Russia Files for Sputnik Vaccine Registration in EU

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1 month ago

January 21, 2021

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RUSSIA FILES FOR SPUTNIK VACCINE REGISTRATION IN EU

Russian authorities have applied for registration of the Sputnik V Corona virus vaccine in the European union, the country’s sovereign wealth fund financing the Jab said on Wednesday.

Spokesperson for the Russian direct investment fund (R.D.I.F) said the application with the European Medicines Agency (E.M.A.) was lodged on Tuesday.

The first review of the documents filed by the R.D.I.F is expected in February.

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The E.M.A. confirmed that a meeting with the Russian vaccine’s developer took place Tuesday to discuss their development plan and their further engagement with the agency.

But the E.M.A. noted in a statement that currently, Sputnik v is not undergoing a rolling review.”

Its developers have since said that the jab is more than 90 percent effective and Russia launched its mass vaccination campaign using the shot this week.

R.D.I.F says that Sputnik has already been registered in a number of countries including Belarus, Venezuela, Bolivia and Algeria.

Argentina began administering second doses of Sputnik V this week, having begun its immunization campaign in late December.

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COVID-19: Death Toll Surpasses 100,000 in Africa

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6 days ago

February 19, 2021

Onyebuchi Aniekeyi

Africa has recorded more than 100,000 deaths from Covid-19, an uninviting milestone likely to devalue the real toll, as the continent of 1.2 billion people battles the second wave of infections.

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The 54 countries in the region have a death toll of 100,000 from 3,793,660 reported cases, according to an AFP record.

COVID-19: Death Toll Surpasses 100,000 in Africa

Published

6 days ago

February 19, 2021

Onyebuchi Aniekeyi

Africa has recorded more than 100,000 deaths from Covid-19, an uninviting milestone likely to devalue the real toll, as the continent of 1.2 billion people battles the second wave of infections.

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The 54 countries in the region have a death toll of 100,000 from 3,793,660 reported cases, according to an AFP record.

Liberia On Heightened Alert After Guinea Ebola Deaths

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1 week ago

February 15, 2021

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Liberian President George Weah on Sunday put the country’s health authorities on heightened alert after four people died of Ebola in neighbouring Guinea, the first resurgence of the disease in five years.
Weah mandated the Liberian health authorities and related stakeholders in the sector to heighten the country’s surveillance and preventative activities in the wake of reports of the emergence of the deadly Ebola virus disease in neighbouring Guinea, his office said in a statement.

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Guinea’s Health Minister, Remy Lamah told the Press on Saturday that four people had died of Ebola, the first deaths since a 2013-2016 epidemic which began in Guinea killed 11,300 people across the region.

According to Weah’s statement on Sunday, the new deaths occurred in Guinean town of Gouecke close to Liberia’s northeastern border.