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COVID-19 VACCINE
The US Government is set to allocate 55 million doses of vaccines to Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa through the COVAX programme.
WHO and its COVAX partners are set to establish the first COVID mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub in South Africa.
The FG has announced the reopening of the administration of the first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine across the country with effect from Tuesday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of failure unless the wealthy countries intensify efforts in vaccine sharing.
The DG of the World Health Organisation has urged Africa to develop the capacity to manufacture vaccines.
The NPHCDA boss urged Nigerians to continue to cooperate with vaccinators who are providing an incredibly important service to the nation amid this global crisis.
This brings the total number of doses to be delivered to the 27 EU members to 600 million in 2021.
Minister of State for Health has disclosed why the FG may halt the vaccination process once 50% of the country's proportion has been used up.
The Federal Ministry of Health has proposed the sum of N296 billion for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines.
The FG has reacted to the interception of about 3,000 doses of fake Covid-19 vaccine which were Africa-bound from China.
The NPHCDA has stated that about 9.5% of Nigerians have been so far vaccinated.
Bill Gates has said that he expects the world to get back to normal activities by the end of 2022.