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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 07 March 2021

07 March 2021 — Forty-two (42) new COVID-19 cases were identified out…
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Dr Austin Hinga Demby, Minister of Health and Sanitation delivering the keynote statement at the event to mark arrival of the first batch of COVID-19 vaccine in Sierra Leone under the COVAX Facility

COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monday 8 March 2021 - Today, Sierra Leone…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 06 March 2021

06 March 2021 — Eighty-three (83) new COVID-19 cases were identified…
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Infodemics and the quest for verified information on COVID-19

World Health Organization (WHO) Gambia trained 60 local journalists…
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COVID-19 vaccines

2.2 million COVID-19 vaccines allocated by the COVAX Facility arrive in Ethiopia, marking the start of the country’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Addis Ababa, 07 March 2021 – Today, Ethiopia has received 2.184…
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President Uhuru Kenyatta flags off the COVAX consignment o the regions from the Central Vaccine stores this week

Kenya receives COVID-19 vaccines and launches landmark national campaign

  Kenya this week received the first batch of Astra Zeneca…
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A UNICEF and WHO official receiving the initial batch of COVID-19 vaccines at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda A UNICEF and WHO official receiving the initial batch of COVID-19 vaccines at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda

Uganda receives 864,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines

KAMPALA- Friday, 6 March 2021– The Ministry of Health has today…
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Handing over of COVID-19 vaccines to the Government by Dr. Peter Clement

96,000 Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives in Liberia

Margibi, Liberia, 05 March 2021 - Liberia received 96,000 COVID-19…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 05 March 2021

05 March 2021 — Ninety-two (92) new COVID-19 cases were identified…
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Part of the 360,000 COVID 19 doses that arrive in Malawi today under the COVAX Facility

Malawi receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX

Lilongwe, 5 March 2021 - Today, Malawi received COVID-19 vaccine…
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