Russia Aims For Mass COVID-19 Vaccination From October

Russia is preparing to start a mass vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus from October, the country’s health minister said on Saturday.

The vaccination will be free of charge, and doctors and teachers would be the first to be vaccinated, Mikhail Murashko told reporters.

People will be immunized with the first Russian vaccine developed by the Gamaleya National Research Centre, which is currently in process of getting the state registration, Murashko said.

However, clinical trials of the vaccine will continue along with its production and use in order to improve it as more details emerge.

The first Russian vaccine is based on adenovirus.

Another vaccine developed by the Defense Ministry is expected to get the same “conditional registration” in September and its production is likely to be launched in October, while two more vaccines are being examined by experts for approval of clinical trials.

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Open Call: OPEC Fund Internship Program 2020 for University Student

Applications are open for the OPEC Fund Internship Program 2020. The OPEC Fund offers an Internship Program enabling students from diverse academic backgrounds to experience work with an international organization.

Deadline: October 1, 2020

Applications are open for the OPEC Fund Internship Program 2020. The OPEC Fund offers an Internship Program enabling students from diverse academic backgrounds to experience work with an international organization.

The Internship Program runs for between two and six months and is designed to:

• Provide a framework to support students assigned to any OPEC Fund department so that the focus remains on enriching the student’s experience;
• Provide an immersive experience so that students gain practical experience of working for an international organization; and
• Provide the opportunity for students to understand the OPEC Fund’s vision, mission and related values.

Duties

Interns are assigned to different departments/units depending on their interests and qualifications, and according to departmental needs. The Internship Program offers opportunities to focus on one or more of the following: public sector operations; private sector and trade finance operations; grants; financial management; risk management; strategic planning and economic services; internal audit; human resources; administration; communication; legal services; and information technology.

Work assignments undertaken by interns may include:

• Conducting research;
• Writing documents;
• Organizing information; and
• Assisting employees with their day-to-day work.

Eligibility

Applicants must be between 19 to 25 years of age and enrolled in an undergraduate program (having completed at least two years) or graduate program. Alternatively, applicants may be recent graduates, having graduated a maximum of one year before the application deadline.

Applicants must be:

• Proficient in English. Knowledge of an additional language (e.g. French, Spanish, Arabic) is an asset;
• Computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office);
• Keenly interested in the work of the OPEC Fund;
• Able to demonstrate cultural awareness; and
• Able to demonstrate the OPEC Fund’s core values (Integrity, Empowerment, Excellence, Innovation, Community).

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Candidates must submit:

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• A Curriculum Vitae (CV);
• A copy of their university diploma or equivalent, or an original letter of confirmation from a university/school certifying the applicant is / was an undergraduate student;
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• A short statement in English (about 150-250 words) outlining their motivation for applying.

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Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc has announced the opening of applications for undergraduates in State and Federal Universities in Nigeria to qualify for its scholarship.

Application Deadline: August 7th 2020



Requirements

Applicants must be in their second year of study or above.
Applicants must have at least 5 O’ level credit passes (English and Mathematics inclusive) at one sitting.
Applicants must not hold any other scholarship award

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Eligibility: 

• Applicants must be in their second year of study or above.
• Applicants must have at least 5 O’ level credit passes (English and Mathematics inclusive) at one sitting.
• Applicants must not hold any other scholarship award

How to Apply: 

• Eligible students must complete and submit an online application form
• All applicants are expected to have a valid personal email account for ease of communication.
• Only the shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
• Applications are subject to Seplat JV Scholarship Award Terms and Conditions.

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The MasterCard Foundation has partnered with the University of Cape Town (UCT) to oversee the implementation of financial, academic, social and post-graduation support to awarded candidates under the scholarship titled The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cape Town. 

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Requirements

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Covid-19: Angola with two deaths, 16 positive cases, 23 recovered

Luanda - The national epidemiological context registered, in the last 24 hours, 16 more positive cases, two deaths and 23 recoveries.

Of the newly infected, according to the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda, who did the usual data update, there is one from the Municipality of Cunhinga, central Bié Province  (case imported from Luanda), another case in the Municipality of Soyo, northern Zaire Province, and the others  from Luanda.

Franco Mufinda explained that the new Soyo case also involves a worker from the Kwanda oil exploration suppplies base.

According to the Secretary of State, the deaths refer to 16-year-old female patients, also affected by decompensated respiratory disease, and a 69-year-old male, also with acute respiratory disease.

In total, the country has 1,164 positive cases, 54 deaths, 460 recovered and 650 active.

The government of Angola announces plans to create regional river basin offices

Angolan Government will create regional offices of priority catchment basins to ensure operational management of water resources at the regional level.

The programme will cover Catumbela, Cavaco and Caporolo, Cuanza, Queve and Longa, as well as Zambezi.

The decision follows the final communiqué from the 3rd ordinary meeting of the National Water Council chaired by the Vice President, Bornito de Sousa held on Friday.

Relevant aspects were provided during the meeting.

They include structural projects to combat drought in the Cunene and Cuvelai basins, the strengthening of water supply systems, construction of multi-purpose dams and the assurance of water flow and use of groundwater.

The document also spoke of the installation of respective water channels in the Cunene and Cuvelai basins, the Cafu water transfer and the Calucuve and Ndúe dams.
 

The Council also examined the work carried out by the commissions of cross-border basins on the Cubango / Okavango river, among Angola, Namibia and Botswana (OKACOM), and on the Cuvelai river, between Angola and Namibia (CUVECOM).
 

The performance of the joint permanent technical commissions Angola / Namibia for the Cunene River Basin (CTPC), the Zambezi Watercourse (ZAMCOM), and the international for the Congo-Obangui-Sangha Basin (CICOS) were also assessed.
 

These commissions aim to consolidate good neighborly relations with countries bordering shared basins, aiming at an improved and participatory management of water resources.
 

The meeting also considered the report on the distribution of water to areas without plumbing, as part of the preventive measures against Covid-19, which accounts for the supply in Luanda, in April and May, of 119. 1 liters, worth 35. 4 million kwanzas.
 

Still  Friday, the Vice President of the Republic swore in José Gomes de Andrade Ambriz as Permanent Secretary of the National Water Council.