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As the world moves on with inoculations, region s vaccine strategy remains unclear

The East African Tuesday January 12 2021 People receive vaccines against the Covid-19 at a temporary vaccination centre in Beijing, China, on January 8, 2021. PHOTO | AFP Summary Tanzania has said it has no interest in inoculating its population or pursuing options to acquire coronavirus vaccines at the moment. Advertisement As countries around the world that are already vaccinating their citizens against Covid-19 debate doses and time frames to protect efficacy, African countries are still struggling to come up with strategies, or not considering any at all. Some governments in East Africa are at pains to assure their citizens that the vaccines will arrive soon, and others, like Tanzania, have said they have no interest in inoculating their population. Since declaring that the country had no more Covid-19 cases last June, this past week a Tanzanian government spokesperson said they see no reason for pursuing options to acquire Covid-19 vaccines at present.

Second coronavirus wave hits Africa

Second coronavirus wave hits Africa The continent has dodged the apocalyptic scenarios predicted by many Western experts but now cases are surging in many countries 18 December 2020 • 5:14pm A nurse from Lancet Nectare hospital (R) performs a COVID-19 coronavirus test in Richmond, Johannesburg, on December 18, 2020.  Credit: (Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP)/(Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP) A second wave of Covid-19 cases has hit several major sub-Saharan African nations, as anxiety grows that the continent will be left behind in the global race to stockpile coronavirus vaccines. 
 The continent of more than 1.1 billion people dodged the apocalyptic, mass death scenarios many Western experts predicted at the beginning of this year. 

How Did the University of Queensland/CSL Vaccine Fail Due to False Positive HIV Tests?

Image: Darren England/AAP Image To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. Australia’s hopes of a locally developed COVID-19 vaccine have been dashed with news today the University of Queensland/CSL vaccine would not proceed to further clinical trials. Unlike news about the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine earlier this week, there were no safety concerns with the UQ/CSL vaccine. According to a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) earlier today, CSL said participants in the phase 1 trial received “false positive” results to HIV tests. They were not infected with HIV, nor did the vaccine contain the entire HIV virus.

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