COVID-19 Updates

Britain Resists Calls for IP Rights on Covid-19 Vaccines to be Waived

Britain Resists Calls for IP Rights on Covid-19 Vaccines to be Waived

Britain is among a host of countries resisting calls led by US President Joe Biden and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines to…

Okonjo-Iweala Calls for Urgent Equitable Access to Coronavirus Vaccines

Okonjo-Iweala Calls for Urgent Equitable Access to Coronavirus Vaccines

The Director General for the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called for the urgent equitable access to coronavirus vaccines.

UDM Urges Africa to Invest in Developing its Own COVID-19 Vaccines

UDM Urges Africa to Invest in Developing its Own COVID-19 Vaccines

The United Democratic Movement (UDM) says Africa should extensively invest in developing its own vaccines that will act against all forms of coronavirus (COVID-19) variants that mutate.

US Administers 249.6 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines: CDC

US Administers 249.6 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines: CDC

The United States has administered 249,566,820 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 321,549,335 doses, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention sa…

Moderna Booster Increases Antibodies against COVID-19 Variants, Early Data Shows

Moderna Booster Increases Antibodies against COVID-19 Variants, Early Data Shows

Moderna said on Wednesday (May 5) early human trial data shows that a third dose of either its current COVID-19 shot or an experimental new vaccine candidate increases immunity against…

Share the Intellectual Property on COVID-19

Share the Intellectual Property on COVID-19

The governments of South Africa, India, and dozens of other developing countries are calling for the rights on intellectual property (IP), including vaccine patents, to be waived to accelerate the…

First-Ever Image of COVID-19 Variant Supports Faith in Current Vaccines, UBC Says

First-Ever Image of COVID-19 Variant Supports Faith in Current Vaccines, UBC Says

The first images of a mutation on a COVID-19 variant of concern have been captured by researchers at the University of British Columbia who say the photos offer some reassurance about how the…

Moderna Deal, Swedish Donation Boost COVAX Vaccine Program

Moderna Deal, Swedish Donation Boost COVAX Vaccine Program

Moderna will supply 34 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine this year and Sweden had has donated on million AstraZeneca shots to the global COVAX program, which has struggles to…

GHS Works to Utilise Biometrics Technology for Vaccine Delivery

GHS Works to Utilise Biometrics Technology for Vaccine Delivery

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is in discussions with Simprints Technology Ltd to introduce biometrics for easy identification of beneficiaries in the delivery of vaccines.

Facebook to Help Users with Info about Covid-19 Symptoms and Vaccines

Facebook to Help Users with Info about Covid-19 Symptoms and Vaccines

Social media giant, Facebook on Friday announced plans to help its users in India with access to authoritative information about Covid-19 symptoms and vaccines.