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AstraZeneca withdraws Covid vaccine worldwide after admitting it can cause rare blood clots
AstraZeneca is withdrawing its highly successful coronavirus vaccine, citing the availability of a plethora of new shots that has led to a decline in...
China approves inhaled Covid vaccine
China has become the first country to approve an inhaled Covid vaccine.Made by CanSino, it has similar ingredients to its injected vaccine, using a...
No HIV in COVID vaccines; Ghana’s spiking HIV rate nothing to do with pandemic...
A senior research fellow at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), Dr Isaac Darko Okyere, has refuted claims that HIV proteins were...
E-passport Covid vaccine launched
An African Union vaccine e-passport has been introduced, which is intended to enable easier travel within and outside Africa.The passport will be in digital...
Man allegedly gets 10 Covid vaccine shots in one day on behalf of people
A New Zealand man has allegedly got 10 Covid-19 vaccine doses injected in only one day, after being paid by other people to get...
Covid vaccines safe; it’ll not cause you to vote for NPP – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to disregard certain misinformation concerning the covid-19 vaccine.According to him, the vaccines are safe and do not cause...
Sammy Gyamfi gives condition under which he’ll take covid vaccine [Listen]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Sammy Gyamfi gives conditions under which he will take covid vaccinesThe Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has revealed...
China to provide Afghanistan with $31 million worth of food and Covid vaccines
China will provide almost $31 million worth of food, winter weather supplies, vaccines, and medicine to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, China's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.Hua Chunyin, spokesperson...
Pfizer CEO says third Covid vaccine dose likely needed within 12 months
Pfizer Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Albert Bourla, has said people will “likely” need a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine within 12 months of getting fully vaccinated....
Covid vaccines donated to African countries are not recognised by EU travel certificate
The African Union (AU) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have voiced "concern" after it emerged that Europe's digital 'green pass' does...
US ‘to buy 500 million Covid vaccine doses for world’
US President Joe Biden’s administration will provide 500 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to about 100 countries over the next two years,...
WHO approves Chinese Covid vaccine
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted emergency approval for the Covid vaccine made by Chinese state-owned company Sinopharm.It is the first vaccine developed...
Prostitutes go on strike over Covid vaccines
Sex workers in a Brazilian city have gone on strike for a week, demanding to be included in the group of front-line workers receiving...
EU ‘not ready’ to share Covid vaccines with poor countries
EU Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen announced on Sunday that the bloc will not share coronavirus vaccines with other countries until it has “a better production situation in...
Brazil legend Pele receives Covid vaccine
Brazilian football great, Pele, 80, received a Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, a moment he described as "unforgettable" while urging people not to let down...
African Union ‘secures 300m Covid vaccine doses’
The Associated Press is quoting an adviser for the Africa Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as saying the African Union (AU) has secured close...
African Union ‘secures 300 million Covid vaccines’
The Associated Press news agency is quoting an adviser for the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) as saying that the African Union has...
Moderna becomes third Covid vaccine approved in the UK
A third Covid vaccine has been approved for use in the UK.It is made by US company Moderna and works in a similar way...
Covid vaccines: Prisoners excluded from US plans
Outbreaks of the coronavirus in prisons and jails in the United States have been widespread, but inmates have been neglected as policymakers determine who...
‘Russian Covid vaccine could be 92% effective’
Early results from trials of a Covid vaccine developed in Russia suggest it could be 92% effective.The data is based on 20 cases of...
Covid vaccine: UK scientists fins first ‘milestone’ vaccine that offers 90% protection
The first effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from getting Covid-19, a preliminary analysis shows.The developers - Pfizer and BioNTech...
Here is what the experts are saying about the new COVID-19 vaccines
Newly updated vaccines against Covid-19 will be in pharmacies soon, just as the US is experiencing a surge of infections. But is it a...
COVID-19 vaccines not for free – Finance Ministry justifies Covid levy imposition
The Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Abena Osei Asare, has argued that the government will continue collecting the COVID-19 recovery levy to...
South Sudan’s fight against COVID-19 and efforts to safeguard the community from vaccine-preventable diseases
On 5 May 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the COVID-19 global health emergency, but efforts to fight the virus...
FDA allays concerns over AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine safety in Ghana
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has reaffirmed its commitment to monitoring the safety of all vaccines used in Ghana, including COVID-19 vaccines.The FDA...
Health Ministry moves to renegotiate COVID-19 vaccine contract
The Ministry of Health has given an assurance that efforts are being made to renegotiate the vaccine acquisition contract with the African Vaccine Acquisition...
COVID-19: $81m worth of vaccines paid for not delivered – Auditor-General’s report
The Auditor-General has reported that $81m worth of vaccines paid for by government has not been delivered. According to the A-G, government paid over $120m...
42% of Covid-19 vaccines supplied to Volta Region gone waste – GHS
About 42% of the over 2.1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines supplied to the Volta Region have gone waste due to high hesitancy. Statistics from...
Covid-19: Ghanaian pharmaceutical companies to distribute vaccines produced in Africa
President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced Ghana has set up a consortium for Covid-19 vaccines to be produced by German manufacturing giant, BioNTech.This, he said...
FDA boosts efforts to ensure safety of Covid-19 vaccines
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has outlined comprehensive safety monitoring measures to ensure that all Covid-19 vaccines deployed in Ghana are safe for...
WHO to visit Mampong Centre for Plant Medicine Research over local covid-19 vaccine
Some executives of the World Health Organisation (WHO) are expected to visit Mampong Centre for Plant Medicine Research to check the progress of the...
COVID-19: 60-year-old man gets 90 vaccine shots to sell forged passes
A 60-year-old man allegedly had himself vaccinated against COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with real vaccine...
UNICEF launches first-ever ‘U-Report Challenge’ to boost Covid-19 vaccine uptake in Africa
A week after COVAX delivered its billionth dose in Rwanda, UNICEF has launched the first-ever U-Report Challenge, calling on all 13.3 million U-Reporters in...
Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing plant to be set up in 2 years – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo says government aims at building a domestic Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing plant in the next two years.According to him, the plant would...
Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal partner Biotech to produce COVID-19, TB and Malaria vaccines
Ghana, Rwanda and Senegal are partnering with German biotechnology company, BioNTech SE, to fill, finish, and package BioNTech mRNA vaccines in Africa, as a...
Father on the run with 7-year-old daughter to stop her from getting Covid-19 vaccine
A Canadian man admitted on a right-wing talk show that he is keeping his daughter away from her mother and is staying in an...
COVID-19: Man ‘paralysed’ in car crash claims he can walk and talk after taking...
Dularchand Munda, 55, from India, has regained the ability to walk and talk for the first time since a car crash in 2017 after...
Covid-19 vaccines are efficacious – GMA schools Concerned Ghanaian Doctors
The Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr. Titus Beyuo has reiterated that data gathered by health authorities show that the...
FDA denied my request for certified reports on adverse events of covid-19 vaccines –...
The Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, says the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has denied his request for certified...
Covid-19: 12,780 expired vaccines destroyed in Volta Region
A total of 12,780 doses of various COVID-19 vaccines which were found to have expired in November have been destroyed by the Volta Regional...