Africa UN Knowledge Hub for COVID-19

The world is more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, so many people have been living with lockdown restrictions, quarantine periods, and physical distancing for an extended period of time. Hand sanitizer and masks are rife, and the common cold has not felt so common. But what will these lifestyle changes do to our health?

Brazzaville — The World Health Organization (WHO), a South African consortium and partners from COVAX, are working to set-up a technology transfer hub for mRNA vaccines in South Africa to help boost and scale up vaccine production in Africa.

Introduction in February 2019, the Assembly of Head of State and Government adopted the legal instrument for the establishment of the Africa Medicine Agency (AMA). The AMA will serve as the continental regulatory body that will coordinate; strengthen and harmonize efforts

to improving patients, access to quality, safe and efficacious medical products and health technologies on the continent.

Weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa have dropped significantly and deaths dipped for the first time since the peak of the fourth pandemic wave propelled by the Omicron variant. The decline nudges the continent past its shortest upsurge yet that lasted 56 days.

The timeline tracks the development of the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2021 and other sources of vital information related to the evolution of the pandemic.

FIFA is working with the World Health Organization (WHO) to encourage football fans, world leaders and policymakers to #ACTogether to end the COVID-19 pandemic, with a special campaign running throughout the FIFA Club World Cup 2021™ in Abu Dhabi.

Studies show omicron resists antibodies; causes milder disease in mice, hamsters

The BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron is now the dominant Covid-19 variant in South Africa and has been detected in multiple other African countries, the head of the continent's top public health body said on Thursday.

This daily news round-up brings you a selection of the latest news and updates on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, as well as tips and tools to help you stay informed and protected.

As of February 13, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,060,481 while over 220,617,343 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.