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Africa: Covid-19 – Local Researchers Welcome Sputnik V Vaccine Findings

Local researchers have welcomed findings for Russia’s Sputnik V viral vector vaccine, which achieved efficacy of 91.6% in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in a large Phase 3 clinical trial. They say it is a boost to global efforts to control the pandemic. The findings from a preliminary analysis of the Phase 3 clinical trial were published

Researchers believe COVID-19 can affect male fertility

A new study by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has discovered potential impacts COVID-19 can have on male fertility and sexually transmitted diseases. Researchers looked at tissue from autopsies of six men who died from the COVID-19 infection and found the virus was still in their testicles. They also found COVID-19 in