The Presidency has welcomed efforts by a team of Nigerian professors and scientists investigating the effectiveness of, and roles that Ivermectin drug can play in the treatment of the Coronavirus disease. The team, composed of Nigerian scholars at home and abroad, has submitted their report on the usefulness of the drug to the World Health […]
The United Kingdom (UK) has introduced mandatory Covid-19 testing for all international arrivals effective from 04:00 GMT on Friday, January 15, 2021. According to a statement on the government’s website, “Passengers arriving from all international destinations will be required to present a negative COVID-19 test result before departing for England to help protect against new […]
Pope Francis has called opposition to the coronavirus vaccine “suicidal denial” urging people to get the jab and saying he would get vaccinated himself next week. “Next week, we will start to do it here (in the Vatican) and I made an appointment, we must do it,” he told Canale 5 in segments released on […]
Ahead of the arrival of the mRNA COVID – 19 vaccines into the country within the next few weeks, the Federal Government has set a condition that states must fulfil before releasing the vaccines to them . The Director , Logistics and Health Commodities, National Primary Health Care Development Agency , Hajia Kubura Daradara , […]
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said Nigerian government has good intention for all Nigerians as it plans to introduce the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of February and early March 2021. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaibu who was speaking during a virtual sensitization meeting with media CEOs, Producers and […]
State governors have called for the local manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines for the effective immunization of Nigerians against the disease. They have also called for clarity to be given to the issue of when the vaccines will be available for distribution in the country, stressing the need for public health and risk communication to break […]
British police on Friday hunted a fraudster who tricked a 92-year-old woman into handing over £160 to receive a fake coronavirus vaccine jab in what they called a “disgusting and totally unacceptable assault”. The conman knocked on the door of the pensioner in Surbiton, southwest London, on December 30, claiming to work for the state-run […]
The Federal Government has warned that COVID – 19 vaccines might not arrive “ soon enough ” in Nigeria . The Minister of State for Health , Olorunnimbe Mamora , said this while urging Nigerians not to be complacent in containing the COVID – 19 pandemic on Thursday at the joint national briefing of the […]
The federal Government has said President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha and other prominent Nigerians will be among the first set of Nigerians to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on live television. The Executive Director/CEO, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal […]
The Federal Government will need about N 2. 44tn for the vaccination of 164. 8 million Nigerians, who will not have access to free vaccines the country is expecting from the international community . Currently, coronavirus vaccines available globally include those discovered by Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson , Oxford and Novavax . Recall that the […]
