Covid Vaccines

US Donates Another Batch of 3.2 million Covid Vaccines to Nigeria

The United States has delivered another batch of 3.2 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria. This is the latest donation…

3 years ago

Poor Nations Reject ‘More Than 100 million’ Covid Vaccines Over Short Shelf-Life

Poorer nations last month rejected more than 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the global programme COVAX, mainly…

3 years ago

China Has Contributed 2 billion Doses of Covid Vaccines to 120 countries, Xi Jinping Says

China’s President, Xi Jinping said his nation has so far contributed two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than…

3 years ago

Nigeria Destroys More Than 1 Million Expired Covid Vaccines

Nigeria has destroyed more than a million doses of expired AstraZeneca vaccines in a bid to assure a wary public…

3 years ago

Report: Up to 1 million Covid Vaccines Expired in Nigeria Last Month

Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, two sources…

3 years ago

South Africa Secures Deal to Manufacture Covid Vaccines

South Africa has become the first African country ahead of Nigeria and others to broker a business deal to manufacture…

3 years ago

Nigeria to Start Manufacturing Covid Vaccines By 2022, Herbal Drugs Undergoing Clinical Trials

Nigeria’s federal government says it’s planning to commence local manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines in the next 12 months. This is…

3 years ago

Nigeria to Administer Second Batch of Covid Vaccines Starting Tuesday

Nigeria will begin administering the second batch of COVID-19 vaccines from August 10, the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19…

3 years ago

Immunised But Banned: EU Says Not All Covid Vaccines Equal

After Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor and his wife received two doses of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in Nigeria, they assumed they would…

3 years ago

WHO Raises the Alarm, Says Covid Vaccines Running out in Poorer Nations

A large number of poorer countries receiving Covid-19 vaccines through a global sharing scheme do not have enough doses to…

3 years ago

Nigeria Proposes $2bn Supplementary Budget for Covid Vaccines, Others

Nigeria’s federal government has prepared a supplementary budget of N895.84 billion for the provision of COVID-19 pandemic vaccines and military…

3 years ago

US to Share 500 Million Covid Vaccines Through COVAX for Africa, Others

The US will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the global COVAX alliance…

3 years ago

Unicef Asks G7 Countries to Donate Covid Vaccines or Risk Wasting Jabs

Millions of Covid vaccines could be wasted if rich countries send large amounts of leftover doses to poorer nations in…

3 years ago

Nigeria Expects Next Batch of Covid Vaccines By September

Nigeria’s federal government has expressed hope that the country may receive more consignments of Covax-brokered Covid-19 vaccines between July and…

3 years ago

Mixing Covid Vaccines Increases Reports of Mild Side-effects

Adults are more likely to report mild and moderate side-effects after mixing doses of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer Covid vaccines,…

4 years ago

China Considers Mixing Covid Vaccines to Boost Protection Rate

China’s top disease control official has said the country is formally considering mixing Covid-19 vaccines as a way of further…

4 years ago

WHO: Less Than 2% of World’s Covid Vaccines Administered in Africa

 Less than 2% of the 690 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered to date globally have been in Africa, where most…

4 years ago

Pastor Ituah Ighodalo Shares His Views on Covid Vaccines

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4 years ago

Nigeria Expects 70m Johnson & Johnson Covid Vaccines through AU

The federal government is expecting about 70 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J & J) Covid-19 vaccine this…

4 years ago

Nigeria Deliberating on How to Pay for Covid Vaccines, Requires $1bn to Inoculate 70% of Population

Nigeria’s federal government is working out how to pay for Covid vaccines, the Minister of State for Budget and National…

4 years ago