coronavirus vaccine

Nigeria on Saturday reported 195 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest daily infections since December 2020 as the country commences vaccination for the viral disease. The new cases is the lowest reported since December 2, 2020, when there…

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that the COVID-19 vaccination jab was pain-free. President Muhammadu Buhari and Osinbajo got the jab on live TV today, a day after the COVID-19 national vaccine programme started…

Nigeria on Friday recorded 371 new COVID-19 infections in 20 states, the country’s Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have said. The new figure was a significant decrease from the 708 reported in the previous 24-hour cycle. Read Also: …

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has on Friday said he would not take COVID-19 vaccine as he is hale and hearty. Bello, in an interview on Channels TV’s ‘Today Politics’ on Friday stated that President Muhammadu Buhari could take…

Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha says nobody is safe from COVID-19 infection until everyone is vaccinated. He made this known this on Friday during the formal rollout of COVID-19 vaccines at the National…

Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti state, has announced that state governors and their deputies are to receive Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, March 10. The Governor, who is the Chairman of  Nigeria Governors’ Forum…

Federal Government has said states who have not met the criteria for vaccine safety will not be given any of the four million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccines that has arrived in the country. Dr. Faisal Shuaib, Executive…

Executive Director/CEO of National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib has on Wednesday revealed that about 2.3 million Nigerians have registered to receive COVID-19 vaccine. On Monday, Nigeria launched a…

Nigeria has on Tuesday morning, March 2 received first batch of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The shipment arrived at the cargo wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 11:50am this morning. Read Also: …

President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha and other prominent Nigerians will be among the first set of Nigerians to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on live…

National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has on Monday, March 1 released guidelines on registering for COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria. It would be recalled that NPHCDA in a joint statement World Health Organisation…

Nigeria has been scheduled to take delivery of 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, March 2. World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and National Primary Health Care Development…

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Nigeria has on Thursday approved the use of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for use in the country. Speaking at a press conference this morning February 18, the…

United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) has on Thursday disclosed that 16 million doses of Covax vaccine for COVID-19 pandemic would arrive in Nigeria very soon. Peter Hawkins, UNICEF country representative to…