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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, who is also the Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 has

Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), says the COVID-19 pandemic is still around as shown in Nigeria and other countries across the globe and the pattern it will take is hard

Go for COVID-19 vaccination, scientists tell Nigerians On NPHCDA vaccinates 1,114, 408 persons  with 1st dose By Sola Ogundipe & Chioma Obinna Nigerians have been admonished to take the COVID-19 jabs when it is their turn to be vaccinated. A renowned professor of virology and former president of the Nigeria Academy of Science, NAS, Professor Oyewale Tomori who made the call on Tuesday in Lagos however warned that the 3rd wave of COVID-19 infections was imminent if Nigeria becomes complacent. ...

NPHCDA vaccinates 1,114, 408 persons  with 1st dose By Sola Ogundipe & Chioma Obinna Nigerians have been admonished to take the COVID-19 jabs when it is their turn to be vaccinated. A renowned professor of virology and former president of the Nigeria Academy of Science, NAS, Professor Oyewale Tomori who made the call on Tuesday in Lagos however warned that the 3rd wave of COVID-19 infections was imminent if Nigeria becomes complacent. Tomori who spoke in Lagos at a media roundtable, themed: �...

Nigeria reaches 1.04m persons with 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine — NPHCDA On By Sola Ogundipe & Gabriel Olawale One month into the national COVID-19 vaccination exercise in Nigeria, a total of 1,043,737 eligible Nigerians have so far been vaccinated with the first dose pf the vaccine, representing 51.9 per cent of the proportion vaccinated. An update released by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, on Wednesday showed that each of the 36 states including the Federal Ca...

  No new person has died from complications related to coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Sunday. In a late-night tweet, the NCDC which is responsible for the management of disease outbreaks in the country noted that the nation’s death toll from COVID-19 stood at 2,060. As Nigeria steps up effort to administer the vaccines to people in various states, the country has continued to see low figures of new cases. According to the health a...

COVID-19: Experts worry over challenges as Nigeria rolls out vaccines On FG awaits additional 42m doses from Africa Union By Sola Ogundipe & Gabriel Olawale With the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign weekend in Nigeria, the plan to vaccinate over 70 percent of the population between 2020 and 2021 began in earnest. The roll-out began at the National Hospital Abuja following a positive outcome of the final assessment by the  National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Contr...

Nel Ibuola Share this article When Nigeria’s 2021 budget projection was made and planning for the COVID vaccine was missing, it was unsettling for many of its citizens. A group of prominent Nigerians came together under an umbrella they called Coalition Against COVID (CA-COVID).  With members like Jim Ovia, Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu, amongst others, the coalition promised in January to put out nearly $100 million to buy some portion of the COVAX AstraZeneca vaccine allocated to Nigeria. Th...

• Minister raises concern over fake vaccines • Experts insist on local production to prevent future epidemics The Federal Government has launched a homegrown Strategy to deliver the COVID-19 vaccination and Electronic Management of Immunisation Data (EMID) System in the country. It explained that the strategy, known as T. E. A. C. H, is a hybrid of traditional vaccination campaign using micro-plan and electronic registration systems deployed in developed countries. Minister of Health, Dr. O...

National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has launched an online registration portal for Nigerians eligible in taking COVID-19 vaccination