Tag: COVID-19 vaccine

Many countries have started receiving doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and are already vaccinating their populations. This major feat achieved about a year after the outbreak of the pandemic portends…

Nigeria has received nearly four million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. our correspondent  learnt that COVAX shipped…

The Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, has said the country could assess COVID-19 vaccine by the end of February. A communique signed by the NGF Chairman, Kayode Fayemi claimed efforts are…

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…

Faisal Shuaib, executive director and chief executive officer, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), says provisions would be made for President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to receive…

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has received a jab of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. This was revealed by a media personality, Dele Momodu, who shared pictures showing Atiku receiving the jab…

The UK has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine is the second to be approved by the UK. It is said to be between 62 percent and 90 percent…

Biafra Nations League, BNL, has accused the Federal Government of trying to destabilize the Christmas and New Year celebration. The group said the government wants to achieve this by declaring…

By Moses Godonu The federal government says it has put in place the machinery for receiving 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in early 2021. Faisal Shuaib, executive secretary, National…

The biotech company Pfizer said Wednesday that a completed study of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine showed it is 95 percent effective. Pfizer said the vaccine had no serious side effects…