Covid-19 in Africa Archives

AstraZeneca vaccine approved in the EU as third dose booster against COVID-19

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine has been granted approval in the European Union (EU) by the European Medicine Agency (EMA) as a third dose booster in adults. ...

Child Protection Experts Deliberate on Challenges, Solutions in the Wake of COVID-19

A group of delegates from across Africa and partners from Europe and the USA have converged to discuss the child protection problems and solutions in and for Af...

What’s the way forward on covid-19 response in Africa?

Being almost 2 years down, how have we handled the covid-19 situation in Africa? When the first case of the covid-19 pandemic was discovered in China, to Afr...

What you need to know about the new Omicron covid-19 variant

In the past week, there's been growing concerns about the new Covid-19 variant dubbed the "Omicron variant" that has originated from South Africa although other...

Kenya issues new directive for travellers from Botswana, South Africa and Hong Kong

The Ministry of Health has issued a new directive for travellers following the new Covid-19 variant from South African countries. In a statement during a pr...

Economic implications of the Covid-19 pandemic

While the covid-19 is a public health crisis, it has as well crippled the global economy and the financial markets. The shutdowns and lockdowns across the gl...

Effects of the covid-19 pandemic to the education system in Kenya

The period between December 2019 throughout 2020 was the most difficult for almost all the countries across the world due to the covid-19 pandemic. The covid-19...

Kenya receives a further 990,990 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Kenya on Friday received a further 990,990 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from the US government in yet another boost to the ongoing accelerated Covid-19 ...

Is social media a major hindrance to covid-19 vaccination?

At the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, social media emerged as a tool for socializing during the lockdowns. Many people who were working from home or were disco...

The future of work after the covid-19 pandemic

What is the future of work after the pandemic? The covid-19 pandemic caused a huge shift on to full-time remote working after many offices were closed down ...

Kenya receives additional doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

Kenya has yet again received a consignment of 504,000 additional doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine just two weeks after receiving another consig...

Dr Githinji Gitahi Appointed to the New Commission on African COVID-19 Response by South Africa President, H.E Cyril Ramaphosa

Dr Githinji Gitahi, Group CEO, Amref Health Africa has been appointed as a commissioner in the newly constituted Commission on African COVID-19 Response. Thi...

Covid-19 in Africa and How Governments Have Adopted Measures To Curb its Spread

The first case of Covid-19 in the world was first reported in Wuhan, China in 2019. However, the origin of the virus and transmission to human beings is still ...

Addressing The Challenges To The Rollout of Covid-19 Vaccines in African Countries

The Rockefeller Foundation has been at the forefront of closing the inequity gap through covid-19 testing and investing. Ahead of the vaccine rollout in Africa,...