Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine is safe and 94% effective at preventing the virus, according to the US Food and Drug Administration, clearing the way for regulatory authorization this week. The
Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa said on Monday that China’s health authorities are not transparent in authorizing emergency use of Covid-19 vaccines, a statement that may further inflame political tension in
London and surrounding areas will be placed under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions in the UK from Wednesday as infections rise rapidly in the capital. [bc_video video_id=”6216216011001″ account_id=”6116119081001″ player_id=”CJdhmO46zo”
An intensive care unit nurse became the first person in the US to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, marking a pivotal turn in the country’s effort to control
Nigerian-American researcher and medical doctor, Dr. Onyema Ogbuagu, has said Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will eradicate the Covid-19 pandemic. Ogbuagu, at a virtual series on the theme, ‘COVID-19: Vaccine,
The US has begun delivering the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine “across all states” with the aim of inoculating more than 100 million people by the end of March, officials say. The
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has tested positive for Covid-19, Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has said. According to him, “following Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s exposure
The US Food and Drug Administration said it authorized the use of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, with the first inoculations expected within days, marking a turning point in
UK and Russian scientists are teaming up to trial a combination of the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Sputnik V vaccines to see if protection against Covid-19 can be improved. The trials, to
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will go into self-isolation immediately, after one of his close aides tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. Sanwo-Olu and other members of his team will
A US government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that
The Nigerian government has directed health workers to be on red alert and has asked Covid-19 treatment centres across the country to prepare for reopening. Due to a decline in
South Africa’s health minister has blamed the nation’s teenagers for the second wave of Covid-19 as the new surge of infections were affecting those aged between 15 and 19 following
A top officer of the Nigerian Army Olu Irefin has died of complications from COVID-19. Irefin, a major-general and general officer commanding(GOC) six division, in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state died during
Nigeria’s Former minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021.
South Africa has officially entered a second wave of the new coronavirus as the number of infections per day exceeds 6,000. Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize said in a televised address
Israel will begin administering the coronavirus vaccine to citizens on December 27, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday night. Speaking at a news conference on the day that the first
Four Lions at Barcelona Zoo in Spain have tested positive for coronavirus, veterinary officials say. Three females named Zala, Nima and Run Run and one male called Kiumbe were tested
A 90-year-old woman has become the first person to be given a Covid jab as part of the mass vaccination programme being rolled out across the UK. Margaret Keenan, who
Indian authorities are investigating if organochlorines used as pesticides or in mosquito control caused the death of one person and hospitalisation of more than 400 in the southern state of
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