An expert mission to China to find the origins of the coronavirus pandemic stumbled before it even began, with the head of the World Health Organization complaining that Beijing was blocking the team from entering the country. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was “very disappointed” with the last-minute bar on entry, in a […]
Nigeria has opened a discussion with the People’s Republic of China to have access to COVID-19 vaccines. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Geoffery Onyeama, made the disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja shortly after a bilateral meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi. The latter is on a working visit to Nigeria. The Foreign Affairs […]
NATIONAL coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, has said the nation is expected to receive its first batch of the COVID-19 vaccines by the end of this month. Aliyu made the disclosure as a guest on ARISE News, on Sunday. Upon receipt of the vaccines, Aliyu said vaccination of […]
India on Sunday authorised the emergency use of two coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and by local pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech, the country’s drug regulator said, paving the way for one of the world’s biggest inoculation drives. “The… vaccines of Serum Institute (AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine) and Bharat Biotech are being approved for restricted […]
The United States is expected to approve the low -cost AstraZeneca /Oxford Covid vaccine in April, a senior official said , more than three months after Britain ’ s green light on Wednesday . Moncef Slaoui, the chief advisor to Operation Warp Speed , the military – led US effort for vaccines, told reporters that […]
The World Health Organisation on Thursday granted emergency validation to the Pfizer- BioNTech vaccine, paving the way for countries worldwide to quickly approve its import and distribution . The decision “ makes the Pfizer /BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the ( novel coronavirus ) outbreak began a year ago […]
United States President-elect, Mr Joe Biden has appointed a Nigeria-American, Osaremen Okolo his COVID Policy Advisor. This is coming weeks after Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo was announced as the assistant secretary of treasury designate. According to a statement from the Bide-Harris Transition Committee, Okolo, whose parents came from Edo State is one of the coordinators for […]
Christian Ramers, an infectious disease specialist with Family Health Centers of San Diego, says Pfizer vaccine requires time for the body to attain immunity against COVID-19. He said this in reaction to the case of Matthew W, a nurse in California, United States, who contracted COVID-19 after taking Pfizer’s vaccine. Pfizer and BioNTech had announced […]
A coronavirus vaccine developed by drug firm AstraZeneca and Oxford University has been approved for use in Britain, the government said Wednesday, adding the mass rollout will start on January 4. The vaccine can be stored, transported and handled at normal refrigerated conditions, and is therefore cheaper and easier to administer than the Pfizer/BioNTech and […]
The Nigerian Medical Association on Monday said COVID-19 vaccines being imported into the country must undergo a quick clinical trial before it is administered to citizens. According to the NMA President, Professor Innocent Ujah, reactions to vaccines differ among different races. “If the vaccines come to Nigeria, we need to quickly do our own evaluation […]
