NIGERIA has failed to make the World Health Organisation (WHO) shortlist of nations that qualify to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine because of the country’s inability to meet the standard requirement of being able to offer storage at the required -70 degrees Celsius.
With the vaccine being distributed worldwide, the...
WORLD Bank managers have set aside a sum of $12bn to fund the purchase of coronavirus vaccines for Africa as part of a global to ensure that billions of people are vaccinated worldwide before the end of the year.
Medical experts have warned that Nigeria needs to set aside N540.4bn ($1.4bn) to purchase 218.m doses of the new...
NIGERIAN health officials have now revealed that the long-awaited Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in the country in late March after an agreement has been reached to be supplied through the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (Avatt).
Medical experts have warned that Nigeria needs to set aside N540.4bn ($1.4bn) to purchase...
NIGERIAN government officials have decided to proceed with the purchase of Oxford/AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine later this year as part of its programme to combat the spread of the virus across the country.
Medical experts have warned that Nigeria needs to set aside N540.4bn ($1.4bn) to purchase 218.m doses of the new...
NIGERIAN health officials have provided assurances that the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines will arrive the country by the end of January at the latest and a mass vaccination programme will commence immediately.
Medical experts have warned that Nigeria needs to set aside N540.4bn ($1.4bn) to purchase 218.m doses of the new...
NIGERIAN health officials have announced plans to vaccinate at least 100m people against the Covid-19 virus by March under an ambitious programme to insulate the country from the dreaded global pandemic.
Medical experts have warned that Nigeria needs to set aside N540.4bn ($1.4bn) to purchase 218.m doses of the new...
NIGERIA'S National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (Nafdac) has announced that it leveraging technology to trace vaccines in the hope that it will be able to assist local companies to start manufacturing when the Covid-19 vaccine arrives.
Medical experts have warned that Nigeria needs to set aside...
NIGERIA has been told she needs to set aside N540.4bn ($1.4bn) to purchase 218.m doses of the new coronavirus vaccine next month if the nation wants to combat the growing second wave of the pandemic currently sweeping across the globe.
Over the last week, Nigeria has witnessed a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases as the...
HEALTH minister Dr Osagie Ehanire has assured Nigerians that they will begin receiving the new coronavirus vaccine as from January next year following the entering into an agreement between the federal government and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Although spared the worst excesses of the global pandemic, Nigeria has...
WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) officials have warned that the anti-viral drug Remdesivir should not be used for hospitalized Covid-19 patients because trials have failed to prove that the medicine is effective.
Since the pandemic swept across the globe early this year, scientists have been working no-stop to try and find a...
