Moderna says its COVID-19 shot 93% effective six months after second dose
Aug 5, 2021 Moderna Inc said on Thursday its COVID-19 shot was about 93% effective through six months after the second dose, showing hardly any change from the 94% efficacy…
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 3rd wave: WHO says worst yet to come for Africa
July 9, 2021 Africa has just lived through its most devastating week of the pandemic, but the worst is yet to come as the third wave gathers pace on the…
G7 vaccine pledge is just a drop in the ocean – campaigners
June 11, 2021 A Group of Seven plan to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries lacks ambition, is far too slow and shows Western leaders are not…
COVID-19: WHO Rejects Proof Of Vaccination For International Travel
April 20, 2021 The World Health Organization’s, WHO, emergency committee said Monday it was against international travellers being required to have proof of vaccination, partly on grounds such a measure…
COVID-19: S.Korea probes deaths of 2 after receiving vaccine
South Korean authorities are investigating the deaths of two people, both with pre-existing conditions, who died within days of receiving AstraZeneca’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. A 63-year-old nursing home patient with…
COVID-19: WHO Approves AstraZeneca Shot For Emergency UseÂ
The World Health Organization gave emergency use approval to AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccines on Monday, meaning distribution can start to poorer countries starved of doses to fight the pandemic. The AstraZeneca-Oxford…
Facial nerve paralysis after Pfizer vaccine rare complication – Official
Facial nerve paralysis experienced after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine shot against COVID-19 is a rare complication, an official has said. Prof. Leonid Eidelman, an Israeli doctor and the former Head…
COVID-19: LASG Extends Work-From-Home Directive As Virus Surges On
Following the increase in the number of recorded cases of coronavirus in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has extended the work-from-home directive to all state public servants on Grade Levels…
COVID-19: WHO says a further 172 candidate vaccines being developed in labs, assures poorest countries can expect vaccines within weeksÂ
The world’s poorest countries can expect to start receiving their first Covid-19 vaccine doses between the end of January and mid-February, the World Health Organization, WHO, said Thursday. Vaccination is…