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The Surprising Way Flu Vaccines Can Help Fight COVID-19
South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has announced that the flu vaccine will begin to be rationed, this is according to Business Insider. The flu vaccine is designed to combat multiple strains of the ever-mutating common influenza virus and is…
Ghanaian Startup Launches COVID-19 Symptom Tracker App
Medical diagnostics distributor, Redbird has launched a COVID-19 Daily Check-in App and Symptom Tracker in its bid to counter the spread of Coronavirus across the African continent. Accessible as a browser-based app via covid19.redbird.co, Redbird’s COVID-19 check-in app is a…
Cyberattacks Aimed at WHO Double Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the world, malicious cyber-attackers are seeking to take advantage of the situation by launching new coronavirus-related attacks. And according to the World Health Organization (WHO) CISO, Flavio Aggio, those attacks have more than doubled…
Nigerian Biotech Startup Raises $500,000 to Boost COVID-19 Testing
Nigerian health and biotech startup 54Gene has raised $500,000 for a fund aimed at improving Nigeria’s capacity to carry out tests fro COVID-19. Known as the Nigeria COVID-19 Testing Support Fund – this fund will enable the ramping up of…
COVID-19 News: HIV/AIDS Detection Tech Adapted to Fight Coronavirus
Qode Health Solutions (Qode) has configured their existing Lynx, Insight and Knowledge Center solutions used by various USAID and CDC-funded partners from several countries, including South Africa, in the fight against HIV/AIDS to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The solutions are…
A Coronavirus Vaccine is being Tested on Humans, but when will it be Ready?
Around the world, about 35 companies and institutions are racing to craft the much-needed vaccine for COVID-19, and The Guardian reports, that at least four of them have candidates ready for human trials. At the forefront of these candidates is…
IBM Supercomputer Identifies 77 Compounds That Could Fight Coronavirus
The Summit supercomputer, the fastest supercomputer on Earth, has more computing power than any other non-distributed system. Earlier this month, the US Department and Energy announced that it will turn the system’s enormous computing power towards the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
University of Johannesburg Develops New E-Device to Monitor Health Stats
The University of Johannesburg (UJ)’s Institute for Intelligent Systems has developed a tech-driven toolkit to assist healthcare practitioners to monitor and diagnose patients, reports IT Web. The device is named e-mutakalo, the Tshivenda word for “Health”. The new smart toolkit…
Kenyan Man Arrested for Posting “Misleading and Alarming” Coronavirus Information
In the wake of coronavirus outbreaks across Africa, a Kenyan man has been charged with spreading misleading and alarming information – essentially fake news – on social media. Taking to Twitter, 23-year-old Elijah Muthui Kitonyo published a tweet where he…
New Wristband Buzzes When Your Hands Go Near Your Face
Nowadays we all really need to try our best to not touch our faces. It’s a society-wide effort in the face of COVID-19. Everyone from politicians and healthcare experts to content creators are warning against, but honestly – virus or…
Apple and other Tech Heavyweights face Shortages due to Coronavirus
Certain products from Apple, Facebook and HP are in short supply all over the world in a possible sign that the Covid-19 Coronavirus outbreak is having a dire and widespread effect on the global manufacturing system, reports My Broadband via…
Plague Inc. – Popular Game About Simulating Pandemics Banned from Chinese App Stores
A highly popular game that lets players simulate virus, bacterial and fungal invasions all over the world has been removed from Apple and Xiaomi app stores, with users unable to install the game. The game had been enjoying a renewed…
Is Huawei trivialising the Impact of the Coronavirus?
The novel coronavirus outbreak has had unprecedented impacts on the globe – from halted travel and complete city shit downs to major cuts in tech manufacturing. And companies relying on goods from China have had to deal with a decline…
AI Algorithm Discovers One of World’s Most Powerful Antibiotics
An AI algorithm created at MIT has just discovered a powerful new antibiotic that kills some of the world’s most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. “In terms of antibiotic discovery, this is absolutely a first,” said Regina Barzilay, a senior researcher on…
Here’s how drones help fight the coronavirus
Since emerging in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, the coronavirus has spread around the world. As of February 2020, the death toll within mainland China exceeded 1,113, with 44,563 confirmed cases. As the outbreak grew, so did…
How Advancements in Biotech Help Fight the Coronavirus
Due to advancements in genetic technology, fighting the coronavirus now is much easier, faster and cheaper than it would be a few years ago. Only two weeks after the virus was reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO), scientists were…
