U.S. administered 300m COVID-19 vaccines in 150 days – Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden, on Friday said the U.S. administered 300 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in 150 days, and that COVID-19 cases and deaths had […]
COVID-19 vaccines
South Korea administers COVID-19 vaccines to quarter of population
South Korea has administered COVID-19 vaccines to a quarter of its population as of Tuesday afternoon, said Yonhap news agency. A total of 13 million […]
World Bank, AU to deploy vaccines for 400m Africans
The World Bank (WB) and the African Union (AU)’s COVID-19 Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) have announced a decision to work together to deploy […]
COVID-19 Vaccines Scarcity: WHO urges countries to urgently share vaccines
As a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa looms, the World Health Organisation (WHO) urges countries that can, to urgently share COVID-19 vaccines […]
Foundation deploys $1.3b to save lives/livelihood
The MasterCard Foundation says it will deploy 1.3 billion dollars to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of Africans and hasten the economic recovery […]
Resisting patent waiver, EU submits vaccine plan to WTO
The European Union (EU) on Friday submitted to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) a plan that could effectively broaden the supply of Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines […]
We’ve used 98% of COVID-19 vaccine in FCT- Minister
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello, has said his administration had used 98 per cent of the COVID-19 vaccines allocated to […]
NPHCDA opens special COVID-19 vaccination sites, says Executive Director
) The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says some special COVID-19 vaccination sites have been set up across the country. The Executive Director, […]
WHO validates Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. WHO, in a statement, said that the validation gives countries, funders, procuring […]
UN chief canvasses increased production, fair access to COVID-19 vaccines
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres says the world was far from achieving equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, describing it as a tragedy that must be avoided […]
Moon orders follow up on his summit deal with Biden, Cheong Wa Dae says
President Moon Jae-in on Monday instructed the government and his Cheong Wa Dae team to take thorough follow-up measures to implement his summit agreement with […]
The Takeaways from President Buhari’s visit to France – by Garba Shehu
ByGARBA SHEHU, SSAP (Media and Publicity), Abuja. The first official visit to Europe since the COVID-19 pandemic saw President Muhammadu Buhari going to Paris, France […]
EU chooses Ghana as possible manufacturing hub for COVID-19 vaccines
The European Commission has named Ghana as one of its possible manufacturing hubs of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. A statement signed on Friday by Mr. […]
Buhari, Macron agree to cooperate on fight against insecurity
President Muhammadu Buhari and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron have committed their two nations to working together to fight insecurity bedeviling the Lake Chad basin […]
COVID-19: NAFDAC grants conditional emergency authorisation for J & J vaccine
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has granted conditional Emergency Use Authorisation for Johnson and Johnson (J&J) Vaccine to […]
COVID-19 Vaccination: OYSG rolls out 2nd soon – official
The Oyo State Government says it will roll out the second phase of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the last week of May. […]
NAFDAC destroys harmful products worth N516m in Northeast
NAFDAC destroyed fake or substandard products worth N515. 6 million on Saturday in Gombe. NAFDAC’s coordinator in Bauchi Zone, Mrs Josephine Dalym, said at the […]
Nigeria cannot start local production of COVID-19 vaccines yet, says FG
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that local production of COVID-19 vaccines cannot start now in Nigeria. Ehanire made this known in […]
FG okays second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine for eligible Nigerians
Nigeria will begin administering the the second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines on eligible Nigerians who received the first shots. Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive […]
COVID-19: NCDC registers 49 new infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 49 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 165,468. […]
EKSG takes delivery of additional 40,000 COVID-19 vaccines
Ekiti Government said, on Sunday, it had taken delivery of another batch of 40,000 AstraZeneca vaccines from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency. Dr […]
Nigerian Medics Making Waves in the Diaspora, By Victoria Harrison
Time after time, education has proved to be a gateway to invaluable opportunities, not only for its direct participants and their families, but for the […]
No fewer than 1.13m AstraZeneca shots administered – NPHCDA
No fewer than 1.13 million shots of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across the 36 States of the Federation and the FCT. The National Primary Health […]
No fewer than 1.13m AstraZeneca shots administered – NPHCDA
No fewer than 1.13 million shots of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across the 36 States of the Federation and the FCT. The National […]
NPHCDA utilises 55.4% doses of COVID-19 vaccines received in Nigeria
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said out of 4.4 million Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines received in the country, 1,114, 408 million have been […]