Covid-19 vaccine

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency NPHCDA says so far, 2,897,201 eligible persons have been fully vaccinated across 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib,…

Tennis star Andy Murray said receiving the COVID-19 vaccine is about looking out for the health of the "wider public" and he hopes tennis players who are reluctant to get the jab will come around to seeing its many upsides. Murray's…

"U.S., British and Italian leaders must hold an emergency summit before the U.N. General Assembly to end vaccine inequality and send more shots to Africa and other low-income nations," former British prime minister Gordon Brown said.…

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), says it will be adopting “the whole of family” approach to integrate the COVID-19 vaccination with other basic Primary Health Care (PHC) services such as childhood vaccination,…

Akwa Ibom State governor, Udom Emmanuel says his administration has ordered one million doses of vaccines to curb the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the state. The governor disclosed this while speaking at an event…

Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has decried rumours, misinformation, and conspiracy theories against the intake of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria. The Governor stated in a statement released at the South-West Edition of Town…

Nearly 50 African countries are to receive 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the United States, with the first shipments to Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia in coming days, U.S. officials and the Gavi vaccine alliance said on…

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,…

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…