coronavirus vaccine

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it registered 34 new cases of COVID-19 in three states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The centre disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday, saying…

Lagos State government has shut down all its COVID-19 vaccination centers on conclusion of the first phase of the exercise. The state's Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said in a statement on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 that…

Chairman of Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha has said Nigeria has received 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines from India. Covishield is Serum Institute of India's version of AZD1222, a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca…

Kogi State Government has eventually taken delivery of about 16,900 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Abubakar Yakubu, Executive Director of Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KSPHCDA), led a team of…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday recorded 106 new COVID-19 cases in 12 states, raising the total number of infections in the country to 162,997. The 106 new cases were reported from 12 states – Lagos (33), FCT (20),…

Federal Government says it is proposing to spend the sum of N396 billion for COVID-19 vaccination exercise across the country between 2021 and 2022. Minister of Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this on Wednesday…

Senior Pastor of Loveworld Ministry, Chris Oyakhilome, has slammed church leaders for endorsing COVID-19 vaccines and encouraging their members to receive the jab. Nigeria received 3.92 million doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines on…

Less than a month after Nigeria commenced vaccination of its citizens against the COVID-19 virus, over 560,000 people have received the first dose of the vaccine. As at Monday evening, 566,917 eligible Nigerians have been vaccinated,…

Lagos State government has dismissed allegations that one of its COVID-19 vaccination centres was mismanaging doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. It would be recalled that of the first tranche of 3.92 million doses allocated to Nigeria,…

A young lady has alleged that COVID-19 vaccines are being sold to privileged Nigerians at a health centre in Ikate, Lagos state. The lady identified as Uloma on Twitter, shared her experience after she visited the health centre in…

National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said there are currently no reports of severe side effects relating to the administration of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the country. Nigeria received its first batch of…

South Africa has sold a million doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for distribution in 14 fellow African nations, the health minister announced on Sunday. Last month, South Africa suspended its vaccination programme, which had…

Nigeria has for the second day in a row recorded no fatalities from COVID-19, with the total death tally in the country still at 2,027. The development was announced in an update published by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on…