Covid

COVID vaccine: Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech

On Friday, the vaccine manufacturer Moderna filed a lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech, alleging that the Covid-19 shot offered by its competitors breaches the patents defending its ground-breaking invention. In a statement, Moderna claimed that Pfizer and BioNTech violated patents covering its mRNA technology that were submitted between 2010 and 2016. Moderna, a company situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts, filed a lawsuit against BioNTech in the Regional Court of Düsseldorf in Germany and the...[Read More]

Ghana’s active case count now 5,358 and death toll hits 416

Ghana’s active COVID-19 case count has risen to 5,358 with 416 deaths. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo made the announcement on Sunday, January 31, 2021, during his 23rd national address on COVID-19 management in Ghana. “As of Friday, January 29, 2021, 64 more people had tragically died in the previous two weeks, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to 416.” Our hospitalisation rate is rising, with 172 critically and severely ill patients. Our hospitals have beco...[Read More]