Nigeria has taken delivery of the 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, making it the third West African country to take delivery under the COVAX scheme, after Ghana and Ivory Coast.Continue Reading
The rollout in the West African nation was due to begin on Monday, under the international initiative to vaccinate people in poorer countries that cannot afford to buy jabs from pharmaceutical firms.Continue Reading
Ghana on Wednesday received the first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from Covax, a global scheme to procure and distribute inoculations for free, as the world races to contain the pandemic.Continue Reading
President Joe Biden ordered flags lowered to half mast Monday after the United States crossed the “heartbreaking” milestone of 500,000 Covid-19 deaths, while Britain eyed lifting lockdowns in the latest sign of global gains against the pandemic.Continue Reading
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has approved Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for use in Nigeria.Continue Reading
Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has assured the Republic of Cuba of Federal Government’s willingness to collaborate with the country in the production of COVID-19 vaccines.Continue Reading
Nigeria’s Port Health Services have been put on alert on land, while sea and Air borders as well as major hospitals have also been put on notice for a keen index and to check patient travel history, especially at Outpatient departments, and report concerns to infectious disease focal persons and state epidemiologists.Continue Reading
Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib,noted that after excluding those that are under 18 years old, the government intends to give doses of vaccines to approximately 109 million Nigerians that will be eligible for Covid-19 vaccination over the course of two years.Continue Reading
President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, called on Nigerian Leaders to unite against criminality stemming from the activities of bandits and kidnappers, as well as resist the antics of divisive elements bent on instigating inter-ethnic tensions across the country. Continue Reading
Federal Government sealed COVID-19 test centre in Abuja, issuing fake COVID-19 test results to people, especially for travel-related reasons.Continue Reading
