Covid-19 vaccine

Kogi state government has inaugurated team to monitor, investigate vaccine’s tolerance including why the state had been relatively spared by the COVID-19 pandemic. The State’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Audu said, the team was…

The Egyptian government has agreed with China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd to manufacture its COVID-19 vaccine domestically, and could produce up to 80 million doses a year, the health ministry said on Thursday. The agreement could provide a…

The Sokoto State Ministry of Health in collaboration with Plan International Nigeria which is a Global Affairs Canada Funded Show Costed Extension COVID-19 Response Project, have organised a one day stakeholder sensitization on Covid-19…

Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has commenced Covid-19 vaccination for 2021 intending pilgrims in the State. The Acting Overseer of the board, Hajiya Hannatu Zailani flagged off the vaccination jab at Kaduna North Local…

Colombia has said that it will allow the private importation of COVID-19 vaccines, but the shots must be free for those being inoculated. The health ministry said this on Monday, saying the Andean country plans to immunize about 70% of…

Australia's medicine regulator has launched an investigation into a possible link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and a 44 year old man who was hospitalized with blood clot days after receiving the vaccine. The Deputy Chief Medical…

Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine is 100% effective against the virus in children ages 12 to 15, the companies announced in a press release on Wednesday. The vaccine is already authorized for use in people and produced…

Nigeria has vaccinated 566,917 people with the first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine. This is According to an update by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Monday. The figure represents 28.2 per cent of the…

Kogi State is finally set to start administering the COVID-19 vaccine to its residents after repeatedly doubting the existence of the disease The Commissioner for Health, Saka Haruna, disclosed interview that the state will receive doses…

President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan took the lead at the National Assembly on Tuesday when he received the first jab of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The vaccine was administered on him in his office by his personal physician,…