COVID-19 Regional Updates

General

Why have women been so disproportionately affected by Covid-19? Experts explain

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/10/world/covid-pandemic-gender-women-as-equals-intl-cmd/index.html

Hong Kong’s covid-19 death rate is the world’s highest because of unvaccinated elderly

Source: https://www.livemint.com/science/health/hong-kong-s-covid-19-death-rate-is-the-world-s-highest-because-of-unvaccinated-elderly-11646827705444.html

Global Covid-19 death toll ‘may be three times higher than official figures’

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/10/global-covid-19-death-toll-may-be-three-times-higher-than-official-figures

COVID-19 vaccine: Pfizer jab side effects rare, says analyst

Source: https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/covid-19-apathy-driving-slow-vaccine-uptake-health-department-report-finds-20220310

Southern Africa

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Gets U.S.$7m WB Grant to Fight Covid-19

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202203100118.html

Zimbabwe: Traders Decry Covid-19 Test Fees

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202203100518.html

Malawi

Malawi Restocks Depleted AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine

Source: https://www.voanews.com/a/6461833.html

Swoop Aero drones deliver ultra-cold Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines in Malawi

Source: https://dronedj.com/2022/03/02/swoop-aero-drones-deliver-ultra-cold-pfizer-covid-19-vaccines-in-malawi/

South Africa

SA left to languish as deadline for ending (or extending) National State of Disaster looms

Source: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-03-11-sa-left-to-languish-as-deadline-for-ending-or-extending-national-state-of-disaster-looms/

COVID-19 in SA | Sanlam preparing for fifth wave

Source: https://www.enca.com/business/sanlam-preparing-fifth-wave-covid-infections

Apathy driving slow vaccine uptake, health department report finds

Source: https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/covid-19-apathy-driving-slow-vaccine-uptake-health-department-report-finds-20220310

Mozambique

Covid: Mozambique records zero infection

Source: https://www.africanews.com/2022/03/08/covid-mozambique-records-zero-infection/

Mozambique: Covid-19 – 1.2 Million Vaccine Doses From Canada Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202202140069.html