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3.9M COVAX: Abuja, Adamawa, C’River Receive Doses
Three more states in Nigeria have received their doses of the 3.94 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal Government. The three states received a total sum of 329,920 doses of the vaccine. The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with over 19,400 cases received 219,800 doses. While Adamawa and Cross River with over…
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CBN Disburses N253.5m To COVID-19 Vaccines Researchers
The Central Bank of Nigeria said it has disbursed the sum of N253.54 million to five researchers for the development of Nigerian COVID-19 vaccines and vaccines for other diseases. The CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this saying that the apex bank has spent the sum of N85.89 billion on its Health Sector Intervention Facility…
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Sales of Fake COVID-19 Vaccines Expand to Six Countries
Following a research by Kaspersky researchers, unverified COVID-19 vaccines including three major COVID-19 vaccines, Pfizer/BioNTech, AstraZeneca and Moderna, are beginning to make sales on darknet between $250 and $1,200 with crypto currency. According to the researchers, advertisements by sellers for these vaccines were found in 15 different marketplaces examined on the darknet with majority of…
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COVAX in Africa: Three W’African countries secure AstraZeneca vaccines
As part of the effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing cases to the barest minimum, African countries, just like others, have begun to receive supplies of COVAX jabs into their country. There were speculations on the difficulty of African countries to secure doses after announcements of a vaccine came into limelight. According to an…
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3.9M COVAX in Nigeria: Ogun Gets 100,000 Doses
Of the 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine received by the Federal Government, a total of 50,000 has been delivered to Ogun state. The governor, who received the vaccines at the Governor’s office, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, after the arrival of the state team led by Commissioner of Health, Dr Tomi Coker said another batch…
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Facts On Nigeria’s N10.6 Billion Budget For Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution
A new document detailing a total of N10.6 Billion budgeted for the efficient distribution of the recently acquired Covid-19 vaccine has made the rounds in the news recently. The document titled, ‘Estimated Budget for States Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines (end-to-end),’ was reportedly exclusively obtained by The Punch. While the document in question was not revealed,…
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Rwanda Becomes First African Country To Receive Pfizer Vaccine
On Wednesday, February 3, 2020, Rwanda became the first African country to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from the COVAX initiative. According to the Ministry of Health, a flight carrying 240,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India landed at the Kigali International Airport in the morning hours of Wednesday…
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COVAX Ships First Batch Of Covid-19 Vaccine To Nigeria
On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, Nigeria received its first batch of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India(SII) and shipped via the COVAX facility. As reported by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the United Nations(UN) system in Nigeria told reporters that the COVAX initiative had fulfilled its shipping of 3.94 million…
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COVAX Has Delivered Over 9 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines To Africa
As Covid-19 vaccination continues to thrive globally, the COVAX initiative has so far shown done commendably well in leading the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history. As of the time of this publication, COVAX has shipped 9,044,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to African countries, reaching some of their target of 270 million doses…
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Covid-19: Comparing Vaccination in Africa To The Rest Of The World
There has been global competition for the roll out of Covid-19 vaccines, and African countries have generally not been as successful as richer countries. World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, has expressed sadness over the unfair distribution of vaccines especially to poor countries who are unable to acquire enough vaccines for…