Cameroon Reports Polio Cases Amid COVID Scare

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Cameroon says two polio cases discovered in the capital, Yaoundé, three weeks ago are a consequence of people refusing to inoculate their children for fear of being infected by COVID-19. The central African state has redeployed health teams to all towns and villages to ask…


What You Need to Know About the $1.9T COVID Bill 

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U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday came one step closer to his first major political victory: passage of his coronavirus economic relief package.What is it? A $1.9 trillion bill that Democrats said would help the country defeat the coronavirus and repair the economy. Republicans say…


US Researchers Say COVID-19 Antiviral Shows Promise

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Pharmaceutical giant Merck and an American laboratory announced progress Saturday in the design of an oral drug against COVID-19. Their antiviral has shown positive effects in reducing the viral load in current tests."Knowing that there is an unmet need for antiviral therapy for SARS-CoV-2, we…


COVID Plunging Many Kenyans Deeper into Poverty

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One year into the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya, thousands of families are struggling with deepening poverty and unemployment.  A survey by the charity Twaweza shows 60% of Kenyan families can no longer afford three meals per day.  Brenda Mulinya reports from Nairobi. Camera: Amos Wangwa       Producer: Henry Hernandez…


Rwanda Begins COVID-19 Vaccinations

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The east-central African nation of Rwanda began its COVID-19 vaccination program Friday, using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, making it the first African nation to administer the drug. The nation received 102,960 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech and 240,000 doses of AstraZeneca through the international vaccine cooperative, COVAX facility earlier…


WHO Cancels Interim Report on Origins of COVID in China

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A Wall Street Journal report says World Health Organization investigators who recently visited China to determine the origins of the emergence of the COVID-19 virus will not release a promised interim report of their findings.The Journal account, published Thursday, said the WHO team decided not…


WHO Cancels Interim Report on China COVID Investigation

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A Wall Street Journal report says World Health Organization investigators who recently visited China to determine the origins of the emergence of the COVID-19 virus will not release a promised interim report of their findings.The Journal account, published Thursday, said the WHO team decided not…


SpaceX Takes Flight With and Without Success

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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station this week built the bones for much-needed power upgrades.  Also, SpaceX took flight with and without success, and flaming space junk lights up Australian skies.  VOA’s Arash Arabasadi brings us the Week in Space. ...