COVID-19: NAFDAC Approves AstraZeneca Vaccine Usage In Nigeria
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has cleared the AstraZeneca vaccine which arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday for usage in the country. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency disclosed this on its Twitter handle, @NphcdaNG, on Friday. The message read, “After undergoing final assessment by NAFDAC, we have confirmation that they have concluded their final checks with...
Switzerland Trains Sniffer Dogs For Detecting COVID-19
Researchers in Switzerland have launched a training trial to see if sniffer dogs can find out people infected with COVID-19, media reports said on Wednesday. Three dogs are being trained by researchers from Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) for four weeks by exposing to samples of sick and healthy people. The dogs will thereafter go through a sweat-sniffing test to see if...
COVID-19: We Won’t Force Anybody To Take Vaccine — Minister
The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, has said COVID-19 vaccination will not be mandatory in Nigeria, adding that nobody will be forced to take any vaccine. Nigeria on Tuesday received nearly four million doses of COVID-19 vaccines shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF, and WHO. Appearing on Arise News to answer questions on the...
COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive Nigeria
The much-expected COVID-19 vaccines, COVAX, on Tuesday arrived in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, ABN TV reports. The Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccines were brought into the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by the Emirates Airline flight around noon. READ ALSO: Terrorists Attack UN Base In Borno — Report The shipment is the first batch of the World Health Organisation’s backed COVID-19 vaccination which the...
Buhari, Osinbajo To Get COVID-19 Vaccine On Saturday
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Saturday, be among the key national figures to receive the first jabs of Oxford Astra-Zeneca COVID- 19 vaccines scheduled to arrive in Abuja Tuesday. The Executive Director National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib revealed this Monday at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing to unveil...
Police Raid Cubana Night Club, Arrest Over 200
About 200 clubbers and workers were Saturday night arrested at popular Cubana Night Club for alleged breach of COVID-19 protocols. Detectives attached to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Monitoring Team at the wee hours of Saturday, busted the gathering following a tip-off on a large gathering in the clubhouse. Saturday’s raid was the third, since last year, that the state...
“Nigeria Might Exit The Second Wave Of COVID-19 Soon” – Minister of Health
The Federal Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie has stated that Nigeria might exit the second wave of the COVID-19 disease very soon. He made this submission during the recent briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday, February 22. “This trend in reduction compares with global observations of seeming decline in COVID-19 cases, signifying that the second wave may...
Gov. Ikpeazu Takes COVID-19 Sensitization To Churches, Urges Compliance
Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 disease taken his sensitization drive to churches in Umuahia North local government area of the state. Hon. Vincent Ndimele, Chairman Umuahia North Covid-19 protocol compliance team while speaking with ABN TV on Sunday said the state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu committed to protecting...
COVID-19 Management: Gregory University Finally Reveals Secret Of Its Success Story [Must Read]
A leading private university in Nigeria, Gregory University Uturu has revealed how it has been able to manage the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic to keep its campus free of the disease. The university says following the outbreak of the disease in the first quarter of 2020, the school management reacted appropriately by rolling out multiple approaches geared towards preventing and...
NAFDAC Approves AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine For Use In Nigeria
The Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC in Nigeria. The vaccine was recently approved by the W.H.O for emergency use, in a press briefing, NAFDAC says it got the dossier of the vaccine a week ago, and the NAFDAC safety committee went to work immediately to...
