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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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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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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Doctor Kate Martin (L) prepares dosed of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccination centre set up at St Columba’s church in Sheffield, northern England, on February 20, 2021. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) More than 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in at least 107 countries and territories, according to an […]
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A health worker displays a vial containing the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, in Suresnes, on February 6, 2021, on the start of a vaccination campaign for health workers with the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine. – The top French medical authority Haute autorité de Santé has approved the vaccine for use in France, but only for people under 65, […]
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2021 is here. Many Nigerians wish to lead better lives in 2021 than they had in 2020. What are the recommended best diets and lifestyles Nigerians should adopt in 2021 for optimal health? What are the best New Year Resolutions, nutrition and health wise, Nigerians should make and how they could keep on with them? […]
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Conspiracy theories, mistrust and patchy communication have contributed to a flourishing of skepticism about Covid-19 vaccines in African countries, experts say, posing potential dangers to future immunisation campaigns. Anti-vaccine sentiment, often fed by rumours spread on social media, is already thriving in the West. But a similar dynamic is at play across Africa, according to […]
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By Aghogho Ayanruoh Here are 30 benefits of drinking lemon grass tea regularly. Endeavor to draw maximal benefits from this for your health and well being of your family members and friends. 1. Intake of lemon grass tea reduces feverish condition. 2. Lemon grass tea helps in the treatment of anxiety, stress and tension. 3. […]
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WHO decries rising cancer cases in Africa, from 338,000 in 2002 to 846,000 in 2020 Patients with cancer face reduced access to care, competition for scarce resources Breast cancer costs N18m out-of-pocket for initial treatment About 200 Nigerians die every day from cancer, with 32 from breast cancer, 28 from cervical cancer, 16 from prostate […]
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