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„Ar putea fi capabil să ocolească părțial sistemul nostru imunitar.” Echipa sa de la institutul de cercetare KRISP, care face parte din Universitatea din Kwazulu-Natal, a descoperit anul trecut varianta Beta, care este, de asemenea, foarte contagioasă. Din nefericire, am detectat o nouă variantă care reprezintă un motiv de îngrijorare în Africa de Sud”, a […]
Only five nations on the African continent will fully inoculate 40% of their populations by the end of the year, and hit the WHO’s target, with an “imminent shortfall” of syringes likely to hinder further progress in 2022. In a virtual press conference on Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa region chiefs said only […]
The world order is unjust and dominated by a “handful of countries” that won the Second World War, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the parliament of Angola, kicking off a four-day diplomatic blitz in Africa. Erdogan landed in Luanda on Monday for a meeting with the president of Angola, Joao Lourenco, and a […]
South Africa’s health minister has announced that the country will start giving Covid vaccines to 12- to 17-year-olds from next week, using the Pfizer jab, as part of a plan to boost inoculation before exams start. Friday’s statement comes a month after South Africa’s Health Products Regulatory Authority approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine […]
Cel mai mare studiu realizat vreodată asupra genomurilor arabe a dezvăluit cele mai vechi dintre toate populațiile moderne din Orientul Mijlociu. Acesta explică și modul în care oamenii moderni s-ar fi putut răspândi pentru prima dată, pe tot globul. Peninsula Arabică, cu Bahrain, Kuweit, Oman, Qatar, Arabia Saudită și Emiratele Arabe Unite, a fost mult […]
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma’s plea to overturn his 15-month prison sentence handed to him after failing to attend a corruption hearing has been rejected by the country’s top court. South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled in a majority on Friday and rejected Zuma’s request to annul his jail time, which the disgraced former leader had […]
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that people on the African continent are being “left behind” in the global Covid-19 inoculation campaign, after Africa’s health chief said only 3.5% were vaccinated. Speaking on Tuesday, WHO Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus once again highlighted the problems of vaccine inequality, warning in particular that […]
Numolux Group, the South African partner of China’s Sinovac Biotech, has said the Chinese firm is in talks about creating a Covid-19 vaccine production site in Africa, as it launches a phase-three trial for use in children. On Friday, Hilton Klein, the CEO of Numolux Group, said that Sinovac Biotech was eying the creation of […]
Wealthy states should send their Covid jabs to under-vaccinated Africa rather than stashing doses away for booster shots which are not yet proven to be necessary, the African Union’s (AU) top health official has said. Speaking at a news conference on Thursday, John Nkengasong, the director for the continent’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]