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Thai health officials rushed to calm public fears on Friday after confirming a man had died 10 days after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine earlier this month. The cause of death was from an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and rupture, senior…

A renowned Nigerian professor of virology, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has urged Nigerians to come out en masse and take the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination. He was speaking after taking his jab at one of the vaccination centres in Abuja.…

The National Tuberculosis and Leprocy Control Programme has held a medical Outreach to create awareness about tuberculosis in Lugbe Community of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT). The outreach featured, talks, medical tests, awareness…

The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency says about 215,277 Nigerians have received their first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, representing5.5 per cent of the country’s over 200 million population. The…

Hong Kong and Macau have suspended the use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines because of a defect in the packaging of one batch of doses, officials said on Wednesday. Vials with lot number 210102 were found to have defective packaging,…

The World Health Organisation says despite the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Tuberculosis (TB) control program in Nigeria, the country only recorded a 15 per cent increase in TB case notifications in 2020. The World Health…

South Africa has concluded the sale of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines it had acquired but did not use to other African Union (AU) member states, the health ministry has said on Sunday. The country had paused AstraZeneca vaccinations last…

AstraZeneca has said on Sunday its COVID-19 vaccine contains no pork-derived ingredients, countering an assertion in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, that the drug violates Islamic law. Indonesia’s highest Muslim…

The United Arab Emirates has urged all citizens and residents aged 16 and above to register for COVID-19 vaccinations from Sunday as the Gulf state widens its immunisation drive after inoculating about 56% of the eligible population. The…

The European Medical Agency (EMA) has released the findings of its report examining cases of blood clotting, and determined that the AstraZeneca vaccine is not associated with higher risk of blood clots. Following a thorough and…