Over 80 drone applications under review, training centre in pipeline — NCAA
Stories by Dickson Omobola Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has said it is in the process of approving a new aviation training facility for drone operators. NCAA’s Director of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards, Engineer Godwin Balang, said the agency has chosen to be methodical to ensure the facility met all operational benchmarks. Balang, who spoke at the […]
Russia starts giving Covid vaccine to homeless
Forty homeless people in Saint Petersburg received coronavirus vaccine jabs on Sunday, under a charity initiative that has received the backing of local officials. “Here there are many people at risk. It is important for them to be vaccinated,” said Taysia Suvorova, of the Nochlezhka non-governmental that organisation provides aid to the homeless in Russia’s […]
WHO chief calls on Tanzania to combat Covid
WHO chief calls on Tanzania to combat Covid The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday appealed to Tanzania to take “robust action” to combat Covid-19 in the country, where the president has long played down the virus. President John Magufuli has claimed coronavirus has been has fended off by prayer in Tanzania, […]
Pfizer jab 95.8% effective against Covid ― Israel health ministry
Israel’s health ministry said Saturday recent data from its aggressive coronavirus vaccination campaign showed two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab were nearly 96 percent effective against infection. Israel’s inoculation campaign is regarded as the world’s fastest, with one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine administered to 4.25 million people out of its nine million-strong population since […]
Vaccines to be delivered to 20 countries from next week – Africa CDC
The distribution of the coronavirus vaccine across the African continent is to begin next week, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday. Africa CDC chief, John Nkengasong, said doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine would be distributed to around 20 countries and that health-care workers would be prioritised in the inoculation […]
Britain’s Johnson wants to cut vaccine development time by two-thirds
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants world leaders to back efforts to speed up development times for vaccines to 100 days – a third of the time needed for the first coronavirus jab. “The development of a coronavirus vaccine in approximately 300 days was a huge and unprecedented global achievement,” said the British government in […]
