Tag: Vaccines

  • Ebonyi Govt takes delivery of Moderna, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines

    Ebonyi Govt takes delivery of Moderna, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines

    The Ebonyi Government has taken delivery of 46,088 doses of Moderna and 10,616 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Daniel Umezurike, made this known on Monday when the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency took delivery of the vaccines in Abakaliki. Umezurike, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry,…

  • COVID-19: No recorded adverse effect to AstraZeneca vaccine in Nigeria – NPHCDA

    COVID-19: No recorded adverse effect to AstraZeneca vaccine in Nigeria – NPHCDA

    The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has not received any official report of serious adverse effects from the  215, 277, people who have received the first doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines. The NPHCDA Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed on the agency’s official Twitter handle. “As you are aware, AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed to all states…

  • COVID-19: About 122,000 persons get AstraZeneca vaccines

    COVID-19: About 122,000 persons get AstraZeneca vaccines

    The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 said about 122,410 persons have been vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccines. Dr Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency ((NPHCDA), said this while speaking at the National PTF briefing on Monday in Abuja.  Shuaib said only Kogi, Kebbi, Zamfara and Oyo States were yet…

  • UN Chief: Global vaccine drive greatest moral test of our times

    UN Chief: Global vaccine drive greatest moral test of our times

    The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday in a statement, hit out at “vaccine nationalism and vaccine hoarding” by wealthier countries, one year after the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was declared. Guterres said the world had faced a “tsunami of suffering” in the past one year, adding that while vaccine rollouts bring some light at…

  • Edo receives 81, 080 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines

    Edo receives 81, 080 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines

    The Edo Government on Wednesday received 81,080 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for distribution in the state, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Osamwonyi Irowa, has said. He said that the vaccines were delivered along side the syringes, also numbering 81, 080. “We also received the adhesive code stickers of the same number. And…

  • NUTAG urges ECOWAS to prioritise COVID-19 vaccines in sub region

    NUTAG urges ECOWAS to prioritise COVID-19 vaccines in sub region

    The Nigerian Union of Traders in Ghana (NUTAG) has underscored the need for ECOWAS  to prioritise provision of Coronavirus (COVID-19 ) vaccines in the sub region to revive business operations. The President of the union, Mr  Chukwuemeka Nnaji, said this on Thursday during a telephone interview with our correspondent in Abuja. He spoke on the…

  • COVID-19: NAFDAC is evaluating Sputnik V, Covax vaccines – Health Minister

    COVID-19: NAFDAC is evaluating Sputnik V, Covax vaccines – Health Minister

    The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), is presently studying the Russian Sputnik V and India’s Covax vaccines against COVID-19, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says. Ehanire made the disclosure at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 national briefing on Monday in Abuja. According to him, Nigeria has…

  • No vaccine will be brought to Nigeria without certification – NPHCDA

    No vaccine will be brought to Nigeria without certification – NPHCDA

    The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has declared that no vaccine would be brought to Nigeria unless certified safe and effective. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib, made the assertion in at a national sensitisation programme on COVID-19 vaccines for Muslim scholars and Imams in Nigeria in Wednesday in Abuja…

  • Bill Gates advises FG against paying high price for COVID-19 vaccines

    Bill Gates advises FG against paying high price for COVID-19 vaccines

    Gates gave the advice on Tuesday night during a virtual press conference ahead of the launch of the 2021 Bill and Melinda Gates Annual Letters. He said waiting for the GAVI vaccines would be the best thing for Nigeria, and investing proposed vaccine funds into other health related areas would assist to deepen vaccine coverage…

  • WHO reports large shortage of coronavirus vaccines

    WHO reports large shortage of coronavirus vaccines

    The world is facing a severe shortage of vaccines against Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), leading  to inequalities among a number of countries in terms of access to the vaccines. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Russia, Melita Vujnovic, made the disclosure on Wednesday. “Of course, the shortage of  COVID-19 vaccines across the world is large…