Tag: Vaccination
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COVID-19: Governors, deputies for vaccination Wednesday
State governors and their deputies are to take the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday (March 10). Dr Kayode Fayemi, the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti, disclosed this at a virtual news conference on Thursday. Fayemi said that the vaccination was part of resolutions made by the governors during an emergency…
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How to register and receive early COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria
As Nigeria sets to take delivery of 3.92 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, the federal government (FG) has launched an e-registration portal for COVID-19 vaccination. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) launched the e-registration platform for electronic management of the COVID-19 vaccination on Monday. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the registration platform is…
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COVID-19: Nobody is safe until everybody is vaccinated, FG tells CAN
The Federal Government on Monday declared that with Nigeria now experiencing a more virulent second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which has increased the number of COVID-19 related deaths from 1,173 on November 29, 2020, to 1,578 on January 31, 2021, nobody is safe except everybody is vaccinated. The Chairman of Presidential Task Force (PTF)…
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Ebele Obiano’s Designer Vaccination – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene Whether Jean-Jacques Rousseau mis-credited the words to Marie-Antionette in Confessions or not, Nigeria is happy to supply a modern-day princess who has earned the title of Her Royal Spite-tress without controversy. And unlike Antionette reputed to have tossed the infamous pate, “Let them eat cake”, out her window when the mass of ordinary…
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COVID-19: WHO says vaccination no guarantee of virus eradication
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed some of its achievements in combating COVID-19 in 2020, noting that vaccination is no guarantee of virus eradication. WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said this at the last COVID-19 press conference of the year at WHO headquarters in Geneva. In a speech posted on the agency’s website, the…
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We are ready to give Nigerians Covid-19 vaccines – FG
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said the Federal Government was substantially ready for a successful COVID-19 vaccination to save the lives of citizens. Ehanire made this known on Monday in Abuja while briefing the Senate leadership on the Federal Government’s plans to procure COVID-19 vaccines worth N400 billion for citizens. The minister…
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Nigeria tops list of global unvaccinated children
Nigeria is on top of the list of global unvaccinated children with about 4 million children missing out in the first dose of the measles vaccines, the United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. The global agency said Nigeria has the highest number of children under one year who missed out on the first dose,…
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Anambra Govt approves N27.4m for measles vaccination
The Anambra Government says it has approved the release of N27.4 million for the 2018 measles vaccination campaign. The Head of Department, Immunisation and Disease Control, Anambra State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Nnamdi Uliagbafusi, disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Awka. Uliagbafusi explained that the briefing was part of preparation for the forthcoming…
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Gov. Okowa tasks FG to implement National Health Act
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has called on the Federal Government to implement the National Health Act to reduce the country’s dependence on counterpart fund from foreign donors. Governor Okowa made the call on Wednesday during the flag off of the 2018 measles vaccination campaign at Oleh, Isoko South local government area of Delta State.…
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Measles: Bayelsa flags-off 13-day Vaccination Campaign
Bayelsa Government on Friday kicked off a 13-day aggressive measles immunization for children between the ages of 9 months and five years across the state. The government said the campaign is part of efforts at preventing children from untimely death and other serious lifelong complications associated with the viral disease. The state Commissioner for Health,…