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Nigerians turn to social media for encouragement
Social media has been much-maligned as a source of misinformation when it comes to vaccines. But for millions of Nigerians it is having the opposite effect, encouraging them to get their jabs.
Why COVID-19 variants got new Greek names
Calling variants by their country of origin has politicised the pandemic response, leading to countries being blamed and people originating from those countries stigmatised and targeted – sometimes violently. Now, the World Health Organization is…
How the predicted hunger pandemic became a grim reality
Worldwide more than 3.5 million people have died of COVID-19 so far; now millions more are on the brink of starvation because of a connected hunger crisis.
Can you test positive for COVID-19 test after getting the vaccine?
As more people get vaccinated, and testing requirements are becoming commonplace to allow freedom to travel and work, we look at the circumstances under which you could test positive for COVID-19 even after being vaccinated.
World leaders and private sector commit to protecting the vulnerable with COVID-19 vaccines
In the COVAX Advance Market Commitment Summit, hosted by Japan, countries and industry came together to pledge support to the mission of making vaccines available equitably worldwide.
World leaders unite to commit to global equitable access for COVID-19 vaccines
The Gavi COVAX AMC Summit “One World Protected” virtual event, hosted today by the Government of Japan and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, raised US$ 2.4 billion from nearly 40 donor governments, the private sector and foundations, exceeding the…
Bangladesh COVAX vaccine roll-out information and latest news.
COVID-19 in the house: How to reduce the risk of transmission
Further infections are not inevitable, if you take the following steps.
Change to cold-storage conditions could make Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine more widely available
Several regulators have agreed the mRNA vaccine can be kept refrigerated for up to 30 days, making it easier to distribute in lower-resource settings.
If you’ve had COVID-19 you could be more than 80% protected from reinfection
Whether or not you can become reinfected with COVID-19 hasn’t been clear so far, but a new study from Denmark indicates that immune response triggered by the first infection offers good protection.
Self-COVID-19 tests: do you know your tonsils from your uvula?
Some COVID-19 tests require you to swab your own tonsils, but could you be mistaking them for something else?
How the answer to long-lived immunity to COVID-19 could lie in our bone marrow
People who have had COVID-19 seem to have bone marrow cells that could produce antibodies for years to come, which could mean that immunity both from natural infection and vaccination is long lasting.
