Tag: Covid-19 vaccine
NPHCDA urges Nigerians to get vaccinated against COVID-19
The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, made the call during the handover ceremony of over 604,800 doses of the…
Only 17% Africans vaccinated against COVID-19 –WHO’s Tedros
WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, said in a statement:“This is not acceptable to me, and it should not be acceptable…
EU to admit travellers jabbed with WHO-approved shots
Restrictions will be lifted for travellers who received the final dose of the primary vaccination cycle at least 14 days…
Ugandans to pay fines for refusing COVID-19 vaccine jabs
Although the East African country started administering COVID-19 jabs nearly a year ago, only about 16 million jabs have been…
South Africa changes COVID-19 vaccination rules
The government was shortening the interval between the first and second doses of the Pfizer (PFE.N) vaccine from 42 days…
Nigeria, 5 other African countries to begin COVID vaccine production
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday six African countries – Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia…
Kogi agency denies cash-for-COVID-vaccine allegation
A statement by the Executive Director of the agency, Dr Abubakar Yakubu, on Tuesday in Lokoja, said the report was…
Approval of SA’s COVID mRNA vaccine could take 3 years: WHO
South Africa's Afrigen Biologics, which was part of WHO's consortium, said it has used the publicly available sequence of Moderna's…
Pfizer seeks US approval of COVID-19 vaccine for U-5 kids
Vaccinating children has been slow in the United States with only around 22% of 5- to 11 year-olds having received…
France smashes vaccine certificate fraudsters
The three suspects aged 22 to 29 were accused of hacking the data of 35 doctors and generating false evidence…
1.29 billion Chinese vaccinated against COVID-19
More than 1.22 billion have completed their vaccination, said He Qinghua, the official with the National Health Commission said in…
Greece donates 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria
Greek Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikos Dendias, announced the donation on Monday in Abuja during a visit to Nigeria’s Minister of…
Germany to donate 75m doses of COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries
Development Minister, Svenja Schulze, told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland news service that the target of 100 million donated doses for 2021…
FG approves COVID-19 vaccines booster for Nigerians
Eligible Nigerians are advised to visit the nearest health facility or mass vaccination sites for their booster doses as from…
Nigeria’s federal workers in rush for COVID-19 jab
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country
Give us COVID-19 vaccine now, Buhari challenges universities
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged Nigerian universities to intensify their research in order to develop COVID-19 vaccine to tackle the…
Lagos engages 135 private hospitals for vaccine administration
No fewer than 135 private health facilities have been enrolled into the Lagos State Government's mass vaccination strategy targeted at…
U.S approves ‘mix and match’ COVID-19 vaccine booster
The decision paves the way for millions in the United States to get the additional protection as the highly contagious…
U.S., France donate 4.2M doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria
About 2.3% of Nigerians or 2.54 million people have been fully vaccinated as of Thursday, while 4.7% of the population…
Nigeria bags $400m World Bank loan for COVID-19 vaccines
The bank said that the fund is meant to provide upfront financing for safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine acquisition and…
UK recognises COVID-19 vaccine used in Nigeria: Envoy Laing
She allayed fears that Nigerians would be restricted from entering the UK from Oct. 4.
Breaking: Biden donates 500m more COVID-19 vaccine doses for poor countries
The fresh hefty covid-19 vaccine doses bring U.S. donations to the rest of the world up to more than 1.1…
FG to begin roll out of COVID-19 vaccines into churches on Sundays
The Federal Government on Tuesday said it would begin roll out of COVID-19 vaccines into churches on Sundays in this…
Masari pledges to vaccinate Katsina corps members
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State, on Saturday, pledged to ensure that all the corps members serving in the state…
3.6M Nigerians receive Covid-19 vaccine
He also said that the administration of AstraZeneca has continued in the country after the receipt of 1,394,480 doses from…
COVID-19: Why Christian pilgrims couldn’t travel – BASPHCDA
Seven intending Christian pilgrims from Bauchi State have been prevented from embarking on a holy pilgrimage to Israel due to…
Obaseki boasts: I have power to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has boasted that he is empowered under the Gazetted Quarantine Regulations to make COVID-19 vaccination…
2.9M Nigerians take COVID-19 vaccines
Nigeria has commenced its phase 2 vaccination in 35 states and the FCT
Obaseki can’t force us to be vaccinated: Hundreds protest in Benin
The no-COVID-19 vaccine, no-public gathering order of Governor Godwin Obaseki led to massive protest by civil society groups on Monday…
Rising number of fully vaccinated contract COVID-19 in Los Angeles
The vaccines did, however, protect individuals from more severe cases. According to the study, 3.2% of fully vaccinated individuals who…