United Kingdom (UK) has emerged as the first country in the world to approve AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s low-cost Covid vaccine. The country that gave the approval on Wednesday hopes the vaccine will help tackle surging cases and ease pressure on creaking health services. The Independent Medicines and Healthcare products and Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said … Read more
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says Nigeria will soon attain the world health organisation (WHO) benchmark that will allow it to commence the manufacturing of its vaccine. . Eko Hot Blog reports that the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this when she spoke at the agency’s Staff … Read more
Vaccines, WHO Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, says vaccines are the best hope of ending COVID-19 pandemic on the continent. Moeti made this known in a statement posted on WHO Regional Office for Africa website, Eko hot blog gathered. The director spoke against the backdrop of a plan for African … Read more
Vaccine The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has authorised a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine for general use, saying that phase-3 trials showed that it was 86 per cent effective. The vaccine, developed by Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, was approved only for emergency use in the UAE in September to protect frontline workers, Ekohotblog gathered. The UAE’s … Read more
Onyema Ogbuagu, a Nigerian-born researcher and medical doctor, says the development of COVID-19 vaccine is not shrouded in nefarious motive. Ogbuaju said this in reaction to conspiracy theories making the rounds regarding research for COVID-19 vaccine. Ogbuagu, an associate professor of medicine at Yale University, is one of the brains behind the research for a … Read more
Vaccine Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford on Monday said that their newly developed COVID-19 vaccine is, on average, 70.4 per cent effective. They suggested that it is not as powerful as two vaccines already announced by other firms. The interim analysis of phase 3 clinical trials showed the results of two different … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari says the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is tremendous achievement in medical advance. The vaccine according to preliminary analysis can prevent more than 90% of people from getting infected. While announcing the arrival of the vaccine, Albert Bourla, the chairman of Pfizer, said the company will be able to supply … Read more
COVID-19, Vaccine South African pharmaceutical company Aspen Pharmacare on Monday signed a deal with two subsidiaries of Johnson and Johnson to manufacture the multinational firm’s candidate vaccine against the coronavirus disease. “Aspen is pleased to announce that one of its wholly-owned South African subsidiaries, Pharmacare Limited (which trades as “Aspen Pharmacare”), has entered into a … Read more
vaccine The U.S. Food and Drug Administration set vaccine review guidelines that may put a Covid-19 shot out of reach before the November election. President Donald Trump, who was released from the hospital Monday, reported no symptoms, his doctor said. Read Also: Gov. Ganduje Swears In 3 KANSIEC Commissioners, 4 Perm Secs Trump ended talks … Read more
Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo has disclosed that Nigeria is in want of resources to pre-pay for COVID-19 vaccine. He has, thus, appealed to Europe to work closely with Africa to ensure that when a vaccine is finally deployed, it should not be on the basis of the highest bidder but rather be made available at … Read more
A Covid-19 vaccine by election day in the US? Experts worry that, facing an uphill battle for reelection, President Donald Trump could press for one to be approved before the November 3 vote, but also before tests prove it is effective and safe for the public, ekohotblog gathered. Where does vaccine testing stand? Two producers, … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday that donors and industry stakeholders should allocate sufficient resources to ensure African countries had access to safe and efficacious coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Richard Mihigo, Programme Area Manager of Immunisation and Vaccine Development of WHO, disclosed this at a news briefing in Nairobi, EKO HOT BLOG gathered. Read … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump put pressure on the authorities to develop and approve a vaccine for the novel coronavirus in a tweet on Saturday. “The deep state, or whoever, over at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making it very difficult for drug companies to get people in order to test the vaccines and … Read more
The Federal Government says it is working with Global Health and Research Organisations, that are developing COVID-19 vaccines. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, made this known in Abuja on Thursday during a briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. He also said Nigeria was planning with the organisations for the allocation of … Read more
Canada has joined other rich countries like the United States and Britain that are pre-ordering millions of potential coronavirus vaccines for their citizens. Through this move known as ‘vaccine nationalism’, these wealthy nations are striking mass purchase deals with drug makers with promising vaccine candidates. Read Also: Our Major Concern Is Nigerians Safety, Says FG … Read more
Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), says a number of vaccines are now in phase three clinical trials to prevent COVID-19 pandemic. Ghebreyesus made this known at a virtual news conference on Monday at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva. Read Also: Nigeria Records 304 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 44,433 The director-general … Read more
A group Scientists at Oxford University has taken critical step towards discovering an effective Coronavirus Vaccine. The result in the first phase induces strong immune response. The Vaccine can produce a T cell response within 14 days after vaccination and an antibody response within 28 days A team of scientists at Oxford University’s Jenner Institute … Read more
Widespread coronavirus vaccination could begin in the middle of next year, the chief scientist of the World Health Organisation, Soumya Swaminathan said. She expressed cautious optimism about the state of the research and development process in an interview with dpa. “We have now over 20 candidates in clinical studies. Read Also: Big Brother Naija; Praise … Read more
Russian hackers are said to be targeting organizations trying to develop a coronavirus vaccine, a group of UK national security services has warned. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said the hackers ‘almost certainly’ operated as part of Russian intelligence services. It is said the group used malware to try and steal information relating … Read more
Thailand is conducting tests on macaque monkeys as it races to produce a cheaper, alternative coronavirus vaccine it hopes will be ready by 2021, a top researcher said Monday. More than 100 candidate vaccines are currently in various stages of development around the world, at least eight of which are in clinical trials with humans, … Read more