https://www.bizcommunity.com/Covid-19 Africa Bizcommunity Covid-19 news 15 Covid-19 news - Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/Covid-19 en-us Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:38:46 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/858/241471.html The New Development Bank is considering the establishment of a Pandemic Preparedness, Prevention, Response, and Recovery (PPPR) Fund, a move that is set against a backdrop of ongoing discussions focused on collaborative efforts involving the African Union (AU), 11 Brics nations, and additional partners. 1-241471 Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:40:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Covid-19 Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/858/240998.html The new Covid variant, which goes by the name EG.5 and has also been called Eris, is now the fastest growing Covid-19 subvariant in the US and has been found in more than 50 countries as of 8 August 2023. 1-240998 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 12:04:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Covid-19 Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/858/240899.html Amidst a surge in overall Covid-19 cases, a novel variant labeled EG.5.1, stemming from the Omicron lineage, is swiftly making its presence felt across the UK. 1-240899 Thu, 10 Aug 2023 16:04:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Covid-19 Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/858/234657.html The African Development Bank group has formally introduced its new initiative that will join hands with the African Union to boost Africa's capacity to produce drugs, vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics all along the value chain, to help build its pharmaceutical sector. 1-234657 Fri, 23 Dec 2022 10:17:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Covid-19 Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/150/234586.html Effective tuberculosis (TB) treatment has been available for the past 60 years. But TB remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. It ranks above HIV and AIDS and others. This is partly because of the impact of HIV co-infection among TB patients in places like Africa and emergency of MDR-XDR TB. Lack of both gender mainstreaming and reduction of stigma manifested by persistently lower reported cases among women that men is of continued concern. 1-234586 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 10:06:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Covid-19 Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/858/232307.html Indonesia is in talks with several African countries, including Nigeria, to export and donate its homemade Covid-19 vaccine, its developer said, after becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to approve a domestically developed Covid shot. 1-232307 Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:24:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Covid-19 Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/858/231600.html A major scientific report from Africa featured in the journal Science shows how the rapid expansion of genomics surveillance in Africa allowed the continent to describe the introduction and spread of the Sars-CoV-2 variants in African countries in real time during the Covid-19 pandemic. 1-231600 Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Covid-19 Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/858/229905.html Nine months after the world's first malaria vaccine was recommended for use, international vaccine alliance Gavi invited countries to apply for financial support to roll out the jab, particularly targeting young children in Africa. 1-229905 Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Covid-19 Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/861/229724.html The world is rapidly becoming interconnected through advancements in technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), the Internet of Things (IoT), and much more. 1-229724 Fri, 15 Jul 2022 09:41:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Covid-19 Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/148/229580.html Africa's top public health body has signed a memorandum of understanding with Pfizer to receive supplies of the Paxlovid pill to treat Covid-19. 1-229580 Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:25:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Covid-19 Africa