Corona Virus Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/corona-virus/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:53:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Corona Virus Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/corona-virus/ 32 32 67616479 Vaccines could be a game-changer in the fight against malaria in Africa https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/vaccines-could-be-a-game-changer-in-the-fight-against-malaria-in-africa/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/vaccines-could-be-a-game-changer-in-the-fight-against-malaria-in-africa/?noamp=mobile#respond Sun, 30 Oct 2022 12:35:53 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72280 For a malaria vaccine to have an impact, health promotion is key. Awareness campaigns must address safety concerns and emphasise expected positive impacts.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/vaccines-could-be-a-game-changer-in-the-fight-against-malaria-in-africa/feed/ 0 72280 Debunking the myth that Africa responded well to Covid https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/debunking-the-myth-that-africa-responded-well-to-covid/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/debunking-the-myth-that-africa-responded-well-to-covid/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 05 Sep 2022 12:56:35 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71741 We should not let governments that failed to even count their dead off the hook

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/debunking-the-myth-that-africa-responded-well-to-covid/feed/ 0 71741 Debt cancellation can alleviate the unending cycle of debt distress and crises in Sub-Saharan Africa https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/debt-cancellation-can-alleviate-cycle-of-debt-distress/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/debt-cancellation-can-alleviate-cycle-of-debt-distress/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 07 Jul 2022 12:17:07 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71068 The inability to make timely debt service repayments, due to a myriad of internal and external factors, including COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine crisis, have increased concerns about an impending debt crisis in Africa.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/debt-cancellation-can-alleviate-cycle-of-debt-distress/feed/ 0 71068 Biotech collaboration paves way for first African-owned COVID-19 vaccine https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/biotech-collaboration-paves-way-for-first-african-owned-covid-19-vaccine/ https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/biotech-collaboration-paves-way-for-first-african-owned-covid-19-vaccine/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:35:11 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=70960 A collaboration between two leading biotech companies, the South Africa-based Afrigen and the Belgium-based Univercells will work together to develop a novel regional mRNA vaccine. The companies intend to confront the lack of local cost-effective production and the need for cold or super-cold chains that have hampered vaccination thus far.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/biotech-collaboration-paves-way-for-first-african-owned-covid-19-vaccine/feed/ 0 70960 Making COVID vaccines in Africa: advances and sustainability issues https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/making-covid-vaccines-in-africa-advances-and-sustainability-issues/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/making-covid-vaccines-in-africa-advances-and-sustainability-issues/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 11 May 2022 08:49:50 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=70421 Before the COVID pandemic, efforts to address the challenge of limited vaccine production on the continent yielded little success.

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