COVID-19: LASG LAUNCHES ‘COUNT ME IN’ AMBTIOUS MASS VACCINATION PROGRAMME, TARGETS 4 MILLION LAGOSIANS BEFORE YEAR END
Oct. 28, 2021 Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has launched a mass vaccination campaign as part of the strategies to stave off re-emergence of the viral infection. The objective of the exercise…
Population immunity behind Nigerian vaccine mandate for civil servants
 The quest for population immunity is the underlying reason for the vaccine mandate Nigeria rolled out on 13 October for federal civil servants to increase the number of persons immunised…
UK recognises vaccines certificates with valid QR codes from NPHCDA, relaxes travel rules for fully vaccinated Nigerians
Oct. 8, 2021 The United Kingdom has reviewed its travel protocols for travellers from Nigeria who have taken their complete jabs of the COVID-19 vaccines approved by authorities in the…
COVID-19: SANWO-OLU CHARGES WORLD LEADERS ON VACCINE EQUITY, SAYS LAGOS TARGETS 30% VACCINATION RATE FIRST YEAR
Sept. 20, 2021 Free access to Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines is one of the strategies designed by the United Nations (UN) to kickstart global recovery, especially in cities that are signatories…
COVID-19: There’ll be enough vaccines to go round soon, we would have received 52 mn doses of vaccines by Q2, 2022 — PSCÂ
Sept. 14, 2021 The Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Mr. Boss Mustapha, has disclosed that Nigeria would have received a total of 52 million doses of…
Canada to donate AstraZeneca vaccine doses to African countries under COVAX scheme
Sept. 2, 2021 Canada will donate more than 1.3 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to three African countries through the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility, GAVI said on Thursday. Nigeria, Kenya and…
COVID-19: We’re prioritising use of 4 vaccines – NPHCDA
Sept. 1, 2021 Nigeria is prioritising the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said on Tuesday. Head of the NPHCDA,…
COVID-19: Over 1.4 m eligible Nigerians have received 2 doses – NPHCDA
Sept. 1, 2021 The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has disclosed that so far 2, 897, 201 eligible persons have been vaccinated, while 1,430, 379 have received 2…
COVID-19: Pfizer, Moderna expected to reap billions of dollars from vaccine booster market
Aug 13, 2021 Drug makers Pfizer Inc, BioNTech and Moderna Inc are expected to reap billions of dollars from COVID-19 booster shots in a market that could rival the $6…
COVID-19: NPHCDA, others inspect first AU shipment of 177,600 J&J vaccines
Aug. 12, 2021 The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and other partners have inspected the first shipment of 177,600 Johnson and Johnson single-shot vaccines from the African Union…