The federal government has refuted widespread claims that the COVID-19 vaccine contains microchips and changes the DNA is false. Faisal Shuaib, chief executive officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), dispel the conspiracy theory during an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday, Recall that Nigeria received its first batch of the AstraZeneca … Read more
Nigeria has received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines. The NAFDAC-approved Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines arrived in the country around noon on Tuesday, via an Emirates airline. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, had said on Saturday that Nigeria will receive its first tranche of about 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. … Read more
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says Nigerians under the age of 18 years will not receive the COVID-19 vaccines. PTF stated that the Federal Government planned to cover 70 per cent of Nigerians within two years. The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says Nigerians under the age of 18 years will not … Read more
This is coming less than 24 hours before the arrival of the vaccine. The Federal Government has said that the expected COVID-19 vaccines would be administered in the order of priority. Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, disclosed this on Monday while highlighting the preparedness of the government to take delivery of the vaccines. … Read more
Pfizer and BioNTech said Thursday they are studying adding a third dose to their vaccine regime and testing a new version targeting the South African variant of the coronavirus. As countries around the world rush to vaccinate people, concerns have risen that more transmissible variants such as the one first detected in South Africa or … Read more
Nigeria’s West African neighbours, Ghana received a shipment of 600,000 AstraZeneca Vaccines under the COVAX scheme on Wednesday Ghana is the first country to receive vaccines under the scheme The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire has said that Nigeria is expecting to receive its first batch of the COVID-19 vaccines by the beginning of March. … Read more
The federal government has disclosed that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will appraise the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine before it is distributed to Nigerians. Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), made the disclosure on Monday during the media briefing of the presidential task … Read more
The BioNTech/Pfizer jab was the first vaccine against COVID-19 to be approved late last year. Germany’s BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer on Friday said tests have shown that their coronavirus vaccine can stand warmer temperatures than initially thought, potentially simplifying the jab’s complex cold-chain logistics. The companies said they have asked the US Food … Read more
The Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Nigeria. The vaccine was recently approved by the W.H.O for emergency use, NAFDAC says it got the dossier of the vaccine a week ago, and the NAFDAC safety committee went to work immediately … Read more
The two versions given the seal of approval are being produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII), and by SKBio in South Korea The World Health Organization (WHO) has given emergency use approval to AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccines, meaning distribution can start to poorer countries starved of doses to fight the pandemic. The AstraZeneca-Oxford jab … Read more
There were already concerns about the efficacy of the AstraZeneca shot among over-65s A WHO panel is due to meet on Monday in Geneva to examine the shot South Africa suspended the start of its AstraZeneca inoculation programme over concerns the shot does not work on a new variant, with WHO experts due to meet … Read more
France, Germany and Switzerland have recommended that the jab should not be used in the elderly Researchers are currently working to update the vaccine The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine fails to prevent mild and moderate cases of the South African coronavirus strain, according to research reported in the Financial Times. But in its study, due to be … Read more
The federal government has said all hands are on deck and it’s making conscious effort towards making sure COVID-19 vaccine is available in the country before the end of February. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He noted that Nigeria … Read more
Less than 20,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines are in Africa, according to the UN WHO said its target is to vaccinate at least 20% of Africans by the end of the year Africa will receive nearly 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from COVAX in February 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) African region, said on … Read more
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE COVID-19: WHO Says Not Everyone Can Get Vaccinated COVID-19: Pregnant Women Can’t Get Vaccinated – Pfizer The Federal Government has said that it aims to vaccinate no fewer than 70 per cent of the Nigerian population when it receives delivery of the COVID-19 vaccines. According to the government, it has set … Read more
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YOU MAY ALSO LIKE COVID-19: Pfizer-BioNTech Says Vaccine Effective Against UK, S/Africa Virus Strains First COVID-19 Vaccine Is 90 Percent Effective, Says Pfizer WHO, UK Meet Over New Variant Of Virus Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, on Thursday, said that conscious efforts have to be made to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines get to … Read more
The AU had announced that it had secured an additional 400 million doses of the vaccines for the continent after it got 270 million initially Nigeria, like many other African countries, is yet to start a vaccination programme as cases continue to rise across the country. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Nigeria To Get 20m Doses … Read more
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Bill Gates opined that the money earmarked for the purchase of vaccines will go a long way in improving the health care system The Microsoft Co-founder said a 5-year plan will be needed to help Nigeria in the development of COVID-19 vaccines YOU MAY ALSO LIKE COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 15 Additional Deaths, 1,303 New Cases … Read more