Africa UN Knowledge Hub for COVID-19

This page provides country-by-country summary of countries still closed or requiring quarantine for vaccinated travelers.

Moderna on Wednesday said its new COVID booster candidate, which it is hoping to get approved this fall, performed well against Omicron's latest subvariants.

As countries around the world continue to recover from the deep impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ministers . . .

Africa's top public health body said on Thursday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Pfizer for countries on the continent to receive supplies of the Paxlovid pill to treat COVID-19.

Pandemic plunged 30-million Africans into ‘extreme poverty’ in 2020, African Development Bank president says.

On Africa Anti-Corruption Day, 28 Transparency International chapters across Africa have sent an open letter to the leaders of the African Union (AU), reminding them of their anti-corruption commitments and urging additional measures as a matter of urgency.

After much of the world missed targets to vaccinate 70 percent of the population against COVID-19 by July, the World Health Organization’s new strategy prioritises health workers and older people.

Vaccination remains an essential element in building immunity. Some new studies suggest that infection confers more immunity and protection against severe disease than does vaccination alone.

As of August 8, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,101,718 while 358,577,872 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

Africa CDC in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has commenced the in-country implementation of the Saving Lives and Livelihoods (SLL) initiative to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination across the country.