According to Mr Mamora, the directive became necessary as the country is unsure of when the next batch of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines will arrive.
South Africa has achieved a proud milestone after over 10 million people have been tested for COVID-19 to date, the Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize announced.
Africa has secured 400 million doses of J&J Covid-19 vaccines, enough to vaccinate more than half its target of 750m people, as it edges towards the third wave of infections,…
The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 131. 1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2. 85 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
With the coronavirus infecting more people in Africa, the case tally across the continent topped 4.
Over 600,000 Nigerians have received their first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, according to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA).
Around two dozen world leaders have called for a new international treaty on preparing for future pandemics in an editorial published on Tuesday.
Ghana's COVID-19 death toll has now hit 742 after while the active cases have dropped significantly to 1,844.
South Africa saw 47 COVID-19-related deaths on Monday only, bringing the tally of confirmed deaths so far to 52,710, South Africa’s health minister has said.
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicates that no life has been lost to the Covid-19 pandemic since March 24, 2021.