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STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI:
Children Death/Casualties During Assam Floods: Following the death of several children during floods across the State, the ASDMA (Assam State Disaster Management Authority) has decided to carry out a detailed survey-cum-study in this regard. To be carried out with Tezpur University, talks are on with the UNICEF (United Nations International Children s Education Fund) for funding this exhaustive exercise,
ASDMA sources told The Sentinel.
The threefold focus of the project will be to unearth the reason(s), suggest preventive measures and also ways to build up awareness among the masses to ensure that the rate of death among kids during the floods is contained. According to the preliminary plan, members of the study teams will visit the affected families and collect details of the circumstances that caused those unfortunate accidents.
By Ayodeji Alabi
Akure, Feb. 11, 2021 The United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday disclosed that 16 million doses of the Covax vaccine for Covid-19 pandemic would arrive in Nigeria very soon.
Mr Peter Hawkins, UNICEF country representative to Nigeria, made this known in Akure during a courtesy visit to Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State.
Hawkins explained that more doses of the vaccine would arrive over the next few months, which would ensure that the vaccine covered 20 per cent of the population of the country.
“In the meantime, we are exploring how else to bring vaccines in with a view to allowing Nigeria to go to 40 per cent by the end of the year. This should be possible things being equal”.
UNICEF announced that it has entered an agreement with the Serum Institute of India (SII) for a long-term supply of up to 1.1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines
The Serum Institute of India (SII) and UNICEF have entered into a long-term supply agreement for the AstraZeneca/Oxford and the Novavax vaccines, with the UN children s agency saying it will have access to up to 1.1 billion doses of vaccines for around 100 countries. India is one of the world s biggest drugmakers, and an increasing number of countries have already approached it for procuring the coronavirus vaccines. While Oxford-AstraZeneca s Covishield is being manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute, and the Novavax is being produced by US-based Novavax Inc. Today we are pleased to announce the conclusion of a long-term supply agreement with the Serum Institute of India for COVID-19 vaccines, to access two vaccine products through technology transfer from ASTRAZENECA and NOVAVAX, the United Nations International Children Education Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Henrietta Fore said.