Covid-19 vaccine

The World Health Organisation (WHO), ranked Nigeria’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the best in Africa in terms of storage and utilisation of the vaccines for its population on Tuesday. WHO Country Representative, Dr. Kazadi Mulombo spoke…

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has encouraged Nigerians to present themselves for the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director of NPHCDA disclosed that state governors,…

Gombe State has started the administration of the second jab of COVID-19 vaccine. The Commissioner for Health, Mr. Habu Dahiru, disclosed this at a news conference shortly after Gov. Inuwa Yahaya received his second jab of the vaccine on…

The World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank and World Trade Organization (WTO) have endorsed the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) call to invest $50 billion to fight Covid-19 by making and delivering vaccines and treatments.…

The World Health Organization approved the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use on Tuesday, The Sinovac jab is already in use in 22 territories around the world. The UN health agency in a statement, gave the green light to the…

Burkina Faso has received its first shipment of 115,200 doses of COVID-19  vaccines, under the global vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX to enable the poor West African state to launch a vaccination drive. Burkinabe Health Minister,…

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has received his second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday. The Vice-President took the shot at his official Aguda House residence in the State House, Abuja. The vaccine was administered…

President Buhari has received his 2nd and final dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine. The vaccine was administered on the President by his personal physician, Dr Suhayb Sanusi Rafindadi at the State House on Saturday morning. The…

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced that the government will review on whether or not to administer the Covid-19 vaccination. While commemorating Friday’s Eid-al-Fitr celebrations, President Samia appreciated the Muslim…

Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SA seek full approval for their COVID-19 vaccine from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday. Pfizer's CEO, Albert Bourla said in a statement  that the vaccine was the first to be…