COVID-19 vaccine

India has recorded on Saturday over 400,000 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours for the first time, the first country to do so in the pandemic, official data showed. According to the health ministry, 401,993 new infections were registered…

World Health Organization chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has voiced alarm at India’s record-breaking wave of COVID-19 cases and deaths, saying the organisation was rushing to help address the crisis. “The situation in India is beyond…

United States should resume Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccinations, an expert panel recommended to health authorities on Saturday, after a pause prompted by blood clot concerns. Health authorities in the United States on April 14…

Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide better known as Winners’ Chapel, David Oyedepo, has said no one should be forced to take COVID-19 vaccine and asked if humans are now being turned to guinea pigs. While Oyedepo said he…

A prominent Norwegian coronavirus denier has died from the virus after hosting two illegal events at his place. Hans Kristian Gaarder tested positive for the virus and died on April 6 in Gran, a municipality that lies some 40 miles north…

BioNTech-Pfizer has on Wednesday said their vaccine showed 100 percent efficacy against the coronavirus in 12 to 15 year olds, as they eye approval for adolescents to get the jabs before the next school year. Phase 3 trials carried…

New head of World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has called on United Kingdom to donate vaccines to developing countries now rather than waiting until it has a surplus. Okonjo-Iweala said it was "in the interest" of wealthy…

Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, have received their COVID-19 vaccinations, royal officials said on Saturday. Buckingham Palace officials said in a statement the 94-year-old monarch and 99-year-old Philip, received…

US Vice President-elect, Kamala Harris has on Tuesday received COVID-19 vaccine and urged Americans to trust the process of vaccination. A mask-wearing Harris received the first of her two shots on live television at United Medical…

Biotech companies, Pfizer and BioNTech have on Wednesday, November 17 revealed that a completed study of their experimental COVID-19 vaccine showed it is 95 percent effective against the virus. They said the two-dose vaccine had no…

A vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech has proved 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 infections in ongoing Phase 3 trials. The companies announced this on Monday as coronavirus cases keep soaring across the world.…

Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has disclosed that Nigeria does not have enough capacity for production of vaccines. Ihekweazu who made this known in a television programme in Abuja,…