Africa: Covid-19 Africa Travel Ban Slammed by AU Expert, Renews Call for #VaccineEquity: [allAfrica] Dr. Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija, an African Union vaccine expert, has slammed a decision by Western governments to ban African travelers following the emergence of the Omicron Covid-19 variant. In a televised interview on BBC, Olatunbosun-Alakija said that the restrictions were objectionable. “Quite frankly, it is unacceptable, these travel bans are based on politics and not in science, it is wrong,” she said. – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: Over 8.6 Million Covid-19 Cases Confirmed Across Continent: [allAfrica] As of November 29, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,638,733 while over 145,314,195 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: Joint Statement On Dose Donations of Covid-19 Vaccines to African Countries: [Africa CDC] Building on lessons learned from our collective experience with dose donations over the past several months, the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT), the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and COVAX wish to draw the attention of the international community to the situation of donations of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa, and other COVAX participating economies, particularly those supported by the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC). – AllAfrica News: Africa
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