Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Nigeria will receive additional 3.92 million doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine latest in early August, it has emerged. Dr Faisal Shuaib, who disclosed this to reporters on Tuesday in Abuja, however, did not give the exact…

President Muhammadu Buhari has on Saturday, May 29 received his second dose of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The President took the shot at the Presidential Villa in Abuja exactly 12 weeks after the first shot was taken on March…

Federal Government has begun to administer the second dose of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to eligible persons in the country. A total of 4,683 people have taken the second jab, said Dr Faisal Shuaib who is the Executive Director…

A total of 257,756 eligible people have received the first dose of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Lagos State. In a statement on Wednesday, the Commissioner for Health in the state, Professor Akin Abayomi, noted that the figure…

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…

Federal Government has said 8,439 persons across the country have reported mild side effects after receiving Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The government through its healthcare agency, National Primary Health Care Development…

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…

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…

Barely three weeks after Nigeria commenced vaccination of its citizens against the COVID-19 virus, over 370,000 people have received first dose of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. As at Friday, 374,585 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…