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Uganda to receive over 647,010 doses of Pfizer vaccine this month, from the World Health Organization COVAX facility to boost the country's protection against COVID-19. Ministry of health spokesperson, Emmanuel Ainebyoona said on Monday,…

The lagos isolation centres bed occupancy increases from 1 to 6 per cent as the state started experiencing a steep increase in the number of daily confirmed cases of COVID-19. The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in his…

Thailand's mass immunisation strategy against the COVID-19 is to combine a shot of Sinovac and a shot of AstraZeneca vaccine doses to boost protection. The health minister, Anutin Charnvirakul said on Monday, that the move aims to…

Over one per cent of Lagos residents has received second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Individuals who received their vaccines had demonstrated significant resistance to the effects of the virus, with fewer associated complications and…

The United Nations Population Fund said COVID-19 has disrupted healthcare system and affected reproductive health around the world, as the global community mark the 2021 World Population Day. According to the UNFPA, in a statement…

Kano State Government has confirmed a new case of Circulating Derived Vaccine Polio type 2 (cVDPV2) in the State. Kano state Commissioner for Health, Dr Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, who was represented by the State Director of…

The Lagos State Government and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has initiated the association for reproductive and family health so as to ease the impact of HIV/AIDS on orphans and others. Dr Ibijoke…

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC),has announced a confirmed case of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2 in the country. The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu,disclosed in Abuja that…

According to the World Health Organisation, the worst is yet to come as the third wave gathers pace on the continent. Africa has just lived through its most devastating week of the pandemic. The WHO’s regional director for Africa, Dr…

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), has signed an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutical NV to supply up to 220 million doses of the J&J single-dose vaccine for all 55 Member States of the African Union by the end of…