COVID-19: Cameroon Target Is To Vaccinate 20% Of Population
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Xinhua Cameroon has set a goal to vaccinate 20 percent of its over 25 million population with a COVID-19 vaccine as the country is struggling with a new surge of…
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Cameroon Health Workers Doubt Efficacy of Chinese COVID Vaccines
VOA Health care workers in Cameroon say they are reluctant to take the coronavirus vaccines donated by China because they doubt the drug’s efficacy. On Sunday, 200,000 Sinopharm doses arrived…
Cameroon Receives 200,000 Doses Of Sinopharm COVID-19 Vaccine
REUTERS Cameroon took delivery on Sunday of 200,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines, the first vaccines to arrive in the country, which will enable it inoculate frontline workers as…
Cameroon Dialysis Patients Protest Poor Treatment, Equipment Shortage
VOA Scores of Cameroonians with kidney failure and their relatives have blocked traffic since Monday around a Yaoundé hospital to protest a shortage of dialysis treatment. Cameroon authorities blame administrative procedures…
Cameroon Parliament Receives Bill On Compulsory Vaccination
HumAngle The Cameroon executive government has sent a bill to the National Assembly to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory in the country. This follows the growing indifference and palpable hostility by…
Cameroon Bans Festive Events In Capital Over Surging COVID-19 Infections
XINHUA All festive events in Cameroon’s Centre region that hosts the capital city Yaounde have been banned, the region’s governor Naseri Paul Bea said in a statement Thursday evening. He…
Cameroon Approves Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 Vaccine
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) has announced the approval of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus by the Ministry of Health of the Republic…
Cameroon Says Deaths From Consuming Fake Alcohol Spike During Pandemic
VOA Authorities in Cameroon say the coronavirus pandemic has led to a spike in excessive drinking – and in deaths from fake alcohol. Consumer groups protested on Monday, saying authorities…
Cameroonian Startup Links Ill Patients to Foreign Doctors
VOA With COVID-19 still limiting travel, a Cameroonian startup has created a system that allows African medical patients to have an online consultation with doctors abroad.
Cameroon Minister Urges Respect Of Virus Measures
Anadolu Agency Cameroon health minister has urged the population to respect coronavirus restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the virus across the Central African country. The second wave of…