Subtle discrimination awaits global travel, tourism in a ‘two-tier’ world Experts divided over policy, rally for improved vaccination locally FAAN, Air Peace vaccinate staffers, frontline workers Despite vaccine hesitancy over issues of efficacy and side effects, as well as procurement challenges, more countries, airlines and destinations have endorsed the COVID-19 vaccine passport regime, especially as […]
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Nigeria Records Zero Death One Month After Rollout Behind Target, Schedule, Says Tomori 8,439 Nigerians Exhibit Mild Side Effects WHO To Scale Up Pressure On Countries Hoarding Vaccine NPHCDA Reviews Eligibility Period Nothing Inappropriate With Two Months Gap, Says Guild Of Medical Directors More reasons have emerged why Nigeria cannot have enough COVID-19 vaccines to […]
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In this file photo taken on July 21, 2020 a general view is pictured of the offices of British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC in Macclesfield, Cheshire. Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said on September 8, 2020 that it had “voluntarily paused” a randomized clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine in what it called a […]
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Cemetery workers carry the coffin of a victim of COVID-19 at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 23, 2021. Miguel Schincariol / AFP WHO reports 4m new infections, 71,000 casualties in seven days With the exception of Nigeria and some other few African countries, COVID-19 cases rose for a sixth consecutive […]
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Shortage of COVID-19 vaccines has raised the stakes for persons who desperately want it, particularly for travel purposes. This has raised fears of fakery by elements in China as well as hoarding and extortion by local officials. The latest reports from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) indicate that just over 718,412 Nigerians […]
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Founder of Believers Love World, aka Chris Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has lashed out at Christians receiving vaccine. Christians, he said, are healers who should believe in the Word of God more than the vaccine. He also berated the Federal Government for asking pastors to convince their members to take the COVID-19 vaccine. In a […]
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The Federal Government on Saturday raised alarm over fake covid-19 vaccines currently in circulation in Africa. It stated that about 3,000 of the fake vaccines, which were Africa-bound from China have been intercepted. The Director of Hospital Services of the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), Dr Adebimpe Adebiyi, made this known in a letter dated […]
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Lagos State will not compromise on the vaccination protocols rolled out by the Federal Government, Commissioner for Health Prof. Akin Abayomi said on Thursday. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) had accused the state of malpractices in the exercise. Abayomi, who paid an unscheduled visit to some vaccination centres, said the state has […]
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Agency threatens to stop vaccine supply ‘We are working to resolve all issues’ A huge showdown which will massively disrupt the COVID-19 vaccination programme, unless urgently resolved, has broken out between the Federal Government and the Lagos State government. Lagos, being the epicenter of the virus pandemic in the country, is also the centre of […]
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The latest survey by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) has shown two-thirds of Africans have expressed willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines. The findings of the report released by the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to covid-19 (PERC) Consortium, noted in the 19 member countries surveyed, 91 percent surveyed in Morocco were most […]
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