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Vials and syringes of the Johnson and Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine are displayed for a photograph at a Culver City Fire Department vaccination clinic on 5 August 2021, in California. Picture: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP

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Africa CDC slams leaders for hollow vaccine pledges

By AFP

Africa is facing a Covid-19 resurgence as it lags in the global vaccination drive, with just 3.18% of its 1.3-billion population fully innoculated.

  • FILE: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not shake hands at the G7 Summit-- something he insisted on doing in the early stages of the pandemic. Picture: Twitter/@BorisJohnson

    Tight COVID restrictions at the G7 summit

    Summit participants, including country delegation members and journalists, have to undergo regular screening using rapid tests two days before the start of the event.

    423 days ago
  • The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Ramaphosa to lobby for temporary waiver on vaccine property rights at G7 meeting

    The group of the world's wealthiest nations is meeting in the UK this week.

    423 days ago
  • FILE: British finance minister Rishi Sunak. Picture: AFP

    G7 nations hopeful of 'historic' corporate tax deal

    British finance minister Rishi Sunak was chairing the London meetings, held in person after an easing of COVID-19 restrictions and attended by counterparts from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US.

    428 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the keynote address at the 45th Black Management Forum Corporate Update Gala Dinner at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on Friday, 4 June 2021. Picture: Twitter/PresidencyZA

    Ramaphosa wants to see black business capitalise on COVID vaccine manufacturing

    As he prepares to take his bid for COVID vaccine waivers to the G7 next week, President Ramaphosa says he would like to see black business at the forefront if the waiver is agreed to.

    428 days ago
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    G7 to end state financing for coal power plants this year

    Ahead of a leaders meeting in Britain next month, G7 countries' climate and environment ministers also reaffirmed their commitment to limit keep temperature rises below 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2050, following a two-day virtual meeting.

    443 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump (L) and France's President Emmanuel Macron talk prior to a family picture with G7 leaders and guests, on the second day of the annual G7 summit in Biarritz, south-west France on 25 August 2019. Picture: AFP.

    Trump postpones G7 summit, seeks to add countries to invitation list

    Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump said the G7, which groups the world’s most advanced economies, was a “very outdated group of countries” in its current format.

    799 days ago
  • This photo taken on 17 February 2020 shows a member of the medical staff (L) checking the body temperature of a patient who has displayed mild symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at an exhibition centre converted into a hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. Picture: AFP

    World finance officials plot 'powerful and timely' response to beat coronavirus

    A recovery in world stock markets and oil prices picked up the pace on Tuesday, as global policymakers signalled a united front to address the economic fallout from the spreading coronavirus.

    887 days ago
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