WHO Appeals For Vaccine Donations To Cover Huge COVAX Shortfall 17/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan COVAX has a shortfall of 190 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, and the few manufacturers that have reached agreements with the facility will only deliver later in the year or even in 2022, World Health Organization (WHO) Director Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. “Pfizer has committed to providing 40 million doses of vaccines to […] Continue reading -> Sustainable COVAX Vaccine Funding & Voluntary Manufacturing Licenses are Better Solutions than IP Waiver, Says IFPMA Head 16/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In preparation for the next pandemic, the COVAX global vaccine facility “needs a pot of money, where they can be early movers” in competing for, and securing, vaccine doses. That could help scenarios like the ones seen recently, in which rich countries cornered the market on the first available COVID-19 vaccines, leading to severe shortages […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Research & Innovation Forum Calls for Tighter Collaboration in Face of New Virus Variants 14/05/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Researchers have quickly developed an outstanding arsenal of vaccines, treatments and diagnostics to counter COVID-19. But closer global coordination of diverse clinical trials testing the same or similar treatments, extending even to a global platform to pool anonymized patient data, could strengthen and accelerate research findings – especially as emerging variants threaten to unwind gains. […] Continue reading -> Delaying Second Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Increases Antibody Response Threefold In Over-80s, Study Finds 14/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Delaying the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by 12 weeks could generate antibody responses in those over the age of 80 more than threefold, found a pre-print study published on Friday. The study, conducted by the University of Birmingham and Public Health England, is the first to directly compare the immune response derived […] Continue reading -> Top Scientists Call For Further Investigation Into Virus Origins Ahead Of World Health Assembly 14/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A group of 18 prominent scientists, primarily based in the United States, have called for further investigations into the origins of the SARS-CoV2 virus, including that it could have been created in the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab, in a letter published on Thursday in the journal Science. The letter, organised by David Relman, Professor […] Continue reading -> Draft ‘Rome Declaration’ by G-20 Global Health Summit – Sidesteps Hard Commitments to New COVID Finance & Vaccine Donations 14/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A draft “Rome Declaration” to be issued at next Friday’s G-20’s Global Health Summit, co-hosted by Italy and the European Commission (21 May), makes a series of 10 sweeping commitments to ensure equitable access to vaccines; expand medicines manufacturing capacity; assure WHO access to sites posing an outbreak risk; and invest in global health systems. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic ‘Far From Over’ in the Americas; Vaccination Prompting a ‘False Sense of Security’ in the Region 14/05/2021 Raisa Santos Though more than 114 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the Americas, the WHO Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned that the pandemic is far from over. Last week, the region reported more than 1.2 million new COVID-19 cases and nearly 34,000 COVID related deaths – nearly 40% of all global deaths […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Lays Out Plans To Scale Up Production and Fill US$18.5 Billion Gap 12/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a rush to jumpstart more global vaccine manufacturing capacity, the global COVAX vaccine facility is now stepping into the fray. A new COVAX Supply Chain and Manufacturing Task Force has laid out a three-stage plan to enhance existing vaccine production capacity, as well setting up a new “vaccine manufacturing group” – to further expand […] Continue reading -> Sweeping Report on COVID Pandemic: Broken Global Emergency Alert System, Hesitant WHO & Patchy Country Responses 12/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sweeping report on the global pandemic response has found that the World Health Organization should have taken a more “precautionary’ approach to the emerging SARS-COV2 virus in the early days of the pandemic, advising countries earlier on that it could be transmitted person-to-person — rather than only warning of such a “possibility”. The report […] Continue reading -> Impact of COVID-19 on African Continent Underestimated, Says New Report 12/05/2021 Raisa Santos Limitations in COVID-19 testing capacity and surveillance—as well as uneven demand for testing—are likely masking the true severity of COVID-19 on the African continent, fueling the dangerous myth that much of Africa has been unscathed by COVID-19. Test positivity rates were above 10% across many African Union (AU) member states during the second wave—substantially higher […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Sustainable COVAX Vaccine Funding & Voluntary Manufacturing Licenses are Better Solutions than IP Waiver, Says IFPMA Head 16/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In preparation for the next pandemic, the COVAX global vaccine facility “needs a pot of money, where they can be early movers” in competing for, and securing, vaccine doses. That could help scenarios like the ones seen recently, in which rich countries cornered the market on the first available COVID-19 vaccines, leading to severe shortages […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Research & Innovation Forum Calls for Tighter Collaboration in Face of New Virus Variants 14/05/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Researchers have quickly developed an outstanding arsenal of vaccines, treatments and diagnostics to counter COVID-19. But closer global coordination of diverse clinical trials testing the same or similar treatments, extending even to a global platform to pool anonymized patient data, could strengthen and accelerate research findings – especially as emerging variants threaten to unwind gains. […] Continue reading -> Delaying Second Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Increases Antibody Response Threefold In Over-80s, Study Finds 14/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Delaying the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by 12 weeks could generate antibody responses in those over the age of 80 more than threefold, found a pre-print study published on Friday. The study, conducted by the University of Birmingham and Public Health England, is the first to directly compare the immune response derived […] Continue reading -> Top Scientists Call For Further Investigation Into Virus Origins Ahead Of World Health Assembly 14/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A group of 18 prominent scientists, primarily based in the United States, have called for further investigations into the origins of the SARS-CoV2 virus, including that it could have been created in the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab, in a letter published on Thursday in the journal Science. The letter, organised by David Relman, Professor […] Continue reading -> Draft ‘Rome Declaration’ by G-20 Global Health Summit – Sidesteps Hard Commitments to New COVID Finance & Vaccine Donations 14/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A draft “Rome Declaration” to be issued at next Friday’s G-20’s Global Health Summit, co-hosted by Italy and the European Commission (21 May), makes a series of 10 sweeping commitments to ensure equitable access to vaccines; expand medicines manufacturing capacity; assure WHO access to sites posing an outbreak risk; and invest in global health systems. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic ‘Far From Over’ in the Americas; Vaccination Prompting a ‘False Sense of Security’ in the Region 14/05/2021 Raisa Santos Though more than 114 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the Americas, the WHO Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned that the pandemic is far from over. Last week, the region reported more than 1.2 million new COVID-19 cases and nearly 34,000 COVID related deaths – nearly 40% of all global deaths […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Lays Out Plans To Scale Up Production and Fill US$18.5 Billion Gap 12/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a rush to jumpstart more global vaccine manufacturing capacity, the global COVAX vaccine facility is now stepping into the fray. A new COVAX Supply Chain and Manufacturing Task Force has laid out a three-stage plan to enhance existing vaccine production capacity, as well setting up a new “vaccine manufacturing group” – to further expand […] Continue reading -> Sweeping Report on COVID Pandemic: Broken Global Emergency Alert System, Hesitant WHO & Patchy Country Responses 12/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sweeping report on the global pandemic response has found that the World Health Organization should have taken a more “precautionary’ approach to the emerging SARS-COV2 virus in the early days of the pandemic, advising countries earlier on that it could be transmitted person-to-person — rather than only warning of such a “possibility”. The report […] Continue reading -> Impact of COVID-19 on African Continent Underestimated, Says New Report 12/05/2021 Raisa Santos Limitations in COVID-19 testing capacity and surveillance—as well as uneven demand for testing—are likely masking the true severity of COVID-19 on the African continent, fueling the dangerous myth that much of Africa has been unscathed by COVID-19. Test positivity rates were above 10% across many African Union (AU) member states during the second wave—substantially higher […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID-19 Research & Innovation Forum Calls for Tighter Collaboration in Face of New Virus Variants 14/05/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Researchers have quickly developed an outstanding arsenal of vaccines, treatments and diagnostics to counter COVID-19. But closer global coordination of diverse clinical trials testing the same or similar treatments, extending even to a global platform to pool anonymized patient data, could strengthen and accelerate research findings – especially as emerging variants threaten to unwind gains. […] Continue reading -> Delaying Second Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Increases Antibody Response Threefold In Over-80s, Study Finds 14/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Delaying the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by 12 weeks could generate antibody responses in those over the age of 80 more than threefold, found a pre-print study published on Friday. The study, conducted by the University of Birmingham and Public Health England, is the first to directly compare the immune response derived […] Continue reading -> Top Scientists Call For Further Investigation Into Virus Origins Ahead Of World Health Assembly 14/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A group of 18 prominent scientists, primarily based in the United States, have called for further investigations into the origins of the SARS-CoV2 virus, including that it could have been created in the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab, in a letter published on Thursday in the journal Science. The letter, organised by David Relman, Professor […] Continue reading -> Draft ‘Rome Declaration’ by G-20 Global Health Summit – Sidesteps Hard Commitments to New COVID Finance & Vaccine Donations 14/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A draft “Rome Declaration” to be issued at next Friday’s G-20’s Global Health Summit, co-hosted by Italy and the European Commission (21 May), makes a series of 10 sweeping commitments to ensure equitable access to vaccines; expand medicines manufacturing capacity; assure WHO access to sites posing an outbreak risk; and invest in global health systems. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic ‘Far From Over’ in the Americas; Vaccination Prompting a ‘False Sense of Security’ in the Region 14/05/2021 Raisa Santos Though more than 114 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the Americas, the WHO Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned that the pandemic is far from over. Last week, the region reported more than 1.2 million new COVID-19 cases and nearly 34,000 COVID related deaths – nearly 40% of all global deaths […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Lays Out Plans To Scale Up Production and Fill US$18.5 Billion Gap 12/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a rush to jumpstart more global vaccine manufacturing capacity, the global COVAX vaccine facility is now stepping into the fray. A new COVAX Supply Chain and Manufacturing Task Force has laid out a three-stage plan to enhance existing vaccine production capacity, as well setting up a new “vaccine manufacturing group” – to further expand […] Continue reading -> Sweeping Report on COVID Pandemic: Broken Global Emergency Alert System, Hesitant WHO & Patchy Country Responses 12/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sweeping report on the global pandemic response has found that the World Health Organization should have taken a more “precautionary’ approach to the emerging SARS-COV2 virus in the early days of the pandemic, advising countries earlier on that it could be transmitted person-to-person — rather than only warning of such a “possibility”. The report […] Continue reading -> Impact of COVID-19 on African Continent Underestimated, Says New Report 12/05/2021 Raisa Santos Limitations in COVID-19 testing capacity and surveillance—as well as uneven demand for testing—are likely masking the true severity of COVID-19 on the African continent, fueling the dangerous myth that much of Africa has been unscathed by COVID-19. Test positivity rates were above 10% across many African Union (AU) member states during the second wave—substantially higher […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Delaying Second Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Increases Antibody Response Threefold In Over-80s, Study Finds 14/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Delaying the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by 12 weeks could generate antibody responses in those over the age of 80 more than threefold, found a pre-print study published on Friday. The study, conducted by the University of Birmingham and Public Health England, is the first to directly compare the immune response derived […] Continue reading -> Top Scientists Call For Further Investigation Into Virus Origins Ahead Of World Health Assembly 14/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A group of 18 prominent scientists, primarily based in the United States, have called for further investigations into the origins of the SARS-CoV2 virus, including that it could have been created in the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab, in a letter published on Thursday in the journal Science. The letter, organised by David Relman, Professor […] Continue reading -> Draft ‘Rome Declaration’ by G-20 Global Health Summit – Sidesteps Hard Commitments to New COVID Finance & Vaccine Donations 14/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A draft “Rome Declaration” to be issued at next Friday’s G-20’s Global Health Summit, co-hosted by Italy and the European Commission (21 May), makes a series of 10 sweeping commitments to ensure equitable access to vaccines; expand medicines manufacturing capacity; assure WHO access to sites posing an outbreak risk; and invest in global health systems. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic ‘Far From Over’ in the Americas; Vaccination Prompting a ‘False Sense of Security’ in the Region 14/05/2021 Raisa Santos Though more than 114 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the Americas, the WHO Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned that the pandemic is far from over. Last week, the region reported more than 1.2 million new COVID-19 cases and nearly 34,000 COVID related deaths – nearly 40% of all global deaths […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Lays Out Plans To Scale Up Production and Fill US$18.5 Billion Gap 12/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a rush to jumpstart more global vaccine manufacturing capacity, the global COVAX vaccine facility is now stepping into the fray. A new COVAX Supply Chain and Manufacturing Task Force has laid out a three-stage plan to enhance existing vaccine production capacity, as well setting up a new “vaccine manufacturing group” – to further expand […] Continue reading -> Sweeping Report on COVID Pandemic: Broken Global Emergency Alert System, Hesitant WHO & Patchy Country Responses 12/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sweeping report on the global pandemic response has found that the World Health Organization should have taken a more “precautionary’ approach to the emerging SARS-COV2 virus in the early days of the pandemic, advising countries earlier on that it could be transmitted person-to-person — rather than only warning of such a “possibility”. The report […] Continue reading -> Impact of COVID-19 on African Continent Underestimated, Says New Report 12/05/2021 Raisa Santos Limitations in COVID-19 testing capacity and surveillance—as well as uneven demand for testing—are likely masking the true severity of COVID-19 on the African continent, fueling the dangerous myth that much of Africa has been unscathed by COVID-19. Test positivity rates were above 10% across many African Union (AU) member states during the second wave—substantially higher […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Top Scientists Call For Further Investigation Into Virus Origins Ahead Of World Health Assembly 14/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A group of 18 prominent scientists, primarily based in the United States, have called for further investigations into the origins of the SARS-CoV2 virus, including that it could have been created in the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab, in a letter published on Thursday in the journal Science. The letter, organised by David Relman, Professor […] Continue reading -> Draft ‘Rome Declaration’ by G-20 Global Health Summit – Sidesteps Hard Commitments to New COVID Finance & Vaccine Donations 14/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A draft “Rome Declaration” to be issued at next Friday’s G-20’s Global Health Summit, co-hosted by Italy and the European Commission (21 May), makes a series of 10 sweeping commitments to ensure equitable access to vaccines; expand medicines manufacturing capacity; assure WHO access to sites posing an outbreak risk; and invest in global health systems. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic ‘Far From Over’ in the Americas; Vaccination Prompting a ‘False Sense of Security’ in the Region 14/05/2021 Raisa Santos Though more than 114 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the Americas, the WHO Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned that the pandemic is far from over. Last week, the region reported more than 1.2 million new COVID-19 cases and nearly 34,000 COVID related deaths – nearly 40% of all global deaths […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Lays Out Plans To Scale Up Production and Fill US$18.5 Billion Gap 12/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a rush to jumpstart more global vaccine manufacturing capacity, the global COVAX vaccine facility is now stepping into the fray. A new COVAX Supply Chain and Manufacturing Task Force has laid out a three-stage plan to enhance existing vaccine production capacity, as well setting up a new “vaccine manufacturing group” – to further expand […] Continue reading -> Sweeping Report on COVID Pandemic: Broken Global Emergency Alert System, Hesitant WHO & Patchy Country Responses 12/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sweeping report on the global pandemic response has found that the World Health Organization should have taken a more “precautionary’ approach to the emerging SARS-COV2 virus in the early days of the pandemic, advising countries earlier on that it could be transmitted person-to-person — rather than only warning of such a “possibility”. The report […] Continue reading -> Impact of COVID-19 on African Continent Underestimated, Says New Report 12/05/2021 Raisa Santos Limitations in COVID-19 testing capacity and surveillance—as well as uneven demand for testing—are likely masking the true severity of COVID-19 on the African continent, fueling the dangerous myth that much of Africa has been unscathed by COVID-19. Test positivity rates were above 10% across many African Union (AU) member states during the second wave—substantially higher […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Draft ‘Rome Declaration’ by G-20 Global Health Summit – Sidesteps Hard Commitments to New COVID Finance & Vaccine Donations 14/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A draft “Rome Declaration” to be issued at next Friday’s G-20’s Global Health Summit, co-hosted by Italy and the European Commission (21 May), makes a series of 10 sweeping commitments to ensure equitable access to vaccines; expand medicines manufacturing capacity; assure WHO access to sites posing an outbreak risk; and invest in global health systems. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic ‘Far From Over’ in the Americas; Vaccination Prompting a ‘False Sense of Security’ in the Region 14/05/2021 Raisa Santos Though more than 114 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the Americas, the WHO Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned that the pandemic is far from over. Last week, the region reported more than 1.2 million new COVID-19 cases and nearly 34,000 COVID related deaths – nearly 40% of all global deaths […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Lays Out Plans To Scale Up Production and Fill US$18.5 Billion Gap 12/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a rush to jumpstart more global vaccine manufacturing capacity, the global COVAX vaccine facility is now stepping into the fray. A new COVAX Supply Chain and Manufacturing Task Force has laid out a three-stage plan to enhance existing vaccine production capacity, as well setting up a new “vaccine manufacturing group” – to further expand […] Continue reading -> Sweeping Report on COVID Pandemic: Broken Global Emergency Alert System, Hesitant WHO & Patchy Country Responses 12/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sweeping report on the global pandemic response has found that the World Health Organization should have taken a more “precautionary’ approach to the emerging SARS-COV2 virus in the early days of the pandemic, advising countries earlier on that it could be transmitted person-to-person — rather than only warning of such a “possibility”. The report […] Continue reading -> Impact of COVID-19 on African Continent Underestimated, Says New Report 12/05/2021 Raisa Santos Limitations in COVID-19 testing capacity and surveillance—as well as uneven demand for testing—are likely masking the true severity of COVID-19 on the African continent, fueling the dangerous myth that much of Africa has been unscathed by COVID-19. Test positivity rates were above 10% across many African Union (AU) member states during the second wave—substantially higher […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pandemic ‘Far From Over’ in the Americas; Vaccination Prompting a ‘False Sense of Security’ in the Region 14/05/2021 Raisa Santos Though more than 114 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the Americas, the WHO Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned that the pandemic is far from over. Last week, the region reported more than 1.2 million new COVID-19 cases and nearly 34,000 COVID related deaths – nearly 40% of all global deaths […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Lays Out Plans To Scale Up Production and Fill US$18.5 Billion Gap 12/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a rush to jumpstart more global vaccine manufacturing capacity, the global COVAX vaccine facility is now stepping into the fray. A new COVAX Supply Chain and Manufacturing Task Force has laid out a three-stage plan to enhance existing vaccine production capacity, as well setting up a new “vaccine manufacturing group” – to further expand […] Continue reading -> Sweeping Report on COVID Pandemic: Broken Global Emergency Alert System, Hesitant WHO & Patchy Country Responses 12/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sweeping report on the global pandemic response has found that the World Health Organization should have taken a more “precautionary’ approach to the emerging SARS-COV2 virus in the early days of the pandemic, advising countries earlier on that it could be transmitted person-to-person — rather than only warning of such a “possibility”. The report […] Continue reading -> Impact of COVID-19 on African Continent Underestimated, Says New Report 12/05/2021 Raisa Santos Limitations in COVID-19 testing capacity and surveillance—as well as uneven demand for testing—are likely masking the true severity of COVID-19 on the African continent, fueling the dangerous myth that much of Africa has been unscathed by COVID-19. Test positivity rates were above 10% across many African Union (AU) member states during the second wave—substantially higher […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Lays Out Plans To Scale Up Production and Fill US$18.5 Billion Gap 12/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a rush to jumpstart more global vaccine manufacturing capacity, the global COVAX vaccine facility is now stepping into the fray. A new COVAX Supply Chain and Manufacturing Task Force has laid out a three-stage plan to enhance existing vaccine production capacity, as well setting up a new “vaccine manufacturing group” – to further expand […] Continue reading -> Sweeping Report on COVID Pandemic: Broken Global Emergency Alert System, Hesitant WHO & Patchy Country Responses 12/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sweeping report on the global pandemic response has found that the World Health Organization should have taken a more “precautionary’ approach to the emerging SARS-COV2 virus in the early days of the pandemic, advising countries earlier on that it could be transmitted person-to-person — rather than only warning of such a “possibility”. The report […] Continue reading -> Impact of COVID-19 on African Continent Underestimated, Says New Report 12/05/2021 Raisa Santos Limitations in COVID-19 testing capacity and surveillance—as well as uneven demand for testing—are likely masking the true severity of COVID-19 on the African continent, fueling the dangerous myth that much of Africa has been unscathed by COVID-19. Test positivity rates were above 10% across many African Union (AU) member states during the second wave—substantially higher […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Sweeping Report on COVID Pandemic: Broken Global Emergency Alert System, Hesitant WHO & Patchy Country Responses 12/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sweeping report on the global pandemic response has found that the World Health Organization should have taken a more “precautionary’ approach to the emerging SARS-COV2 virus in the early days of the pandemic, advising countries earlier on that it could be transmitted person-to-person — rather than only warning of such a “possibility”. The report […] Continue reading -> Impact of COVID-19 on African Continent Underestimated, Says New Report 12/05/2021 Raisa Santos Limitations in COVID-19 testing capacity and surveillance—as well as uneven demand for testing—are likely masking the true severity of COVID-19 on the African continent, fueling the dangerous myth that much of Africa has been unscathed by COVID-19. Test positivity rates were above 10% across many African Union (AU) member states during the second wave—substantially higher […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Impact of COVID-19 on African Continent Underestimated, Says New Report 12/05/2021 Raisa Santos Limitations in COVID-19 testing capacity and surveillance—as well as uneven demand for testing—are likely masking the true severity of COVID-19 on the African continent, fueling the dangerous myth that much of Africa has been unscathed by COVID-19. Test positivity rates were above 10% across many African Union (AU) member states during the second wave—substantially higher […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts