WHO asks African countries to equip hospitals to tackle pandemic

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked African countries to better equip their medical facilities to tackle COVID-19. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Saturday. 

UK medicines regulator approves use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for adolescents

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on Friday approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years old in the UK.

“We have carefully reviewed clinical trial data in children aged 12 to 15 years and have concluded that the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19…