Category: Eliminating Viruses From The Earth

Africa gets 1.5% of doses given worldwide Four Nigerians die of COVID-19 after a week of no fatality Why EU chose Ghana over Nigeria as possible manufacturing hub for COVID-19 vaccines We’re not ready to produce human vaccine, says Tomori With more than 75 per cent of all COVID-19 vaccines administered in just 10 countries […]

In this file photo taken on March 04, 2020 IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks at a press briefing on COVID-19 in Washington, DC. . – The head of the International Monetary Fund pleaded for an extension of the deadline allowing the negotiation of the post-Brexit relationship of the European Union with the United Kingdom, […]

File photo: Israeli nationals, that are being evacuated to Israel from Nigeria, stand at the check-in counters at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP) More than 20 countries have wholly or partially lifted travel restrictions for vaccine passport holders ahead of the summer travels. International carriers have applauded […]

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via Reuters/File Photo As part of efforts to end COVID-19, the 74th session […]

Lack of funds is stalling efforts being made by the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Ede, Osun State, to develop locally made COVID-19 vaccine. The centre’s Director, Prof. Christian Hapi, confirmed this to our correspondent in a telephone interview on Wednesday. Hapi, who said the process had started, added that the […]

The World Health Organisation, WHO, urged wealthy countries Friday to stop vaccinating children against Covid-19 and instead donate doses to poorer nations, while warning that the pandemic’s second year looked set to be more deadly. Its director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus voiced outrage that a number of rich countries were now vaccinating children and teenagers, while […]

COVID-19 cases surpass 4.66m, 22.4m Africans vaccinated NPHCDA silent on date of next batch of AstraZeneca, seeks equitable access to vaccines Soldiers to vaccinate residents in volatile areas, says FG About 38 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been acquired by Africa out of which 22.4 million doses have so far been administered, representing 1.8 […]

Gets 57,000 vaccines Lagos State Government has placed the United States, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Togo, South Africa, Canada, France, Germany, Uganda, the Netherland, Cameroun, Angola and Rwanda on its watch list as it works to prevent a third wave of the pandemic. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made the disclosure yesterday at a […]

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson The United Kingdom has placed a travel restriction on travelers from Nigeria and other countries in order to contain the spread of COVID-9 in that country. The country listed Nigeria alongside 188 countries on the amber list on its website. Aside from the countries on the amber list other countries […]