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Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah, Health Minister receiving donated items from Dr. Peter Clement, WHO Country Representative

WHO Donates Essential Medicines and laboratory supplies for COVID-19 and EVD Testings to the Government of Liberia

Monrovia, 19 March 2021: The World Health Organization (WHO) donated lifesaving medicines and laboratory supplies for testing COVID-1

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 20 March 2021

20 March 2021 — Eighty (80) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3461 samples tested today.

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 19 March 2021

19 March 2021 — One hundred and thirty (130) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3581 samples tested today.

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Nigerian health workers take country’s first COVID-19 vaccine

Nigerian health workers take country’s first COVID-19 vaccine

Abuja, 15 March 2021 – After Yunusa Thairu became one of Nigeria’s earliest COVID-19 vaccine recipients, his mother received a text message that her son had tak

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 18 March 2021

18 March 2021 — Seventy-one (71) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3231 samples tested today.

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Nigeria’s health workers take the country’s first jabs of COVID-19 vaccine

Abuja, 15 March 2021 – After Yunusa Thairu became one of Nigeria’s earliest vaccination recipients, his mother received a text message that her son had taken th

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What is Africa’s vaccine production capacity?

What is Africa’s vaccine production capacity?

Accra, 18 March 2021 – COVID-19 vaccination in Africa is gathering pace, with more than 7 million doses so far administered.

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 17 March 2021

17 March 2021 — Sixty-eight (68) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3814 samples tested today.

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