EU has shipped less than 3% of planned COVID-19 shot donations – Document
July 23, 2021 EU countries have so far donated just a tiny portion of excess COVID-19 vaccines to poor nations, mostly AstraZeneca shots, less than 3% of the 160 million…
J&J forecasts $2.5 bn in 2021 COVID-19 vaccine sales, sets lower production target
July 21, 2021 Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday forecast $2.5 billion in 2021 sales for its COVID-19 shot and set a lower production target for the vaccine as lengthy manufacturing…
S.Korea military suffers worst COVID-19 outbreak aboard anti-piracy ship off Africa
July 19, 2021 South Korea’s military has recorded its biggest cluster of COVID-19 infections to date, with more than 80% of personnel aboard a destroyer on anti-piracy patrol in the…
COVID-19 vaccines proven to be harmless, no reported case of death in Nigeria – Okowa
July 14, 2021 Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has urged Nigerians to stop having doubts about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines. Okowa fielded questions from State House correspondents after…
COVID-19 Delta variant now present in 104 countries – WHO
July 13, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the COVID-19 Delta variant was ripping around the world at a scorching pace, driving a new spike in cases…
South Africa looks to more than double daily COVID-19 vaccinations over next month
June 25, 2021 South Africa aims to more than double the rate of daily COVID-19 vaccinations over the next month to more than 200,000 as more Pfizer and Johnson &…
WHO warns of ‘failure’ unless rich countries speed up vaccine sharing
June 4, 2021 Wealthy countries need to give more COVID-19 vaccines and follow the United States in making doses available immediately to cover a 200 million dose gap caused by…
COVID-19 travel protocol: Again PSC to deactivate passports of violatorsÂ
June 1, 2021 The Presidential Steering Committee, (PSC), on COVID-19 has announced that it would proceed to deactivate the international passports of Nigerians who flouted the 2021 Health Safety Regulations…
Malawi burns nearly 20,000 expired COVID-19 shots despite assurances on shelf life
May 20, 2021 Malawi on Wednesday destroyed 19,610 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines that expired 18 days after arriving, despite assurances from the African Union (AU) and World Health Organisation…
COVID-19: No record of Indian variant in Edo – Obaseki
May 15, 2021 Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Friday said that there was no record of Indian COVID-19 variant in the state, as was speculated on social media. The…