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2021 Week 9: Weekly Reported Cases Continues To Drop
The total number of reported COVID-19 cases dropped to 3,193 against the over 4000 and 6000 cases reported on week 8 and 7 respectively. The average number of reported cases per day also dropped to 456.1 per day. The Nigerian Center For Disease Control announced 600 cases on Friday, 26th of February. This dropped to…
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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.…
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NPHCDA: Over 50% Nigerians Will Take Covid-19 Vaccine
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has disclosed that over 50 percent of Nigerians have admitted that they will take the Covid-19 vaccines. The agency compared the result to it’s earlier studies which showed that up to 75 percent of Nigerians said they will not take it. NPHCDA CEO, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said this…
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3.9M COVAX: 5 States Received 29% Of AstraZeneca Vaccine
Out of the 36 states, five states received a larger share of the 3.92 million Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine secured by the Nigerian government. Since commencement of the distribution of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Nigeria, Lagos, Kano, Abuja, Kaduna and Plateau has received a total of 1.14million doses. This, according to calculations, is about 29 percent of…
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UPDATE: 18 Countries Suspend Use Of AstraZeneca Vaccine
No fewer than 18 countries have suspended the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine administration across the world after reports of blood clots in people vaccinated were reported. The suspension is coming despite the World Health Organisation(WHO) and European regulators expressing confidence in its safety. Twentyten had earlier reported that 9 countries suspended the administration of…
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Lagos State Releases Accredited Centres For Covid-19 Vaccination
Lagos state has recently released 88 approved centres for Covid-19 vaccination following reports of fake vaccines in circulation. Early last week, the Nigerian government warned its citizens against fake coronavirus vaccines. Nigeria’s National Agency for Food Drug and Administration Control (NAFDAC) urged the public to be aware as fake vaccines could cause “Covid-like illnesses or…
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2021 Week 11: Weekly Record Drops To Over 1,000
The number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the eleventh week of 2021 totalled 1,463. This is a drop from over 2,000 and 3,000 cases recorded in week 10 and week 9 consecutively. The average number of cases recorded per day. At the beginning of the week, 399 cases were recorded on Friday. This subsequently dropped to…
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3.2 Million Pets Were Sold In The UK During The Lockdown
According to the Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association in the UK, a total of 3.2 million households in the UK have acquired a pet since the start of the global pandemic. The report claimed that the drive for the purchase of pets was a response to social isolation while also adding that young people were the…
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Covid-19: Nine Countries Suspend Use Of Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine
About nine countries have suspended the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine after reports of blood clots. The nine countries—Norway, Iceland, Austria, Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Italy, Latvia and Denmark have temporarily suspended use of the vaccine as a precautionary move after reports of blood clots and one death. The decisions are a setback for Europe’s…
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AstraZeneca Unable To Meet Second-Quarter Vaccine Delivery To EU
According to a report by Bloomberg, AstraZeneca Plc might be unable to supply the agreed number of Covid-19 vaccines to the European Union in the second quarter after the company’s efforts to remedy a slew of problems ran into further trouble. The EU was expecting to receive almost 400 million vaccine doses in total in…