COVID-19: Number of cases not threatening enough to consider a lockdown amid rising cases
August 12, 2021 The Federal Government on Thursday said it was not considering a lockdown despite rising cases of COVID-19 infections across the country. Speaking at the weekly ministerial briefing…
Nigeria To Receive 176,000 J&J COVID-19 Vaccines On Wednesday
August 10, 2021 Nigeria is expected to receive 176,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday. Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, confirmed…
Vaccination: BioNTech says 3rd dose best response to concerns over waning immune protection
Aug 10, 2021 BioNTech said that repeat shots of its COVID-19 vaccine, of which more than a billion doses have now been supplied worldwide, was a better strategy than tailoring…
COVID-19: Nigeria to begin administering 2nd batch of vaccines Aug. 10
Aug 7, 2021 The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC), says the country will start administering the second batch of COVID-19 vaccines from Aug. 10. The vaccines were donated by…
COVID-19: Africa’s vaccine project takes a step forward with bottling agreement – Document
Aug 6, 2021 Senegal’s Institut Pasteur of Dakar (IPD) has reached a deal with U.S. company MedInstill for the bottling of COVID-19 shots, an EU document shows, marking a step…
SANWO-OLU FLASHES RED FLAG, AS COVID-19 CASES SURGE IN LAGOS WITH 30 DEATHS IN A FEW DAYS
Aug. 3, 2021 The rise in the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19)-related fatalities recorded in the last one week presents a worrying trend of the third wave of the pandemic in…
Nigeria Takes Delivery Of Over 4m Moderna Vaccine Doses
August 2, 2021 The Federal Government on Monday took delivery of another tranche of COVID-19 vaccine doses. The latest tranche, over four million doses of the Moderna vaccine, was donated…
COVID-19: Pfizer forecasts rise in its 2021 vaccine sales to top $33.5 bn, sees need for boosters
July 29, 2021 Pfizer Inc on Wednesday raised its 2021 sales forecast for its COVID-19 vaccine by 29% to $33.5 billion, and said it believes people will need a third…
U.S. to ship 4 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses to Nigeria, 5.66 mln to South Africa
July 28, 2021 The U.S. government on Wednesday will ship nearly 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to two of the most populous African countries – Nigeria and South Africa…
Nigeria expects 29m doses of J&J COVID vaccine in August
July 27, 2021 Nigeria expects to take delivery of 29 million doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in August, allowing it to ramp up its vaccination programme just as…