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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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Cameroon Begins Vaccination With Sinopharm Doses
The vaccination campaign has begun in Cameroon on Monday, all thanks to the donation of 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine by China. The jabs arrived in the country’s capital Yaoundé last Sunday. “The government encourages the population, especially priority targets to be vaccinated when the time comes,” wrote Health Minister Malachie Manaouda in a…
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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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Kenya Imposes New Covid-19 Lockdown Restrictions
Following a hike in infection rates, Kenya has imposed an indefinite lockdown as announced by the President on Friday, April 3, 2021. President Uhuru Kenyatta also announced a ban on all inland travel in the capital Nairobi and international travels to and from the UK and some other countries. Kenya’s Covid-19 positivity rate has jumped…
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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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2021 Week 18: Covid-19 Cases Drops
Nigeria, in the eighteen week of 2021, recorded a total of 244 cases of COVID-19. On average, the country had over 24.9 daily records of cases between April 30th and May 6th, 2021. According to Nigerian Center for Disease Control, the country had recorded a total number of 55 cases on Friday, 30th of April.…
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2021 Week 13: COVID-19 Cases Drops To Over 700
Nigeria, in the thirteen week of 2021, recorded a total of 722 cases of COVID-19 was reported. On average, the country had over 103.1 daily records of cases between March 26th and April 1st, 2021. According to Nigerian Center for Disease Control, the country had recorded a total number of 113 on Friday, 26th of…
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2021 Week 12: COVID-19 Cases Drops To Over 800
Nigeria, in the twelfth week of 2021, recorded a total of 866 cases of COVID-19. On average, the country had over 123.7 daily records of cases between March 19th and March 25th, 2021. According to Nigerian Center for Disease Control, the country had recorded a total number of 130 cases on Friday, 19th of March.…
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Covid-19: Kenya Added To UK’s Travel Ban List
The UK government has announced more countries would be added to its travel ban list due to concerns over new Covid-19 variants. International travels to or from Kenya, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Philippines would be banned starting April 9. On Friday, the Department for Transport said the number of countries on its “red list” will…