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+ MTN Ghana’s contribution to the fight against the pandemic continues unabated in 2021 following huge investments it made in 2020 to support the country deal with the effects of Covid -19. As of the end of December 2020, the cumulative value of MTN Ghana’s efforts to fighting Covid-19 was GH¢139 million. Commenting on the support so far, the Ag CEO of MTN Ghana, Sam Addo said, in addition to last year’s initiatives, MTN Group has formed strategic partnerships to secure vaccines for the ...

2021-02-25 14:35:59 GMT2021-02-25 22:35:59(Beijing Time) Xinhua English LILONGWE, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Malawi will require a total of 114 million U.S. dollars to vaccinate the countrys population of 18 million against COVID-19, Minister of Health and Population Services, Khumbize Kandodo-Chiponda has disclosed. The Minister told Parliament Wednesday that the amount includes the cost of the vaccine, AstraZeneca, which Malawi has settled for, and all logistics involved in the implementation...

Africa is also due to receive about 600 million vaccine doses this year via the COVAX facility, co-led by the World Health Organization. At a later briefing, WHO Africa director Matshidiso Moeti said nearly 90 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine could start arriving on the continent later this month.

AU summit: What are the key issues? Hamza Mohamed © Unlike previous sessions, the AU will hold the session virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic [Ti... Unlike previous sessions, the AU will hold the session virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic [Tiksa Negeri/Reuters] African Union (AU) leaders will hold a two-day summit starting on Saturday as the continent grapples with a wide range of issues, including a rise in coronavirus infections, border disputes and displaceme...

African Union (AU) leaders will hold a two-day summit starting on Saturday as the continent grapples with a wide range of issues, including a rise in coronavirus infections, border disputes and displacement due to fighting. At this year’s virtual summit, Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will take over the rotating AU chairmanship from his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa. The pan-African body’s assembly will also elect high-level officials t...

Sixteen African countries have shown interest in securing COVID-19 vaccines under an African Union (AU) plan, and allocations could be announced in the next three weeks, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said. While many rich nations have already begun mass inoculation drives, only a few African countries have started vaccinations, and the 55-member African Union hopes to see 60 percent of the continent’s 1.3 billion people immunised in the next three...

AP Johnson & Johnson asked US drug regulators to clear its experimental COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, setting up what is likely to be a fast-moving review process that could lead to millions more doses becoming available to step up a stumbling immunisation drive. The drugmaker said in a statement Thursday that it had filed an application for an emergency-use authorisation with the US Food and Drug Administration. If cleared, the shot would give the US a third vaccine to try to halt a pand...

A year after the novel coronavirus started spreading around the world, the arrival of the vaccine gives great hope for our country’s social and economic recovery – and, most importantly, for the health of our people.

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End of Year Message from H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission Dear Colleagues, As we mark the end of the year 2020, we also mark the end of one of the most extraordinary and challenging years in living memory. From the first recorded case of Covid-19 on the Continent on 14 February 2020, Member States through a coordinated Continental strategy, have shown singular resilience. But the pandemic has shown similar resilience, proving that the challenging task of pro...