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Presidency Welcomes COVID-19 Research Report On Treatment

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 […]

UK begins mandatory Covid-19 testing for all international arrivals on Friday

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 To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Next Week

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 […]

COVID-19: FG gives condition for release of vaccines to states

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 , […]

COVID-19: FG to Introduce Vaccine February Ending

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 […]

COVID-19: Governors agree local production of vaccines

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 […]

FG: COVID-19: Vaccines may not arrive early enough

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 […]

COVID-19: Buhari, Osinbajo, SGF, Others To Take Vaccines On Live TV

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 […]

FG: We need over N2.44tn to vaccinate 165 million Nigerians

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 […]