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Covid-19: Nigeria, 70 others to bear new hotel-quarantine cost
Passengers intending to travel to Ireland from or via Nigeria and 70 other countries after Thursday, April 15, are required to book accommodation for mandatory hotel quarantine.
According…
Nigeria’s ‘most promising’ vaccine could cost more than Pfizer, AstraZeneca’s
A locally developed COVID-19 vaccine prospect in Nigeria, listed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) among 183 others in preclinical trials globally, might cost more to manufacture than…
COVID: Why Nigeria should involve private sector in vaccination – analyst
Reviewing the ongoing vaccination exercise, Muhammed Yusuf, a public health analyst, has urged the Federal Government to adopt a public-private partnership approach to administering COVID-19…
Uncertainty over vaccine supply threatens Nigeria’s vaccination goal
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has expressed concerns over the uncertainty around the arrival of more batches of vaccines to enable Nigeria continue its vaccination programme…
Nigerian scientists to brainstorm on COVID-19 vaccine myths
Leading Nigerian scientists in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic will on Saturday, April 10, proffer solutions on how Nigeria can improve access to COVID-19 vaccine and combat myths…
Meet the 5 researchers on Nigeria’s vaccine development mission
After a year that saw a rise in echoes for a shift from being consumer of scientific innovations to producing, Nigeria finally got its act together on funding the research and development of…
Pfizer’s 100% efficacy result from new trial qualifies teenagers for vaccination
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated 100 percent efficacy and strong antibody responses in a Phase 3 trial in adolescents, 12 to 15 years of age, the pharmaceutical giant said on…
Nigeria gets J&J vaccine option as AU responds to India export ban
The African Union and Johnson & Johnson have agreed on a supply agreement that could provide Nigeria and other African countries an alternative to COVAX supplies now threatened by…
WHO finds no link between COVID-19 and bats, dismisses Chinese lab theory
Over a year after the first infections from COVID-19 sprouted out of Wuhan city in China, the World Health Organisation has dug up answers to top questions around the origin of SARS-CoV-2,…
Vaccinated persons in Lagos hits 127,000
No fewer than 127,885 Lagosians have taken the COVID-19 vaccine, 10 days after the exercise began, the state government has stated in its latest update of vaccine rollout.
With the…