UK donates 1.2m COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria – Envoy
Ms. Catriona Laing, United Kingdom High Commissioner to Nigeria, says the UK Government has donated 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccines, through COVAX to Nigeria.The Envoy said in a statement in Lagos…
UNGA 76: Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala, top politicians canvass global COVID-19 vaccine equity
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and top politicians joined award-winning African performers and others on Tuesday, in New York, to take part in a special…
NCDC announces three additional COVID-19 related deaths, 513 new cases
Fourteen states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have announced 513 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to figures released on Wednesday morning by the Nigeria Centre for Disease…
Research: IHVN joins 5-year multi-country project to improve maternal, new born health
The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has joined a multi -country research project to improve Maternal and Newborn health in conflict-affected countries, including Nigeria, according to Dr. Emilia Iwu,…
COVID-19: Lagos govt. to hold weekend vaccination
Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state government will administer Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents between Aug. 28 and Aug. 29. Abayomi disclosed this in…
Africa’s COVID-19 cases resurge by 20% as U.S. donates additional 20m doses
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa has marked its worst pandemic week ever, as cases rose for seven consecutive weeks since the start of the third wave in May.…
2m Nigerians receive COVID-19 jabs
More than two million Nigerians have received the first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency declared in Abuja on Thursday. Its Executive Director, Dr…
COVID-19: Pakistan set to block Mobile phones of unvaccinated people
A Pakistan province said Friday it will block the mobile phones of people refusing to get Covid-19 jabs, in the latest move to penalise the unvaccinated in a country where…
COVID-19 vaccine: Lagos commences second dose
The Lagos State government says it has commenced the administration of the second dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination programme. Prof. Akin Abayomi, State Commissioner for Health, in a statement…
COVID-19: FG hands over 40 Operational vehicles to 36 states, FCT
Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has handed over 40 Operational vehicles for onward distribution to Coordinators of the State COVID-19 Action Recovery…