A study suggests Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine may be less effective against the emerging variants of the coronavirus. Researchers at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine reached the conclusion after conducting laboratory testing of blood samples from volunteers. Nathaniel Landau, the lead researcher, said the Johnson & Johnson vaccine does not provide […]
Continue ReadingPfizer and BioNTech have reached an agreement with a South African company to produce their COVID-19 vaccine for distribution in Africa, the biotechnology companies said Wednesday. The Biovac Institute in Cape Town will manufacture 100 million doses of the vaccine annually starting in 2022. The company will mix vaccine ingredients it receives from Europe, place […]
Continue ReadingJuly 19/2021 (ENA) The Ministry of Health has received 453,600 doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccines today donated by the United States of America.Health Minister, Lia Tadesse received the vaccines at Bole International Airport from Geeta Pasi, US Ambassador…
Continue ReadingAddis Ababa Junly 17/2013 (ENA) The current Director-General of World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, has been proving to the world that he is an advocate of the terrorist group of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Last month alone, the director-general disseminated different messages on social media to express his support for the terrorist […]
Continue ReadingNational One Health platforms discuss about lessons learnt and best practices on the operationalization of the Joint Risk Assessment tool during a two-day meeting 8 July 2021–Health challenges at the human-animal-environment interface, such as zoonotic diseases (for example, avian influenza, rabies, Ebola, and Rift Valley fever) as well as food-borne diseases and antimicrobial resistance account […]
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 Operational Context Since the first confirmed COVID-19 case was found in Ethiopia in March 2020, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 277,318 active corona virus (COVID-19) cases and 4,349 related deaths in the country. A total of 2,07,549 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, including 3,720 refugees. According to media reports, Ethiopia is one of the top five African countries that […]
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