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Uganda is set to destroy more than 5.6 million doses of expired Covid-19 vaccines.
An audit report says the vaccines are valued at 28.1bn Ugandan shillings ($7.3m; £5.8m) and were purchased using a World Bank loan.
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Rwanda has opened a new vaccine manufacturing plant in partnership with BioNTech.
It will produce 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines yearly.
This is part of African Union’s plan to produce 60% of all vaccines locally by 2040.
Rwanda will host the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation.
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Americans will once again be able to receive free Covid tests by mail, U.S. officials said, ahead of a possible winter surge.
The website for the program, covidtests.gov, will begin accepting orders on Monday.
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Scientists found genetic data from a Wuhan market linking illegally traded raccoon dogs to the Covid pandemic’s origins.
The genetic data from the market offers some of the most tangible evidence yet of how the virus could have spilled into people from wild animals outside a lab
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The U.S. will require negative Covid-19 tests for travelers from China as concern grows over a surge in cases there.
The president Biden administration said the move is intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
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