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Olalekan Adetayo, Friday Olokor, Dayo Ojerinde and John Charles
Published 30 April 2021
Olalekan Adetayo, Friday Olokor, Dayo Ojerinde and John Charles
Published 30 April 2021
Medical experts have warned that Nigerians will face serious problems if the Federal Government fails to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 strain in India to Nigeria.
The experts, including the president of the Academy of Medicine Specialities of Nigeria, Prof. Oladapo Ashiru, and a medical virologist at Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, Dr Oladipo Kolawole, gave the warning on Thursday as the Nigerian Medical Association advised Nigerians to fear the new COVID-19 strain in India and take necessary precautions to prevent its spread to the country.
The Covid-19 crisis in India is a problem for the whole world CNN 4 hrs ago Analysis by Aditi Sangal
There is a split scenario unfolding as the world battles the pandemic.
In countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, jubilant, newly-vaccinated people hug their loved ones after a long period of separation. In India, distraught families count their dead.
Sick people are being turned away from hospitals that have run out of beds and oxygen, as the number of new cases rises to record levels each day, creating a national crisis with global repercussions.
The more the virus spreads, the more chances it has to mutate and create variants that could eventually resist current vaccines, threatening to undermine other countries progress in containing the pandemic, experts warn.
Trials and tribulations of AstraZeneca s COVID-19 vaccine
04/30/2021 | 04:57am EDT
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(Reuters) -AstraZeneca said on Friday its COVID-19 vaccine contributed $275 million in sales and shaved three cents per share from its first-quarter earnings.
This marked the first time the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker has given financial details about the distribution and sales of its vaccine, which it developed with Oxford University.
Here is a summary of the vaccine s progress since inception:
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Human trials begin. AstraZeneca joins forces with Oxford on development and potential distribution of the vaccine candidate.
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AstraZeneca resumes UK trials.
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Joe Rogan retracted his comments on Thursday after receiving backlash online for suggesting young, healthy people shouldn t worry about getting the COVID-19 vaccination. I am not an anti-vax person, Rogan said on his popular Spotify podcast The Joe Rogan Experience. In fact, I said I believe they are safe and I encourage many people to take them. I just said if you re a young healthy person, you don t need it. Their argument was you need it for other people. But that s a different conversation. And yes, that makes sense, he continued.