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Nigeria To Heavily Fund Home-Made Vaccine Production
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the release of N10 billion to support local production of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Minister for Health, Osagie Ehanire, revealed this at the media briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, which held on Monday in Abuja. The minister further disclosed that the country was making…
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Pfizer-BioNTech Claim Vaccines Are Effective Against UK COVID-19 Variant
A recently published research paper by Pfizer and partner BioNTech is claiming its coronavirus vaccine is likely to be highly effective against the UK COVID-19 variant. The variant also known as B.1.1.7, has caused alarm among experts because of its increased ability to spread and supercharge virus outbreaks. Pfizer research paper which has not been subjected to…
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Lebanon’s Healthcare Facilities Near Collapse As Covid-19 Cases Skyrockets
Lebanon’s main coronavirus facility has said the country’s health system is close to collapse with reports of shortage of beds, drugs, oxygen, ventilators and staff. Dr Firas Abiad of the foremost covid-19 facility in the country has said the government’s decision to relax coronavirus restrictions over a few fateful days at Christmas and New Year…
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UK Records Over 1000 Fresh Coronavirus-Related Deaths and 33,552 Cases
The UK has reported 1,401 new coronavirus deaths and an additional 40,261 infections on Friday, bringing the total number of deaths in the UK to 97,329. This latest figure was reported just after senior doctors called on England’s chief medical officer to cut the 12-week gap between doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. Also, a total of…
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India Vaccinates Over 380,000 People In 3 Days
According to India’s Health Ministry, the country has successfully vaccinated over 381,305 people since nationwide vaccination began on Saturday. India recently gave emergency approval to vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and a local pharmaceutical company, Bharat Biotech as daily cases hit 12,584. On Monday alone, 148,266 people received injections. Health Ministry officials also revealed 580 cases…
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Iran Records Over 5,800 Daily Covid Cases
Iran has become the hardest hit country in Middle East by the pandemic in terms of total cases and deaths. Health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said 239 people with Covid-19 had died in the past 24 hours, bringing the total since February to 27,658. She added that the number of confirmed cases had risen…
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UK To Fine Lockdown Violators Up To £6,400
UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has announced fresh £800 fines and £6,400 for repeat offenders caught attending illegal house parties during the nationwide lockdown. This new measures have been launched with the hope that it helps the curb the spread of the new British variant hence affecting the high rates of Covid-19 cases in the…
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Spain Imposes New Travel Ban On UK Tourists Till After Summer
Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has ordered a new travel ban that restricts British tourists from holidaying in Spain until the end of summer, when the majority of the population has been vaccinated. This ban comes as the Spanish Health Ministry reported 41,576 new coronavirus cases, the highest number registered in a 24-hour period since…
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Nigeria To Receive Covid-19 Vaccines By February
The Nigerian Governor’s Forum in a communique on Thursday with Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Chair of the Board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GOVI) revealed the country would receive its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines by February. Chairman of the forum, Kayode Fayemi, revealed that there is an arrangement for the World Health…
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Covid-19: An Insight On The Cost Of Testing In Nigeria
As COVID-19 vaccination continues to be at the centre of discussion in the world right now, African countries like Nigeria still struggle to make Covid-19 testing affordable and accessible to both rich and poor. While Covid-19 tests are made available for free in some African countries, others like Nigeria require its citizens to pay for…