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Cases drop for first time as Africa’s fourth COVID-19 wave ebbs
Newly reported cases fell by 20% in the week to 16 January, while deaths dropped by 8%.
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COVAX delivers its 1 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose
COVAX is working with governments, manufacturers and partners to ensure that when countries receive vaccines they can get them to people quickly.
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Omicron-fuelled COVID-19 surge in Africa plateaus
So far 30 African countries have detected the Omicron variant.
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Africa needs more funds to fight COVID-19
—Benedict Okey Oramah, President of Afreximbank and Chairman, Board of Trustees of the African Union COVID-19 Response Fund.
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'Our goal is speedy vaccination of 800 million Africans'
—Benedict Okey Oramah, President of Afreximbank and Chairman, Board of Trustees of the African Union COVID-19 Response Fund.
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Africa announces the rollout of 400m vaccine doses to the African Union Member States and the Caribbean
The first time Africa has undertaken a continent-wide procurement of this magnitude, the vaccines are sufficient to immunise a third of the African people.
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Record weekly COVID-19 deaths in Africa
Over 6400 deaths were recorded, a 2% rise compared with the previous week.
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COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa ramp up
The rise in vaccine shipments comes as Africa sees its second week of falling case numbers after a steep and unbroken eight-week surge.
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Driving COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Ghana’s hard-to-reach communities
Ghana was the first country in the world to receive vaccines through COVAX in late February.
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Tanzania receives first COVID-19 vaccine batch
Over 1 million Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses arrived on Saturday from the US.
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