UNICEF has prevented one million doses of vaccines to the Borno State government in line with efforts to vaccinate residents against cholera. Prof. Baba Mallam, the state’s Commissioner for Health and Human Services, disclosed this while receiving 669,569 doses of…
Mpox vaccines are expected to arrive in Africa in the coming days, after the region’s main health-advisory body last week declared an outbreak of the disease a continent-wide public-health emergency. “The vaccine will be available very soon, maybe end of next week,” Africa Centres…
The International Coordinating Group (ICG) has temporarily suspend the standard two-dose vaccination regimen in cholera outbreak response campaigns, using instead a single-dose approach. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the group said the exceptional decision reflected the grave state of…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says though vaccines go through complex production process, they promote health, save lives and cost Prof. Christianah Adeyeye, Director-General, NAFDAC, made the assertion at the virtual 11th Annual Symposium…
The United States has announced the donation of 2.5 million Pfizer vaccine doses to Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement by the U.S Embassy on Thursday. According to the statement, the vaccine doses arrived in Abuja this week and…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Kunle Oluomo, on Wednesday received his jab of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, as the state government commenced inoculation of citizens at all the major Primary Healthcare centres in…
Following the recent delivery of the COVID-19 vaccines to the Ogun State Government, the Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has ordered that the front line workers who are mostly health workers be given priority because they are the ones who are…
By Titus Atondu, Makurdi Benue State government has received the delivery of 50,000 doses of COVID-19 Vaccines to vaccinate the people of the State. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism Mrs. Ngunan Addingi disclosed this to Journalists on Tuesday…
The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib has dismissed speculations that the expected COVID-19 vaccines in the country contained microchips and would alter human genetic information. Shuaib gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja…
