In this file photo taken on June 20, 2021 a resident receives a dose of vaccine against Covid-19. (Photo by Andre Borges / AFP) Court restrains Obaseki from making vaccination compulsory Edo civil servants get seven-day ultimatum to get inoculated New C.1.2. COVID-19 variant not spreading, says WHO Amid reactions to the declaration by Edo […]
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The Federal Government, on Tuesday, hinted that it might sanction anybody who refused to take COVID-19 vaccines after they had been made available to all Nigerians. Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, gave the hint of possible sanctions at a press briefing in Abuja. This was as a Federal High […]
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The Federal Government, on Tuesday, hinted that it might sanction anybody who refused to take COVID-19 vaccines after they had been made available to all Nigerians. Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, gave the hint of possible sanctions at a press briefing in Abuja. This was as a Federal High […]
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– Ondo declares no vaccination, no access to church, mosque, others As the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, strident reactions, yesterday, trailed Edo State government’s decision to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for its people. With Edo State at 5,341, currently seventh on the log of confirmed cases behind Lagos, […]
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Although African Region was certified free of wild poliovirus one year ago, after four years without a case, outbreaks of a vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) is spreading throughout communities where too few children have received the polio vaccine, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Vaccine-derived poliovirus is a weakened strain of the virus that […]
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This file photo taken on January 08, 2021 shows an aerial view of a tractor digging graves in a new area of the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery reserved for COVID-19 victims, in Manaus, Brazil. – Brazil registers record of 1,641 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, on March 2, 2021, according to official sources. (Photo by […]
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Lagos State Government says it will resume the administration of the second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on August 30. Mr Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, Director, Public Affairs in the state Ministry of Health, said this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. He said that administration of the second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine would hold […]
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Nigeria has a record of 2,308 COVID-19 deaths and 199, 333 infections as at Friday August 27 across all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. This is according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). It reported 10 additional COVID-19 related deaths, which increased the nation’s fatalities to 2,308 […]
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2,727,834 million samples tested so far 169, 382 cases successfully treated Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections on Wednesday stood at 188,880, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). It announced this figure via its verified website on Thursday, stating that a total of 637 additional infections and seven deaths were recorded on August 25 The […]
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The Lagos State Government, on Wednesday, began the rollout of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the state. Some of the centres designated for vaccination witnessed a large turnout of residents, while others had few residents as of the time our correspondent visited them. Vaccination at the Primary Health Centre in Meiran did not commence until […]
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