Tinubu hosted GAVI, a vaccine alliance, at the State House. The meeting witnessed the Nigerian president committing to ensure that Nigeria fulfills its outstanding obligations for vaccine procurement. GAVI CEO says “there is no success for GAVI without success in Nigeria”. Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Tinubu has called on Gavi, the Vaccine … Read more
Buhari is set to attend the First World Bio Summit in South Korea. Eko Hot Blog reports that President Muhammadu Buhari will Sunday depart Abuja for Seoul, South Korea to participate in the First World Bio Summit, 2022. EDITOR’S PICKS Police Arrest Lecturer, Daughter For Assaulting Lady In Viral Video Gunmen Attack Apostle Suleman’s Convoy, … Read more
On the new Omnicron variant of COVID-19, the DG said that studies on the variant were still ongoing globally EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has said the agency is working with international partners to ensure Nigeria gets … Read more
…7.89million eligible persons have received the first dose while 3.9million have received the full dose. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigeria is set to destroy one million AstraZeneca vaccines in line with environmental protocols.vaccines) This is according to the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib. Dr. Faisal at … Read more
…he said its disappointing that some countries are still being stingy and unwilling to give out the jabs… EKO HOT BLOG reports that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said it is greedy of nations who have more than enough to be stingy with vaccines. Ramaphosa disclosed this at an ongoing peace and security conference … Read more
Ekohotblog understands that many desire to have concise knowledge and keep handy information about the coronavirus hence these 30 facts you need to know – a covid cheat sheet. We also understand it’s been a long 18 months, and there are so many statistics and numbers to try and keep straight in your head. … 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
The Federal Government says being vaccinated against the virulent COVID-19 will be optional and no one will be compelled to get vaccinated. Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora made this known on Wednesday when he featured on Arise TV programme. ”Nothing will be made mandatory. It’s optional. The choice is yours. Nobody will be … Read more
Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state, has disclosed that the country is expecting 80 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021. Fayemi made the disclosure while delivering a paper titled: “The Role of Nigeria’s State Governments in Recovery: Responses to COVID-19 Linked Challenges”. The paper was delivered at the Chatham House Africa programme, which … Read more
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Nigeria hope of containing the virulent COVID-19 in the coming days might be impeded by some logistic and infrastructural inadequacies. The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) on Sunday said the country did not have substantial amounts of freezers needed for storage of thousands of doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine that are expected to be delivered … Read more
Health Minister, Osagie Ehanire, says Nigeria will receive 10 million doses of coronavirus vaccine in March. He made this known in a statement late Thursday, January 14, stating that the vaccines add to 100,000 expected doses of Pfizer vaccine. Recall that Nigeria has officially reported some 104,000 Covid-19 cases, of which 1,382 have been fatal. … Read more
The federal government says it’s putting in place proper arrangements and fashioning out modalities for the procurement of vaccine. Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget and national planning, disclosed this on Tuesday at the virtual public presentation of the 2021 Budget. Ekohotblog gathered that the minister disclosed that the government was working and deliberating … Read more
COVID-19, Vaccines The Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, has said the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 will focus on vaccine procurement in the first quarter of 2021. Mamora said this at the PTF national briefing on Tuesday in Abuja, Eko hot blog gathered. The minister said that COVID-19 vaccine would be … Read more
The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) says some criminal gangs are planning to supply fake COVID-19 vaccine to unsuspecting members of the public. Globally, 65 million COVID-19 cases have been recorded with nearly 1.5 million deaths. Breakthrough has been achieved in search for and production of vaccines globally, with the United Kingdom has approved the … Read more
Moderna, a US pharmaceutical company, says it will approach the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to grant approval for emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine. The company made this known in a statement on Monday. Moderna two weeks ago announced the development of the COVID-19 vaccine which it says has about 95 percent … Read more