Eligibility for the booster dose includes being 18 years and above, fully vaccinated with either two doses of AstraZeneca, Moderna or Pfizer Bio-N-Tech… EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigeria on Friday started the administration of COVID-19 booster shots, days after the Federal Government approved the decision. Recall that this online news platform reported that the … Read more
Sixteen African countries are now seeing a resurgence of the virus, with the more contagious Delta strain detected in 10 of them Africa has just lived through its most devastating week of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the worst is yet to come as the third wave gathers pace on the continent, the World Health Organization … Read more
There is a global scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines due to high demand, especially in countries where the vaccines are being produced The Nigerian government is expecting about 29.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine, Dr Faisal Shuaib said on Monday. Shuaib, the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control had, on Tuesday, recommended a pause in the use of the single shot J&J vaccine over potential links to a rare type of blood clot South Africa on Tuesday suspended the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine over potential blood … Read more
People who have received a J&J shot within the past three weeks were asked to report to their doctors if they experienced severe symptoms US health authorities on Tuesday recommended pausing the Johnson & Johnson Covid shot over blood clot fears, with the company quickly announcing it would delay its European rollout, in a setback … Read more