WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a new six-point plan to combat the surge in recent weeks of delta variant coronavirus cases and deaths, including sweeping vaccine mandates and other measures. Biden ordered 2.5 million federa…
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to call for a summit on boosting the global supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, according to U.S. news outlets. The summit will be held during the U.N. General Assembly later this month. The Washington Post
The World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa said Thursday the number of new COVID-19 cases on the continent fell by 23 percent last week, the steepest drop in eight weeks since a peak in July. During her weekly COVID-19
The Saravan Provincial Administration Office issued a notice today urging people in the province to store food and other necessaries as it will place the southern province under tough lockdown in fight against Covid-19.The severity of Covid-19 outbreak…
The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), with the support of Australia through the BEQUAL programme, has developed a new docuseries called “the Role Model series”.The series will be disseminated via TV, radio, newspapers and social media from Sept…
The leader of the World Health Organization implored wealthy countries Wednesday to forgo COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for the rest of the year to ensure that poorer countries have more access to the vaccine. So far, such calls have not
BLANTYRE, MALAWI – Malawi health authorities fear vaccine hesitancy could lead to tens of thousands of COVID-19 jabs expiring early next month. With just 2% of Malawi’s population vaccinated, authorities hope to increase uptake by deploying mobile vac…
A new report released Wednesday says the COVID-19 pandemic had a “devastating” impact in the fight against HIV and tuberculosis last year.The Global Fund, an alliance of governments, civil society groups and private sector entities, says the number of …
