Any COVID-19 vaccine not through government channels should be considered as counterfeit, say experts Guild of Medical Directors, security experts call for robust surveillance to check fake COVID-19 vaccines Want NAFDAC to test all batches of COVID-19 vaccines Three days after Nigeria began vaccination for coronavirus, there are concerns that fake and illegal COVID-19 vaccines […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari receives COVID-19 e-Vaccination from his Chief Personal Physician, Dr Suhayb Rafindadi Sannusi at the State House, Abuja. Photo; Sunday Aghaeze, March 6, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday received the COVID-19 vaccine publicly. The event was preceded by e-registration of President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo and filling […]
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Nigeria Plans 70% Vaccination By 2023 Under 18, Pregnant Women Exempted, Minister Insists FG Urges Nigerians To Be Wary Of Fraudsters Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib (right), administering COVID-19 vaccine (AstraZeneca vaccine) to Dr. Cyprian Ngong, the first recipient and Senior Register 1, National Hospital, Abuja, who has […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other top officials will receive their COVID-19 vaccination tomorrow. Governors will receive theirs on Wednesday. The 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine will be rolled out from the National Hospital Abuja today. National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib, told reporters after […]
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At least 2.3 million Nigerians have registered for COVID-19 vaccination 24 hours after a portal for that purpose was launched, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said on Wednesday. Through the platform, Nigerians can choose a health facility that is closest to them to get vaccinated and generate a unique pre-vaccination identifier issued […]
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The Federal Government has said it would start the roll-out of the 3.92 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the National Hospital, Abuja, on Friday with some frontline health workers in the facility. It also said President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, would receive their COVID-19 vaccination on Saturday, a day after […]
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The first batch of Oxford/AstraZenica COVID-19 vaccine doses are offloaded from a plane during its arrival at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, in Abuja, Nigeria, on March 2, 2021. – A shipment of nearly four million coronavirus jabs arrived in Nigeria on March 2, 2021, making Africa’s most populous nation the world’s third country to […]
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Government to get 3.92m instead of promised 16m doses, says WHO, UNICEF, NPHCDA After shifting the goal post from January ending to late February and then March, the Federal Government says it will take delivery of 3.92 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine tomorrow, March 2. A statement on February 1 by the National Primary […]
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Drug administered on patients L—R: The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Job Creation and Youth Employment in the Office of the Vice-President of Nigeria, Afolabi Imoukhuede, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi and Chief Executive Officer, Yem-Kem International Nigeria Limited, Akintunde Ayeni, during the launching of Organic Remedies products to cure COVID-19 […]
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By Sylvester Odion Akhaine I have previously discussed the COVID-19 variants. But matters are arising, and that is the pre-occupation of this piece. It is about the vaccine dilemma in relation to Covid-19 and its variants. It would be recalled that experts had warned about the implication of coronavirus mutation for the scramble to acquire […]
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