WHO adds five countries to Ebola high risk list; Museveni extends lockdown in two districts

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has acknowledged the progress achieved in the fight against the Ebola Virus Disease but extended the lockdown in Mubende and Kassanda districts by 21 days.    The lockdown restricts movements in and out, as a measure to prevent the spread of the disease.   Museveni said that the government has been…

Biovac signs tech transfer agreement for Cholera vaccine production

Biovac, a South African based Bio-pharmaceutical company has concluded a ground-breaking licensing and technology transfer agreement with the South Korean International Vaccine Institute (IVI) for the manufacture of an oral cholera vaccine (OCV). This is one of the remaining steps in the vaccine manufacturing value chain that is currently missing across the African vaccine manufacturing…