Vaccine By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza. Western medical and scientific companies have always used Africa as their testing ground for new medicines, and in the process, they have decimated innocent lives. This has been done to quench an insatiable desire for mega-profits. All ethics and regulatory approvals are thrown out the window for the relentless pursuit

Pupils Concodia Primary school in Mombasa County, Kenya, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, as schools re-opened after a nine month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All Primary and secondary schools in the country were reopened in congested classes despite efforts by the national government to have fulfilled their promises of having new desks and new

In this image taken from video, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a televised address to the nation from 10 Downing Street, London, Monday Jan. 4, 2021, setting out new emergency measures to control the spread of coronavirus in England. (Pool via AP) By DANICA KIRKA and SYLVIA HUI LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris

People queue as they wait to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at London Bridge vaccination centre, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – UK scientists expressed concern on Monday that COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out in Britain may not be able to protect against

82-year-old Brian Pinker receives the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Sam Foster at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, England, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Pinker, a retired maintenance manager received the first injection of the new vaccine developed by between Oxford University and drug giant AstraZeneca. (Steve Parsons/Pool Photo via AP) LONDON (AP) — Britain

Photo: Credit Pinterest By Ashley Cowburn Unions call for immediate switch to remote learning amid concerns over staff safety Gavin Williamson is coming under intensifying pressure to delay the reopening of all schools in England, as one of the country’s largest education unions hit out at what it described as the government’s “reckless” strategy. On

National Assembly Health Committee vice chairman and Cherangany MP Joshua Kutuny. He has said Parliament will summon Ministry of Health officials over the controversial expiry of a consignment of vaccines in a warehouse at the JKIA. By Angela Oketch Among those to be questioned are officials who served at the ministry at the time of

Photo: Credit Reuters By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca as it battles a major winter surge driven by a new, highly contagious variant of the virus. AstraZeneca said the authorisation was for a two

Ambulances outside the Royal London Hospital, in London, Tuesday Dec. 29, 2020. England Health Service figures show hospitals now have more Covid-19 patients than during April’s first-wave peak, with fears of increased figures because of a Christmas social spread still to come. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP) By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — British officials are

A sign reading open for deliveries, outside a restaurant, ahead of the county moving into Tier 3 of coronavirus restrictions from Saturday, in Windsor, England, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP) LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held emergency talks with his Cabinet on Saturday as the government’s scientific advisors said