Tag: COVID-19 vaccine
COVID-19: More than 76.16m Nigerians partially vaccinated – NPHCDA
By ABUJAH RACHEL
ABUJA- The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), says 65.7 per cent of eligible Nigerians have so far received the...
Nigeria yet to achieve 70% COVID-19 immunisation coverage, says NPHCDA
By ABUJAH RACHEAL
ABUJA- Nigeria is yet to meet the year-end global target of vaccinating 70 per cent target coverage with the COVID-19 vaccines, Dr Faisal...
500,000 residents receive COVID-19 vaccine in C/River — Official
By GEORGE ODOK
CALABAR- No Fewer than 500,000 residents have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Cross River.
Dr Janet Ekpenyong, the Director-General...
COVID-19: Again, NPHCDA appeals to Nigerians to get vaccinated
By ADEROGBA GEORGE
ABUJA- The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has again appealed to Nigerianswho are yet to be vaccinated to get the...
COVID-19: Managing the gradual return to normalcy, By Isaac N Obasi
Across much of the world, COVID-19 pandemic is no longer seen as the most dangerous life-threatening disease facing society today, as was the case...
Dogs sniff out virus with high accuracy variant that combines Delta...
The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that...
COVID-19 pandemic: Sustaining the global decline, By Isaac N Obasi
We may recall that following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China in December 2019 the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared...
Coach banned over forged vaccination document
Former Werder Bremen coach Markus Anfang has been banned from football for the rest of the season by the German federation (DFB) for forging a coronavirus...
UNICEF launches U-Report Challenge to boost Covid-19 vaccine uptake in Africa
DAKAR/Abuja – A week after COVAX delivered its billionth dose in Rwanda, UNICEF has launched the first ever U-Report Challenge calling on all 13.3...
China suspends more flights over rise in Omicron cases, Shanghai curbs...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China suspended dozens of international flights on Friday amid a global surge in Omicron cases, while the city of Shanghai curbed...
COVID-19 and dynamics of school closure policy (1), By Isaac N....
One of the boldest policy measures taken by Nigeria in her response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in the education sector...
No plan to sack govt workers — Finance minister
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says there is no plan by the Federal Government to lay off government workers.
Ahmed...
FCT minister Muhammad Bello tests positive for COVID-19
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Bello disclosed this in a...
Nigeria not careless, won’t take expired vaccines again, says NAFDAC
Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has said the agency is working with international partners...
Omicron variant and Nigeria’s 4th wave, By Isaac N. Obasi
The emergence of Omicron variant of COVID-19 pandemic in November 2021 has once again generated apprehension (like its Delta variant counterpart) in global public...
Lagos runs out of Moderna Vaccine doses
Amid the rising cases of COVID-19, the Lagos Ministry of Health has announced that the state is out of the Moderna vaccine.
This was stated...
How I contracted COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated – BBNaija’s Ka3na
Former Big Brother Naija season five housemate, Ka3na Jones, said that she contracted COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated.
She said this while reacting to the...
Pfizer shot less effective in South Africa after Omicron emerges, study...
Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine has been less effective in South Africa at keeping people infected with the virus out of hospital since the Omicron variant...
I sold human head for N25,000, says suspect
A suspected ritualist, Abideen Raheem, has admitted exhuming a body, severing its head and selling it to a friend for N25,000.
Raheem, 42, was among...
Expired Vaccine: Donors Gave Us Vaccines With Residual Shelf Lives –...
According to The PUNCH, the Federal Ministry of Health on Wednesday said that some of the vaccine doses which were given by donors had...