Renergen pivots to create vaccine transportation facilities
JSE-listed Renergen, a medium-cap company operating within the energy sector, has announced the successful completion of the ‘Cryo-VaccTM’ prototype. Cryo-VaccTM is designed to effectively transport and store a range of Covid-19 vaccines given its attractive properties. The Cryo-VaccTM has a temperature range of -150ºC to 8ºC, making it versatile for a range of vaccines. This has been one of the major issues with the vaccine rollout in South Africa, with a number of Covid-19 vaccines requiring to be stored at freezing temperatures. The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, which were cleared for use by regulatory authorities at the latter end of 2020, have to be stored at ultra-low temperatures to remain effective. This could potentially be groundbreaking in order to fast-track South Africa’s vaccine rollout plan given Cryo-VaccTM storage qualities. – Justin Rowe-Roberts
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In a makeshift treatment centre in the Middle East, Australian nurse Kieren Box was trying to treat COVID-19 patients with other things on their mind.
Convincing people to get tested in the war-torn country of Yemen was the biggest challenge.
Melbourne nurse Kieren Box has returned to Australia.
After more than six years of war, Yemen bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north and the Red Sea to the west is dealing with violence, famine and the constant outbreak of rampant diseases.
In a country the United Nations has labelled the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the arrival of COVID-19 was another issue locals had to deal with.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) The United States says it has directly “pressed senior levels” of Eritrea’s government to immediately withdraw its troops from neighboring Ethiopia, where witnesses have described them looting and hunting down civilians in the embattled Tigray region.
A State Department spokesperson in an email to The Associated Press on Thursday said Washington has conveyed “grave” concerns about credible reports of abuses. There were no details on how officials with Eritrea, one of the world’s most secretive countries, responded.
Eritrea has said little publicly about the conflict in Tigray as Ethiopian soldiers fight forces loyal to the now-fugitive Tigray regional leaders who once dominated Ethiopia’s government for nearly three decades. The Tigray leaders were marginalized after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in 2018, and each side regards the other as illegitimate.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The United States says it has directly “pressed senior levels” of Eritrea’s government to immediately withdraw its troops from neighboring Ethiopia, where witnesses have described them looting and hunting down civilians in the embattled Tigray region.
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