Coronavirus vaccine
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Health
Turkey and Brazil say Chinese vaccine effective, with sparse supporting data
Turkish officials announced Thursday that a vaccine from the Chinese company Sinovac has an efficacy rate of 91.25 percent, but the finding…
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Health
COVID-19: FG ready for vaccination – Minister
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that the Federal Government was substantially ready for a successful COVID-19…
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Foreign
Covid: US approves Moderna as second vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised the US-made jab about a week after approving a Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine which is…
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Foreign
Saudi Arabia opens registration for COVID-19 vaccine
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday began registering citizens and residents for free COVID-19 vaccines, the Health Ministry said. A ministry statement…
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Africa
Kenya ‘orders 24 million Covid-19 vaccine doses’
Kenya has ordered 24 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, the Star newspaper has reported, citing health ministry officials. The Kenyan…
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Foreign
How Black People Learned Not to Trust
It would appear that the people in American hit hardest by Covid-19 — Black people — are also the group…
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Health
US Covid vaccinations to begin on Monday
The US public will start receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from Monday after it was authorised for emergency use, officials…
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Health
Nigeria to vaccinate 20M people against COVID-19
Nigeria plans to vaccinate 20 million people against the novel coronavirus, the country’s health minister said Thursday. Osagie Ehanire said…
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Health
Nigeria to access COVID-19 vaccine from Jan. 2021 – Okonjo-Iweala
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, has assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines…
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Foreign
Rich countries ‘hoarding coronavirus vaccines’
Rich countries are hoarding doses of Covid vaccines and people living in poor countries are set to miss out, a…