Covid-19 vaccines

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has granted emergency-use-authorisation for Moderna, AstraZeneca and Sputnik V vaccines COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria. READ ALSO: NAFDAC grants…

The Minister of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello, has said his administration had used 98 per cent of the COVID-19 vaccines allocated to the territory. READ ALSO: HAJJ: FCTA fixes date for second dose of…

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in South Africa on Friday, a day after a historical visit to Rwanda. #StateVisit French President @EmmanuelMacron arrives at the @UnionBuildings in Pretoria for his State visit to South Africa.…

South Africa has introduced drive-through vaccination centres in a bid to ramp up coronavirus inoculations. At one centre in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg, people only have to book a slot online or over the phone and then drive in…

Africa’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is likely to be delayed as blockages to supplies and financial challenges pose a risk of curtailing plans to significantly expand the continent’s vaccines supply later this year. Vaccine deliveries…

The Paris summit seeking to boost financing in Africa amid the Covid-19 pandemic on Tuesday called for the lifting of vaccine patents to allow their manufacture on the continent, French President Emmanuel Macron said. As all delegates…

China said it has administered 270.41 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday. Read Also: China administers 9.6m COVID-19 vaccines in one day The China's National Health Commission said on Sunday, ccomparing…

The AU’s disease control body and World Health Organisation on has urged African countries not to destroy Covid-19 vaccines donated to them,  after Malawi and South Sudan announced that vaccines noted to them were expired and would now be…

Guinea received 300,000 shipment of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines purchased from China. Guinean Foreign Minister, Ibrahima Khalil Kaba, said it is set to receive a donation of 200,000 Sinopharm shots and gave no further details on the…

The EU Commission in agreement with the leaders of many (EU) countries, has decided not to renew COVID-19 vaccine contracts next year with companies such as Astrazeneca and Johnson & Johnson (J&J).  Brussels has agreed to focus…