Covid Vaccines

To Accept Covid Vaccines, ECOWAS Recommends Compensation for Citizens Who Suffer Side Effects

Regional body Economic Committee of West African States (ECOWAS) has recommended that compensation be made to citizens of member nations…

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Nigeria Governors Meet Thursday Over Distribution of Covid Vaccines

The governors of Nigeria’s 36 states of the federation will on Thursday meet to discuss modalities for the distribution of…

4 years ago

India Promises Nigeria 100,000 Doses of Covid Vaccines

After taking delivery of 3.92 million doses of Covishield vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII) at the Nnamdi…

4 years ago

Nigeria, Kenya, 24 Other African Nations Set to Receive Covid Vaccines through COVAX

Nigeria and Kenya are to receive Covid-19 vaccines from the UN-backed Covax programme on Tuesday. Kenya will get 1.25 million doses…

4 years ago

Nigeria Takes Delivery of About 4m Covid Vaccines on Monday

Nigeria’s federal government has disclosed that it will receive the first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from India on Monday…

4 years ago

Tanzanian President Warns Health Officials Over Covid Vaccines, Says They are Dangerous

Tanzania's President John Magufuli has without evidence said Covid-19 vaccines could harm the population and warning health officials in the country against acquiring…

4 years ago

Nigeria Government Says It Won’t Allow Covid Vaccines’ Hijack

Nigeria’s federal government has assured citizens that Covid-19 vaccines will not be hijacked or diverted by any group outside the…

4 years ago

Covid Vaccines From COVAX Will Arrive Nigeria Late February, Okonjo-Iweala Says

World Health Organisation envoy on Covid-19 Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said actual physical quantities of Covid-19 vaccines will begin to…

4 years ago

Nigerian State’s Planning to Buy Covid Vaccines ‘Don’t Know What They’re Talking About’, Ex-Health Insurance Boss Says

Usman Yusuf, a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has said Nigeria state governors who have…

4 years ago

India Approves AstraZeneca and Local Covid Vaccines, Rollout in Days

India’s drugs regulator on Sunday gave final approval for the emergency-use of two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and…

4 years ago

Nigeria Not in Charge of Demanding the Required Number of Covid Vaccines, Agbaje Says

Nigeria is not in the driving seat to demand the required number of vaccines the country needs because the country remains in the…

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