Tag: COVID-19 vaccine

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China suspended dozens of international flights on Friday amid a global surge in Omicron cases, while the city of Shanghai curbed...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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-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...

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...

According to The PUNCH, the Federal Ministry of Health on Wednesday said that some of the vaccine doses which were given by donors had...