Following a 60-day ultimatum given to residents of Ogun State to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, the Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs Kikelomo Longe, has called on industries operating in the state to encourage their employees to get vaccinated. Longe made the call during a tour of Olam Nigeria Limited and the … Read more
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has underscored the importance of Covid-19 vaccination and why the 2 million residents of State is targeted in mass vaccination within sixty (60) days. Governor Abiodun disclosed this on during the flag-off of Covid-19 mass vaccination campaign in Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital, saying the State have been able to … Read more
The accelerated vaccine rollout is being undertaken by the state government in collaboration with the NPHCDA. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State government has raised an alarm over the possibility of a fourth wave of COVID-19 as the Yuletide approaches. In a bid to tackle the re-emergence of the viral infection, the government … Read more
Overall infections since the outbreak began are now closing in on 8 million EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russia, on Saturday, recorded 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day for the first time since the pandemic began. The figure had been rising all week, with the Kremlin blaming the Russian people for not taking up … Read more
Vaccine effectiveness against the Delta variant was 93% after the first month, declining to 53% after four months… The effectiveness of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in preventing infection by the coronavirus dropped to 47% from 88% six months after the second dose. This is according to a data published on Monday that US health agencies … Read more
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said will get vaccinated against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) for the sake of preaching the gospel globally. Adeboye stated this at the church’s monthly Holy Ghost convention monitored by The Nation. He clarified that he has never told anyone not to … Read more
“People will not be allowed to access banking services from the middle of September 2021, if they are not vaccinated,” Obaseki had warned. A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has granted an order to restrain Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, and the state government from restricting unvaccinated persons … Read more
In Edo and Ondo States, the state governments had already announced restrictions regarding some public places that those who have not taken COVID-19 vaccine cannot have access to. The Federal Government is considering sanction on eligible Nigerians who refuse COVID-19 vaccination. This was disclosed by the Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, … Read more
According to Shuaib, the J&J vaccine, just like the AstraZeneca, is safe and efficient against the Covid-19 disease, as well as its deadlier Delta Variant. Nigeria is expected to receive 176,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines made by Johnson and Johnson on Wednesday, August 11, 2021. Read Also: COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 422 New Cases, 5 Deaths … Read more
Russia, Vaccination Russia has vaccinated over one million people against COVID-19, the institute that developed the country’s vaccine said on Tuesday. Alexander Gintsburg, Head, Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, said about 100,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine were administered daily, Eko hot blog gathered. The Gamaleya institute developed the first vaccine worldwide … Read more
Social media is currently agog over the ‘Control of Infectious Diseases Act’ which grants the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) more administrative powers for forceful vaccinations to limitations on Freedom of association. Ekohotblog understands that the bill which was sponsored by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. … Read more
Following the launching of its first large-scale vaccination campaign against the Ebola virus, Rwanda’s health minister Diane Gashumba said at the weekend that at least 200,000 people will be vaccinated over the next year in areas bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo. There have been no confirmed Ebola cases in Rwanda, although priority will be … Read more