Tag: vaccine
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HIV: Moderna launches clinical trial for breakthrough vaccine
Moderna breakthrough HIV vaccine
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Covid-19: Africa calls for donated vaccines with shelf life of 3 to 6 months
Africa’s top public health bodies on Thursday called for donated Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to come with a shelf life of three to six months so countries could plan their rollouts and avoid a situation where doses expire. John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said 2.8 million doses of…
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16-year-olds can now take COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria
16-year-olds can now take COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria
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Pharmaceutical experts call for local manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines
Some concerned pharmaceutical and virology experts have urged the Federal Government to be proactive about the creation of a COVID-19 vaccine plant in the country to be able to cater to the needs of the over 200 million Nigerian citizens living in Nigeria. They spoke in the light of the current revelation by Reuters that…
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Vaccine Inequality: Only 3.% of Nigerians vaccinated against COVID — FG
The Federal Government says only about three per cent of Nigeria’s population has been vaccinated against COVID-19 largely due to poor access to the vaccine by developing countries. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this in Madrid, Spain at the 24th General Assembly of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).…
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COVID-19: Over 3.4m persons fully vaccinated in Nigeria – NPHCDA
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says that 3,487, 298 eligible persons in Nigeria have been fully vaccinated against Coronavirus (COVID-19), having received their second jabs. Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director, NPHCDA, disclosed this during the inauguration of mass vaccination exercise for Nasarawa State on Friday in Lafia. Shuaib said that as at…
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Nigeria exempted from Biden’s travel vaccine rules
Nigeria and a host of other countries were favoured as U.S President Joe Biden signed a new order imposing new vaccine requirements for international travellers. Biden on Monday imposed the order, lifting strict restrictions placed on China, India and much of Europe effective as from Nov. 8. Earlier in 2020, the United States placed extraordinary…
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We can’t continue to depend on other countries for vaccine – Fashola
Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, says the country cannot continue to depend on other nations for vaccines during outbreak of pandemic. Fashola, who is the Chairman of the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) Foundation, made this assertion virtually during a news conference organised by the foundation on Tuesday in Lagos. He noted…
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What weed did Buhari’s speech writers smoke? – Farooq Kperogi
I’ve stopped bothering to listen to or read Muhammadu Buhari’s speeches for quite a while now not only because I’ve given up on the regime he leads but also because he has some of the most inept speech writers Nigeria has ever had, particularly in the last two years. But a portion of the speech…