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Private Hospitals To Charge N6,000 For COVID Vaccines In Lagos
Residents of Lagos, Nigeria would now be charged N6,000 to receive free Covid-19 vaccines from private health facilities in Lagos. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the launch of the state’s mass vaccination campaign on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. The governor added that the fee was agreed on as an administrative fee for the private facilities to…
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How India’s Growing Covid-19 Cases Might Affect Vaccine Delivery In Africa
As India struggles with a devastating resurgence in COVID-19 cases, Africa faces the impending crisis of shortage of vaccines or delayed deliveries. The African continent relies majorly on the AstraZeneca vaccines from the COVAX initiative which is manufactured by Serum Institute in India. Now India has currently banned the export of vaccines, severely impacting the predictability…
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Moderna To Supply Vaccines To The COVAX Programme
Moderna has announced a new supply agreement with Gavi for up to 500 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna for COVAX days after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced emergency approval of the vaccine. Recall that vaccine rollout by the COVAX programme recently faced a dead end after the Indian government banned the export of…
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Lagos State Suspends Covid-19 Vaccination Till May
The Lagos State government has shut down all its COVID-19 vaccination centers on conclusion of the first phase of inoculation. Commissioner for Health for the state, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 while also reporting that 257,756 people have been vaccinated in the state. Abayomi said the remaining…
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Congo Launches Vaccination Campaign Amidst Vaccine Distrust
The Democratic Republic of Congo has launched an elaborate vaccination campaign aimed at dispelling doubts and suspicions about the AstraZeneca vaccine. Health Minister Eteni Longondo, who was among the first to receive an injection at the University of Kinshasa’s Faculty of Medicine said the vaccine posed no medical or spiritual dangers to people who take…
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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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Austria Suspends AstraZeneca Vaccines Over Bloodclot Reports
Austria has temporarily suspended the use of a specific batch of AstraZeneca vaccines based on the death of a patient who was diagnosed with multiple thrombosis (blood clots) after being vaccinated with the product. Another patient who was vaccinated suffered a pulmonary embolism but is currently recovering. In February, Austria’s Health Minister Rudolf AschoberAnschober announced…
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AstraZeneca to Cut COVID-19 vaccine delivery to EU by 60%
With the European Union’s deal to purchase 300m doses due by 29 January still pending, AstraZeneca has decided to cut deliveries of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union by 60%. AstraZeneca was expected to deliver around 80 million doses to the 27 EU countries by the end of March, an EU official told…