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UNICEF To Redistribute Over 1.3M Covid-19 Vaccine From Congo
Amid fears of possible expiration, The United Nations Children’s agency (UNICEF) said it will redistribute more than 1.3 million doses of vaccines meant for the Democratic Republic of Congo. The agency had previously announced the vaccine distributed under the global COVAX initiative will expire on 24 June. Due to doubts raised by blood clout issues…
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Report: World To Spend $157 billion On COVID-19 Vaccines Through 2025
The total spending on COVID-19 vaccines globally is projected to reach $157 billion by 2025. This is driven by a mass vaccination program underway and “booster shots” expected every two years, according to a report from Reuters by U.S. health data company IQVIA Holdings Inc . IQVIA, which provides data and analytics for the healthcare…
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Haiti Yet To Receive Coronavirus Vaccines
Over a year since the Coronavirus hit the world, countries over the world have joined in the vaccination race to win the war against the virus. Unfortunately, it would seem that the nation of Haiti might have been forgotten as new reports claim the country has yet to receive a single dose of the life-saving…
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NBS: People Willing To Get COVID-19 Vaccine Declined
The number of people who are willing to be vaccinated has fallen from 86 percent in October 2020 to 83 percent in February, 2021. The National Bureau of Statistics revealed this in its report titled ‘COVID-19 impact monitoring February 2021’. The report read, “The vast majority of respondents report that they would agree to be…
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COVID-19: Only 2% Global Vaccination Done In Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) said only two percent of global vaccination against COVID-19 has been done in Africa. The agency noted that Africa had less than two percent of 690 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered globally. Of the 31.6 million vaccines delivered to the continent, only 13 million had been administered. While through the…
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14 States Cross 50% Vaccination Exercises
No fewer than 14 states in Nigeria have currently exceeded the 50 percent benchmark. This is coming after the directive by the Federal Government that states should only utilise half of the doses of the COVID-19 vaccines allocated to them. It explained that the reason for the directive was to ensure that those who…
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FG Earmark N396 Billion for COVID-19 Vaccine In 2021-2022
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, has said that the Federal Government had budgeted N396 billion for the provision of the COVID-19 vaccine in the 2022 Appropriation. She noted that the request which is being prepared to be passed down to the national assembly as a supplementary budget for COVID-19…
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COVAX: Over 122,000 People Vaccinated In Nigeria
The Federal Government has said that no fewer than 122,410 people have received the AstraZeneca vaccine. While giving updates on the ongoing vaccination across the country, the Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, said, “At this stage, it is important to update Nigerians with the number of vaccinations.…
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Full List Of Nigerian Governors Yet To Take The Covid-19 Vaccine
23 days since Nigeria received the first batch of AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine doses, not less than 11 governors are yet to publicly take the COVID-19 vaccine jab A good number of them have relied on their deputies and health commissioners to launch the vaccination without publicly taking the vaccine following the temporary ban of the…
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Lagos Vaccinate Over 12,000 Residents In Two Days
Lagos State has vaccinated a total of 12,720 people in two days of the commencement of its vaccination exercise. The state, which had flagged off its vaccination exercise, disclosed that 268 persons were vaccinated on March 12 and 4,954 received the shot on March 15 and the cumulative total rose to 12,720 on March 17.…