained in the new consolidated direction on [...]

Byline: Lawrence Markweli Professor William Ampofo, Head of Virology Department of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research has cautioned recipients of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination jabs, to assiduously adhere [...]

As of 18 May 2021, there were 163,312,429 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 3,386,825 deaths, reported to WHO. Vaccination remains a critical tool to help prevent further illness and death [...]

The Namibia Rugby Union wants administrators, players and spectators to get Covid-19 vaccinations 'as soon as possible'. The union's president Eduard Mensah made the rallying call on Saturday, saying it [...]

A very rare new type of adverse event called Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS), involving unusual and severe blood clotting events associated with low platelet counts, has been reported after [...]

The COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) has reviewed reports of rare cases of blood clots with low platelets following vaccination with the AstraZeneca [...]

Some countries in the European Union have temporarily suspended use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as a precautionary measure based on reports of rare blood coagulation disorders in persons who [...]

Byline: Patrick Ochoga Benin City -- The Edo State Government has dispelled rumours around COVID-19 vaccines safety, ahead of the official flag-off of the 10-Day campaign of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines [...]

Byline: Hudson Kuteesa As the first phase of Covid-19 vaccination continues in Rwanda, medics have reached out to inoculate factory employees, traders and private security personnel in the city of [...]

Luanda -- Angolan Health minister, Sílvia Lutucuta, Wednesday in Luanda, reaffirmed that the Indian made AstraZeneca vaccine is totally safe, stressing that until now the authorities have no reports of [...]

The GACVS COVID-19 Subcommittee met virtually on Thursday, 25 February 2021, to review available information and data on reports of influenza-like illness in health-care workers who had received COVID-19 vaccines [...]

Byline: Onyebuchi Ezigbo The federal government has barred the private sector from administering COVID-19 vaccine, reserving the vaccination exclusively for the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) for safety reasons. [...]

Byline: Hudson Kuteesa Richard Mihigo: We expect that these countries are going to introduce the vaccine in the next couple of days pending final regulatory agreements finalized between them and [...]

Byline: Barbara Maregele Mar 02, 2017 (GroundUp/All Africa Global Media) -- Workers fear losing their jobs if they complain to management Toilet cleaners should be issued with overalls, masks, safety [...]