Tag: Vaccination
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COVID-19: FG sets date for phase 2 vaccination
The Federal Government has announced a new date of Aug. 16 to begin administering the second batch of COVID-19 Moderna vaccines doses donated by the U.S. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the announcement on Monday when he featured on “Good Morning Nigeria’’ a live programme of the Nigerian Television Authority.…
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CNN fires 3 staffers for working at headquarters without vaccination
CNN has dismissed three employees for entering its New York headquarters without being vaccinated for protection against the Coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a memo from the cable news network’s president. “In the past week, we have been made aware of three employees who were coming to the office unvaccinated,” said the memo sent to CNN…
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Australia in talks with airlines on vaccination passports
The Australian Government has opened talks with international airlines on digital vaccine passports for people who had been inoculated against COVID-19. The Australian Border Force (ABF) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that represented about 290 airlines have been in discussions about vaccinated Australians using the IATA Travel Pass, the Guardian Australia reported on…
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Europe now has more Coronavirus vaccinations than infections – WHO
More people in Europe have now been fully vaccinated against the Coronavirus than have been proved to be infected with it, the World Health Organisation said. It has been 462 days since the first infections were reported in the European region, WHO Europe Regional Director, Hans Kluge said on Thursday. Since then, he said, the…
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At last, Kogi State begins COVID-19 vaccination
Kogi State began vaccination against Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Wednesday in Lokoja. First set of recipients of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines were health workers and frontline essential non-health workers. Kogi took delivery of 16,900 doses of the vaccine on Monday. Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Audu, flagged-off the exercise just as Dr Abubakar Yakubu, Executive Director,…
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Why we asked States to halt COVID-19 vaccination halfway – FG
The Federal Government has explained why it asked all states administering the COVID-19 vaccine to stop the exercise the moment they used half of the doses allocated to them. Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, gave the explanation at Tuesday’s media briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, in Abuja,. Mamora…
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COVID-19: FCT residents throng healthcare centres for vaccination — Official
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday trouped to designated health facilities in Abuja to receive the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) checks at some centres revealed that people were interested in being vaccinated, contrary to speculation that many Nigerians were scared to take the vaccine. Mr Ferdinand…
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My Vaccination Story – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene It wasn’t planned. I was seeing off my neighbour and friend on Thursday evening when one of the officers of our estate residents’ association called out to me. He was in knickers and shirtsleeves, with his right hand clutching his left shoulder. “I’ve just been vaccinated,” he said. “Would you like me to…
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Biden: U.S. on track to give 100m jabs in first 60 days of presidency
President Joe Biden says the United States is on track to deliver 100 million jabs to Americans in his first 60 days in office. “When I came into office , I said I intended to get 100 million shots in people’s arms in my first 100 days in office,” Biden said in his first prime-time…
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Buhari, Osinbajo took malaria injections not Covid-19 injection – Pastor Giwa claims
The Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa has dismissed the COVID-19 vaccination of President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo. Giwa said the COVID-19 vaccines they took were meant to cure malaria. Addressing his members on Sunday, Pastor Giwa urged Nigerians to be watchful. In a statement widely…