Covid-19 vaccine
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Education
Schools reopen in Abuja, others amid virus fears
Schools have reopened in most Nigerian states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja despite concerns about rising cases of…
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News
Nigeria warns of reported fake COVID-19 vaccines
Nigerian health officials warned its public Friday about using fake coronavirus vaccines because it could cause sickness similar to illness…
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Africa
WHO says Africa faces inequitable vaccine distribution
Voicing concern over the dire situation in Africa due to a new COVID-19 strain, the World Health Organization (WHO) said…
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Foreign
COVID-19 vaccines efficacy debate worries Australia’s chief medical officer
Australian Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said on Wednesday that he was “concerned” that the debate around the efficacy of…
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Health
FG gives condition for release of COVID-19 vaccines to states
Ahead of the arrival of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines into the country within the next few weeks, the Federal Government…
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Health
Nigeria ‘hopes to get 42m doses of Covid-19 vaccine soon’
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says Nigeria hopes to get 42 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine soon…
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Health
COVID-19 vaccine: NAFDAC rules out clinical trial
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has ruled out the possibility of conducting a local…
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Health
COVID-19: Tambuwal directs task force to intensify sensitization
Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has directed the state’s task force on COVID-19 to amplify media campaigns in…
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Foreign
China’s Sinopharm says its coronavirus vaccine 79.3% effective
Sinopharm, a Chinese drugmaker said on Wednesday that its coronavirus vaccine was found to be 79.3-per-cent effective in preliminary data…