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*Experts say UK variant is already in Nigeria but may not make current vaccines less effective *Academy says benefits of vaccination far outweigh risks but discourage use in pregnant women Worried about concerns over the use of COVID-19 vaccines, the emergence of mutant strains in United Kingdom (U.K.) and South Africa as well as the commencement of second wave of the virus with attendant spike in new cases and deaths, medical experts have made recommendations of how best to contain the situation. Former Commissioner for Health and Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr. Jide...

Joe Biden to receive Covid vaccine today as Donald Trump still to be vaccinated President-elect Joe Biden is to receive a Covid vaccination today. Picture by Kevin Lamarque, Pool via AP Jill Colvin, Associated Press US president-elect Joe Biden will receive his Covid-19 vaccination today. US Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell were vaccinated on Friday. All have chosen to publicise their injections as part of a campaign to convince a sceptical public that the vaccines are safe and effective. The pa...

Don't show me this message again✕ Essential frontlines workers and those aged 75 and above should be next in line to receive the Covid vaccine, an advisory panel has recommended. Last week, the first vaccines in the US were given to medical workers and residents of nursing homes, as the death toll raced past 300,000 amid fears it could reach as high as 500,000. On Sunday, the Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices recommended to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that next for the vaccine should be essential frontline workers, including members of the emergency servi...

NEW YORK • US distribution of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine has begun, with more than 3,700 sites due to start receiving and administering shots as soon as today, vastly widening the roll-out started last week by Pfizer. Amid record coronavirus infections and deaths, Moderna has already moved vaccine supplies from its manufacturing plants to warehouses. Trucks carrying containers packed with the vaccines set out yesterday and shipments will start reaching healthcare providers as soon as today, said General Gustave Perna of the US Army. The vaccine must travel with security guards, including US...

US President-elect Biden gets Covid-19 vaccine and says ‘it is nothing to worry about’ America’s leading infectious diseases expert has recommended that President Trump be vaccinated publicly without delay. By Press Association Monday 21 Dec 2020, 8:32 PM Dec 21st 2020, 8:32 PM 31,934 Views 11 Comments US PRESIDENT-ELECT Joe Biden received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on live television as part of a growing effort to convi...