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West African health ministers in joint fight against Ebola

West African health ministers in joint fight against Ebola

Ministers of Health from Guinea – which is combating a new Ebola outbreak – and neighbouring countries have agreed on a unified front to combat the virus that re-emerged about three weeks ago.
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 02 March 2021

02 March 2021 — One hundred, and twenty-five (125) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4578 samples tested today.

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COVI-19 Vaccines arrival at Kigali International Airport

Rwanda receives COVID-19 Vaccines through COVAX

Kigali, 3 March 2021 — Rwanda today received the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX initiative.

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Angola é o primeiro país da região da África Oriental e Austral a receber vacinas da COVAX contra a COVID-19

Angola becomes the first country in Eastern and Southern Africa region to receive COVAX vaccines against COVID-19

Angola today received 624,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine from the Sérum Institute of India as part of the COVAX initiative, which aims to ensure the equitable distribution of vaccines against COVID-19 worldwide.
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HE Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo taking the COVID Vaccine

Ghana’s President receives first shot of historic COVAX vaccine to launch vaccination campaign

Ghana has launched a vaccination campaign against the novel corona virus disease days after taking delivery of the historic first shipment of the COVAX vaccines.

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COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Nigeria

Abuja, 2 March 2021 - Today, Nigeria received nearly 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi,

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 01 March 2021

01 March 2021 — One hundred, and thirty-six (136) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3410 samples tested today.

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First COVID-19 COVAX vaccine doses administered in Africa

First COVID-19 COVAX vaccine doses administered in Africa

As the global rollout of COVAX vaccines accelerates, the first COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in Africa using COVAX doses began today in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. These campaigns are the among the first to use doses provided by the COVAX Facility’s Gavi COVAX Advanced Market Commitment (AMC). 
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