“We believe that a military solution to the crisis in Niger could lead to a protracted confrontation in that African country and to a sharp destabilisation of the situation in the Sahara-Sahel region as a whole,” France24 quoted the Russian foreign ministry to have said.
West African nations need to drastically ramp up their COVID-19 vaccination programmes by a factor of 10 if they are to reach at least 60% coverage by 2022 and achieve the population level immunity needed to bring the pandemic under control in Africa and elsewhere, indicates an analysis published in BMJ Global Health.
The study was carried out by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), with the MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM and partners.
Johnson & Johnson s two-dose Ebola vaccine regimen is safe, well tolerated and produces a strong immune response outbreaknewstoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from outbreaknewstoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.