The secretary-general of the African Continental Free Trade Area has branded travel bans against southern African countries due to the Omicron variant as "disguised restrictions" on the continent's trade and commercial growth. Wamkele Mene, head of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretariat, said the recent bans...
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China pledges to provide one billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Africa
China's President Xi Jinping pledged on Monday to provide an additional 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine to African countries now facing the emergence of the Omicron variant, classified as of "concern" by the World Health Organization (WHO). Without giving a date for the distribution, the Chinese president said that 600 million doses will be donated to the...
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Covid-19: administering third dose may help fight "omicron" variant
Most vaccines administered to the population to combat covid-19 and its variants, from 'alpha' to 'delta', are double-dose. But with the emergence of the 'omicron' variant, some are already moving towards taking a third dose, called a 'booster dose', even of a different brand from the previous two doses. The vaccines...
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November 30, 2021November 30, 2021Latest, National, Social Responsibility
Exxon Mobil and ENH support a farmers' association in transportation
The oil company Exxon Mobil and the National Hydrocarbon Company (ENH) announced that they will provide 50 bicycles to the Changalane Women's Association, in the south of the country, in order to respond to the difficulties they face in their agricultural activity. According to a statement from the two companies, the donation aims to reduce poverty through a...
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Tourism loses $2T by 2021 because of pandemic
At the global level about 2 trillion dollars is the amount that the tourism sector will have lost by 2021, according to data from the World Tourism Organization, WTO. In a survey, presented this Monday, the World Tourism Organization, WTO, reveals that the recovery of the sector is "fragile" and "slow". Despite recent improvements,...
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Covid-19: Pharmaceuticals Promise Results for Omicron Vaccine in 15 Days
German laboratory BioNTech and pharmaceutical company Pfizer have announced that they are already working on some changes to their covid-19 vaccine to specifically combat the omicron variant, assuming that the current vaccine may not be effective enough to combat the new mutation. A BionTech/Pfizer official said that early results of these studies...
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Restrictions applied to Southern Africa also concern the UN
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed to world leaders who have decided to apply new restrictions on travel from southern Africa due to the Omicron variant. This Monday, the United Nations Secretary-General said he was deeply concerned about the isolation to which southern African countries are being subjected due to the...
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Three regional training centers begin operating in the country
Three regional centers have started operating in the country with a view to vocational training of young people for the job market. These are institutions dedicated to the training of young people in the areas of locksmithing, civil construction, refrigeration mechanics, general mechanics, carpentry, and food processing, among others. Located in different parts of the country, mainly in Machava, province...
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November 29, 2021November 30, 2021Latest, World, Technology & Innovation
"Methane can be turned into fish feed," study reveals
A new study from Stanford University, now published in the scientific journal Nature, considers that methane, a greenhouse gas, may have a new use: to be turned into feed for farmed fish. According to the University, the solution lies in the methane-consuming bacteria, the methanotrophs. In this sense, these bacteria can be cultivated in a...
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Most Vaccines Donated to Africa Are Short-Lived, African NGOs Say
Leading public health organizations on the African continent, are criticizing the quality of vaccines that have been donated to Africa and want them to arrive at least 10 weeks before their expiration date. "Most of the donations" of anti-covid vaccines donated to Africa "have been 'ad hoc,' supplied with...