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Kenya lockdowns ‘led to pregnancies, school dropouts’
Using lockdowns to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic significantly increased teenage pregnancies and school dropouts, a…
WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
The drug baricitinib (a type of drug known as a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, also used to treat…
Omicron variant: WHO stands with African nations, calls for borders to remain open
As a growing number of countries impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concerns over the…
Tanzania: Why COVID-19 Pfizer vaccines have delayed
Ensure variety of COVID-19 vaccines are available, major campaign on two-shots needed, scientist urges authorities Government spokesperson cites…
Less than 10% of African countries to hit key COVID-19 vaccination goal
Just five African countries, less than 10% of Africa’s 54 nations, are projected to hit the year-end target…
Tanzania to receive Pfizer vaccines by end of October
Intensify awareness campaign for jabs offered in two doses: experts More than 3.7 million doses expected via…
Tanzania posts ‘zero’ new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours, reinstates weekly updates
Tanzania is now reporting weekly statistics on COVID-19 in compliance with World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines, a major…
COVID-19: Tanzania sits on ‘idle capacity’ to detect variants
Bureaucracy hampers ability to use available resources in tackling new variants, expert The ‘largely undocumented’ progression of the…
COVID-19: President confirms cases as Tanzania enters third wave
President cites reports from regional hospital in Dar es-Salaam. No statistics revealed WHO-Africa in preliminary steps to…
Tanzania gears up for COVID-19 vaccine in weeks as third wave looms
WHO-Africa confirms government’s request is under process Data reporting doesn’t fuel panic, says Tanzanian expert Variants spreading in…