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Healthcare Expert Cautions FG against Politicizing COVID-19 Vaccines Distribution
Dr Rekevwe Ugwumba, a former consultant to the Senate Committee on Health has called on the government to avoid politics with the vaccination sharing formula across states in Nigeria, stressing that the process must be based on data and science made available to the general public. Ugwumba expressed her concerns via an interview with THISDAY…
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WHO Calls For Equitable Access To Covid-19 Vaccines
Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization has expressed concern over the unequal distribution of vaccines, especially to health workers and the elderly in low-income countries. According to Ghebreyesus, more than 39 million doses of vaccines have been administered in at least 49 higher-income countries, whereas, only 25 doses have been distributed in…
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Vaccines Do Not Contain DNA Altering Microchips – PTF
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), have addressed the speculation that the expected COVID-19 vaccines would contain microchips that would alter human genetic information. Dr. Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director for the agency gave the assurance at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 national briefing in Abuja on Monday, January 8. Recall that Nigeria…
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Nigerian States Lament Over Insubstantial Vaccine Distribution
State governors in Nigeria are calling on the Federal government to increase the number of vaccines allocated to their states. Seyi Makinde, Governor of Oyo state, told the media that the 1,848 doses of COVID-19 vaccine allocated to the state were insufficient, to say the least. According to the sharing formula released by the National…
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Is Africa Failing In The Race For Covid-19 Vaccines?
In the last quarter of 2020, African countries were signing up with the rest of the world to secure at least 220 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines for the continent as the race to find safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines kicked-off. While eight countries in Africa had agreed to self-finance their vaccine doses through the…
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Infection After Covid-19 Vaccination is Possible. Here Is Why
Experts are now warning of the risk of Covid-19 infection even after the vaccine has been administered. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that during trials, the vaccines were shown to be only about 95% effective — meaning that some vaccinated people were still infected. In line with recent reports, The Centers for…
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The Future Of Covid-19 Vaccination In Nigeria
A survey conducted by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) between August and December 2020 showed that a predominant majority (79% average) of survey respondents in Africa would take a COVID-19 vaccine if it were deemed safe and effective. Another survey published by Medrxiv.com with approval from Global Health Focus Africa…
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Nigeria Records 100,000 Confirmed Covid-19 Cases
The centre has reported that the nation has recorded a consistent increase in the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the beginning of December 2020 to January 2021. New data disclosed that Nigeria reached the “100,000 cases milestone” on the 10th of January 2021, with 100,087 confirmed cases and 1,358 deaths hence…
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Study Suggests Pfizer Vaccine Shots May Effectively Combat New Virus Mutation
A newly published study suggests that Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 vaccine may be effective against a mutation found in two highly contagious variants of the coronavirus in the UK and South Africa. The preliminary study, which was published by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch on Thursday focuses on whether the…
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COVID-19: Mass Vaccination
Mass vaccination against the coronavirus that has globally killed more than 1.7 million people has started. The United Kingdom was the first country to start the vaccination. A global database on covid-19 vaccination is not yet available; this data’s availability will enable the proper monitoring of the vaccination progress. As there are rays of hope…