An American company with specialization in medical product delivery, Zipline, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Kaduna State government to facilitate the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines using drone

Ghana has suspended parliamentary activities for three weeks due to a Covid-19 outbreak among Members of Parliament and staff. Reports suggest 17 members of parliament and 151 staff and ancillary workers have

Authorities in South Africa have outlined amended coronavirus immunisation plans, with the country turning its attention to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. They were put on hold when a trial suggested that

Millions of people in Japan will not receive Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine as planned due to a shortage of specialist syringes – an oversight that could frustrate the country’s inoculation programme.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against jumping to conclusions about the efficacy of coronavirus vaccines. This is after a South African study suggested that the AstraZeneca jab was

BUA Group, a member of the steering committee of Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), responded Monday evening to a statement issued by CACOVID earlier in the day, which disowned the press

Nigeria’s federal government has barred the private sector from administering Covid-19 vaccines, reserving the vaccination exclusively for the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) for safety reasons. Minister of Health,

BUA Group, a leading Foods and  Infrastructure Conglomerates headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, says it has purchased one million doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines for Nigeria and is expected to be distributed to Nigerians

 Australia on Monday moved to reassure its citizens over the efficacy of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after South Africa suspended use of the shot because data showed it offered limited protection

China reported no new locally transmitted mainland Covid-19 case for the first time in nearly two months, official data showed on Monday, adding to signs that it has managed to

AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine has shown limited efficacy against mild disease caused by the variant first identified in South Africa, according to early data in a small phase trial. Efficacy

Australia reported no new local coronavirus cases for a third day on Sunday, as tennis players geared up for the first Grand Slam of the year in Melbourne on Monday.

A new coronavirus treatment being developed at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Medical Center has successfully completed phase 1 trials and appears to have helped numerous moderate-to-serious cases of Covid-19 quickly recover

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said Nigeria is among countries pre-qualified to access Covid-19 vaccines through the COVAX facility. The WHO said contrary to reports about the exclusion of

Nigeria has cold chain equipment to store the Covid Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine if it arrives the country, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said. As a criteria used

A makeshift hospital in Malawi has opened as hospitals are overwhelmed by the influx of coronavirus patients. In Malawi’s second-largest city Blantyre health workers are under pressure and having to

A Nigerian court has ordered the reopening of popular Wuse, UTC markets and Murg Shopping Plaza shut down on Monday in Abuja, the nation’s capital for violating COVID-19 safety protocol.

World Health Organization investigators on Wednesday visited a research center in the Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus, with

British Second World War veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore, who inspired the nation in lockdown by raising millions for the NHS, has died aged 100. His family announced his death