Tag: Covid-19 vaccine
COVID-19 vaccine weakens after 90 days: Oxford study
The study found that 90 days after a second shot of the Pfizer, the efficacy drops to 75 percent from…
U.S. approves COVID-19 vaccine booster shots
Department of Health and Human Services announced the measure as infections rise from the Delta variant.
3 new drugs for COVID-19 clinical trials – WHO
Three new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of global Solidarity clinical trials to find effective treatments…
Nigeria’s second phase Covid-19 vaccination gets new date
The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) had initially slated the exercise for tomorrow, to be kicked off at the…
Nigeria resumes COVID-19 vaccination 10 August
The NCDC has advised the general public to get vaccinated as unvaccinated people are up to eight times likely to…
Nigerian Jummai Nache’s legs amputated in U.S. after Pfizer COVID-19 jab
Jummai Nache, a Nigerian medical worker based in Minnesota, United States has had the most horrific experience taking Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19…
Nigeria gets 470,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from China
The Chinese Government on Friday donated 470,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria.
Borussia Dortmund turn stadium to COVID-19 vaccination site
Borussia Dortmund fans can get vaccinated against the coronavirus in the club’s home stadium from Thursday onwards, the Bundesliga top…
COVID-19 vaccine rush in France as fresh curbs loom
More than 900,000 people in France rushed to set up appointments to get vaccinated on Monday night after President Emmanuel…
Only 1% of Lagos residents received 2nd jab: Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday said that only 1 per cent of Lagos residents have received two…
UN canvasses 225m COVID-19 vaccine doses for Africa
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday canvassed for additional 225 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for the African continent.
COVID-19: Almost 4,000 fully vaccinated people in the US test positive
New data from the State Department of Public Health said no fewer than 4,000 fully vaccinated people in Massachusetts, US,…
Obasanjo seeks home-grown solution to COVID-19 problems
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on African leaders to begin to harness its local resources to solve the problems…
G7 hailed for plan to share 870m doses of COVID-19 vaccine
World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF and COVAX partners on Sunday applauded G7 nations’ commitment to sharing 870 million doses of…
Enugu commences administering second jab of COVID-19 vaccine
Enugu State on Tuesday commenced administering of the second jab of the COVID-19 vaccine to protect residents, especially health workers,…
Israel to start administering COVID-19 vaccine on adolescents
Israel said it will start vaccinating adolescents between age 12 and 15 against Coronavirus (COVID-19) next week, the Ministry of…
Buhari receives second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the second dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine.
California offers $116.5m in prizes for people to get vaccinated
Governor Gavin Newsom of California has offered $116.5 million in cash and gift cards to residents who get COVID-19 vaccinations…
NPHCDA ‘unsure’ when next batch of COVID-19 vaccine will arrive
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said the next batch of COVID-19 vaccine may arrive the country…
COVID-19: 1.8m Nigerians so far inoculated
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said a total of 1,794,552 Nigerians have so far been inoculated with…
COVID-19 vaccine is deadly: Oyedepo
Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo has claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine in circulation is “a deadly thing”.
Ekiti receives more doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Ekiti State Government said it has received additional 40,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from the National Primary Health Care Development…
1.08m Nigerians vaccinated against COVID-19
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said additional 30,452 Nigerian residents received shots of COVID-19 vaccine on Friday,…
COVID-19 vaccine: NPHCDC records 8,439 mild adverse events
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said a total of 8,439 mild adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) had…
Okonjo-Iweala invites Big Pharma to Geneva, over COVID vaccine inequity
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the head of the World Trade Organisation said she has called a meeting for 14 April in Geneva…
Hajj: 2,837 Kaduna intending pilgrims receive coronavirus jab
The Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has vaccinated no fewer than 2,837 intending pilgrims for the 2021 Hajj.
Japan begins COVID-19 vaccination for elderly
Japan started to vaccinate its elderly against the coronavirus on Monday amid growing concerns about another wave of new infections.
Pastor Ighodalo: It’s foolishness to reject Covid-19 vaccine
Senior Pastor of Trinity Church, Ituah Ighodalo, says it is foolishness to reject COVID-19 vaccine, as advocated by some pastors
Video: COVID-19 vaccine not healthy, says Apostle Suleman
The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries (OFM) International, Apostle Johnson Suleman said he will not be taking the COVID-19…
Nigeria plans N399b supplementary budget for COVID-19 vaccines
Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government has agreed on a supplementary budget of N396 billion to buy…