WHO calls for equitable access to future coronavirus vaccines in Africa
Flickr The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Africa has joined immunisation experts in urging the international community and countries to take concrete actions to ensure...
Tag : Researchers
WHO: 19 potential coronavirus vaccines currently in clinical trials
Flickr The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there are 19 potential COVID-19 vaccines currently in clinical trials globally. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville,...
WHO: Africa’s coronavirus cases now over 250,000
Flickr The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says the number of coronavirus cases in Africa is now over 256,000....
WHO pays tribute to African leaders on fight against coronavirus
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Director for Africa, has paid tribute to African leaders for the progress they have made in their...
No ‘miracle cure’ for coronavirus until clinical trials prove Madagascar’s herbal medicine
Scientists are putting an herbal remedy from Madagascar, purported to cure COVID-19, to the test. Researchers at Germany’s Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces,...
Fresh, strange facts about coronavirus
Scientists around the world are building up their knowledge about the coronavirus, as they frantically search for a cure and vaccine. The virus, first reported...
WHO: Virus could infect more than 200 million in Africa
Flickr The new coronavirus could kill 150,000 people in Africa in a year unless urgent action is taken, according to a WHO modelling study that...
Microsoft offers $100,000 to hack its custom Linux OS
Microsoft is offering hackers up to $100,000 if they can break the security of the company’s custom Linux OS. The software giant built a compact...
FUTA researchers recommend cocoa-zobo-ginger beverage as immune system booster
In the wake of the rampaging coronavirus pandemic, a group of researchers at the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) led by Nathaniel Fagbemi a...