Some residents of Lagos State have complained about the frustration they are experiencing while trying to access the COVID-19 vaccine. They allege it is a ploy by the state government to make them pay N6,000 to be inoculated at private hospitals. The residents spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The number of eligible people who have taken their first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria has exceeded the one million mark. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA Dr. Faisal Shuaib, who was giving an update on the vaccination exercise across the country said that at least 1,051,096 […]
The federal government has declared that the COVID-19 vaccine is not for sale and has ruled out the possibility of a fake vaccine being distributed or sold in the country by an unlicensed institution. This was contained in a circular signed by the Director, Department of Hospital Service, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Adebimpe Adebiyi, […]
Nigeria, on Tuesday has received 3.94 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) and shipped via the COVAX Facility. The United Nations (UN) system in Nigeria made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria. COVAX is co-led by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, […]
By Doosuur Iwambe The Federal Government is scheduled to receive 3.92 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine tomorrow. This was contained in a statement from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA yesterday. The delivery will mark the first arrival of COVID-19 vaccine in the country and make Nigeria the next West African country […]
*Advocates $2 Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Former governor of Anambra State and PDP vice presidential standard bearer in the 2019 presidential election Mr. Peter Obi has kicked against the federal government plan to charge at least $8 per person for Covid-19 vaccine saying, the amount is too high. Speaking when he featured on a national television […]
Phillip Ugenyi The current hysteria regarding the COVID-19 vaccine is as unfortunate as it is understandable. As mentioned previously, vaccination has been with us for more than a 100 years, and has been vital to our triumph over viral diseases. Ever evolving strategies in vaccination and their successful uptake by eligible populations, is therefore a […]
A 75-year-old man from Beit Shean died Monday morning from cardiac arrest, about two hours after receiving the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. The man received the vaccine at 8:30 in the morning, and waited for the customary time at the health clinic before he was released to his home feeling well. Sometime later, the man lost […]
The United States on Sunday began nationwide distribution of the Pfizer/BioNTech Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine barely two days after its approval for emergency use. The move marks the start of a historic vaccination campaign aimed at checking a raging virus that is killing no fewer than 2,000 Americans daily. Officials say the government is aiming to […]
Former Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has assured that Nigeria and other African countries will have access to COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January, 2020. Okonjo-Iweala who is also the Chair of the board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, made this known during a meeting with the Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama on Wednesday, […]
American biotechnology company, Moderna, announced on Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine could be up to 94.5 per cent effective. The news came a week after another United States drug maker, Pfizer, announced the development of a vaccine with 90 per cent effectiveness. In a statement, Moderna said that after its Phase 3 trial, the vaccine […]
A former finance minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has reiterated the vital role the World Trade Organisation (WTO) can play in producing a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. The global trade body in Geneva at a reception held in her honor by the Nigerian Permanent Mission to the United Nations while appealing for global support for her candidacy […]
A UN-led initiative to speed up the development of COVID-19 vaccines and medications is facing a massive funding gap, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The project, known as the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT), has received 2.5 billion dollars in pledges, a WHO spokeswoman in Geneva told dpa. READ ALSO: COVID-19: India […]
The US health secretary, Alex Azar, said on Tuesday morning that America hopes to have a coronavirus vaccine approved by December and tamped down Russia’s celebrations over unveiling its own vaccine after rapid development. “The point is not to be first,” Azar said. “The point is to have a vaccine that is safe and effective […]
UK – United Kingdom has signed up for to 60 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine with Pharma giants Sanofi and GSK. DailyTimes gathered that, the agreement covers a vaccine candidate developed by France’s Sanofi in partnership with the UK’s GSK and is subject to a “final contract”. READ ALSO: 19 potential COVID-19 vaccines […]
There is hope for a Covid-19 vaccine with eight out of 100 worldwide projects going into clinical trial stage this week, with health experts however concerned by whether when finally approved, there will be enough for the whole world. James Zhan, director of investment and enterprise at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development […]
US President Donald Trump Friday said he hoped a COVID-19 vaccine would be available by the end of the year, and announced he was appointing a former pharmaceutical executive to spearhead the effort. “We are looking to get it by the end of the year if we can, maybe before,” Trump said, as he delivered […]
Canberra – South Australian researchers have begun trialling a potential vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The team, headed by Nikolai Petrovsky, a professor at Flinders University and research director at South Australian Company, Vaxine Pty Ltd, are testing a vaccine candidate that has progressed to animal trials in the United […]