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The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa surpasses 10 million.
2022-01-9

The Egyptian government announces the start of clinical trials for COVI-VAX, which is the country’s first domestically-made COVID-19 vaccine.
2021-11-14

It is announced that more than 50 countries have missed the World Health Organization's (WHO) target for 10% of their populations to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of September. Most of these countries are in Africa, where the WHO's overall figure for fully vaccinated populations is currently 4.4%.
2021-10-1

South Korean Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum and Minister for National Defnese Suh Wook apologize for the outbreak of COVID-19 aboard the destroyer "Munmu the Great" off the coast of Africa. Currently, nearly 250 of the 301 unvaccinated crew aboard the ship have contracted COVID-19. Prime Minister Kim says "I apologize for having failed to take better care of the health of our soldiers who devoted themselves to the country".
2021-07-20

The Democratic Republic of the Congo announces that it will redeploy several of their AstraZeneca vaccines to other Africa countries.
2021-04-29

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
2021-04-25

Tunisia becomes the third country in Africa to register the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine after the country approves the vaccine for one year.
2021-01-30

Egypt declares a two-week nationwide curfew between 7pm and 6am to prevent the spread of the virus. Those who break the curfew will be fined up to 4,000 pounds or be jailed, according to Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly.
2020-03-24