coronavirus vaccine

Federal Government has expressed confidence that Nigeria would secure a fair share as soon as any certified COVID-19 vaccine is available. It however, criticised the move by some countries to nationalise and politicise vaccine…

Russia has announced that it would start clinical trials of its controversial coronavirus vaccine next week, involving 40,000 people. It would be recalled that President Vladimir Putin earlier this month that Russia has become the…

Brazilian health regulators have approved Johnson & Johnson’s experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus for the final stage of clinical trials. The country’s health regulatory agency (Anvisa) in a statement said the US…

Russia has produced the first batch of its coronavirus vaccine following President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that the country is the first in the world to approve a vaccine. Putin’s announcement on Tuesday about the vaccine has…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 423 new COVID-19 cases as total toll surpasses 47,000 on Tuesday, August 10. This comes four days after the country recorded over 46,000 coronavirus infections. Between August 8…

World Health Organization has said stamp of approval on a COVID-19 vaccine candidate would require a rigorous safety data review. This is in reaction to Russia’s announcement on Tuesday about approving a COVID-19 vaccine.…

Russia has approved ‘world’s first’ coronavirus vaccine developed jointly by Gamaleya Research Institute and the Russian Defence Ministry. President Vladimir Putin announced this during a live teleconference with his cabinet ministers…

World Health Organization (WHO) has said over $100bn is needed to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines. This is according to the Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus who spoke during a virtual news…

Russian Deputy Health Minister, Oleg Grinev has said a laboratory vaccine for the novel coronavirus is undergoing final testing phase and is expected to be registered next week. According to him, the vaccine is currently in its final…

Total COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has exceeded 44,000 after NCDC announced 288 new coronavirus cases on Monday, August 3. This comes three days after the country recorded over 43,000 coronavirus infections. Between July 31 and August 3,…

World Health Organisation (WHO) has said a number of potential vaccines that may be deployed in the treatment of COVID-19 are now in phase three clinical trials. Phase 3 trials are conducted to confirm and expand on safety and…

Russia has announced plans to begin mass COVID-19 vaccination to its general population in October. This in the bid to become the first country to start mass vaccinations against the virus that has killed more than 679,000 people…

Britain has secured access to 90 million doses of potential coronavirus vaccines in deals from three biotech firms. The Ministry of Business announced it had agreements with French group Valneva and an alliance between companies Pfizer…

World Health Organization has said that there are 19 potential COVID-19 vaccines in clinical trials. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, disclosed this in a series of tweets on Thursday night. It added that South…

As scientists around the world work towards finding a treatment for coronavirus, American rapper Kanye West has said he is ‘extremely cautious’ about a coronavirus vaccine, describing it as ‘the mark of the beast’. West made this…