February 4, 2022

Rescue of Boy Continues a Third Day in Morocco

Efforts to rescue a five-year-old continued Friday in Morocco, three days after he fell into a well near the northern city of Chefchaouen.Local media reported the boy’s father said he had been repairing the 32-meter well near his home Tuesday when his …

Africa’s First mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Produced

South African pharmaceutical company Afrigen is the first on the continent to make an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine using Moderna’s publicly available data. The company hopes to start clinical trials of the vaccine in November.Afrigen is one of the companies t…