The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has announced plans to adopt “the whole family” approach in the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination in order to integrate the exercise into other basic Primary Health Care (PHC) services. The…
The Federal Government says the country will inaugurate the second batch of COVID-19 vaccine on Aug. 16, which will help the Nigeria to battle the third wave of infection. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this at the…
Oyo State Government says it has vaccinated 90,000 residents with the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. This was contained in a statement issued by Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information Culture and Tourism, Dr Bunmi Babalola, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday…
No fewer than 5,014 residents of Enugu State have so far received second dose of COVID-19 vaccination since its commencement in June 1. within 13 days of the commencement of the administration of the second dose in Enugu State, a…
The Oyo State Government has concluded Phase One of its COVID-19 vaccine distribution which focused on healthcare workers and other frontline workers. This is contained in a statement on Sunday by Dr Tomi Owopetu-Iken, a member of the state’s Emergency…
CAN chairman in Kogi, Bishop John Ibenu, on Friday urged people in the state to accept and take the COVID-19 vaccine, saying it is safe. Ibenu gave the advice in Lokoja when officials of Kogi State Ministry of Health and…
Boniface Onovo, Director, Enugu State Ministry of Youths and Sports says 48 Enugu State athletes and officials for the forthcoming National Sports Festival have taken COVID-19 vaccine. Onovo who made this known to newsmen in Enugu on Tuesday, added that…
Two-third of Africans interviewed have expressed their willingness to accept the COVID-19 vaccines Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said. Africa CDC disclosed this in a statement from its Addis Ababa, Ethiopia headquarter on Thursday. This…
Retired Col. David Imuse, chairman, Edo State Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday in Benin received his first shot of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Imuse, who took the shot at the Military Hospital, Benin City, urged…
Some residents of Egbe-Idimu on Tuesday applauded the health officers at the Egbe-Idimu Primary Health Centre (PHC) for ensuring that residents were administered the COVID-19 vaccine with ease. Mr Ike Ugonna, a 68-year old spare parts dealer, told newsmen that…
