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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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Covid-19: Nigeria’s New Law Prescribes 6 Months Jail Term For Safety Violators
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a new law that prescribes a 6-month jail term for anyone who is caught in public without a mask on. The new law designed to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic is targeted at forcing people to take safety protocols more seriously. The chairman of the Presidential Task Force on…
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COVID-19 sample tests near 264, 000 In Lagos
The State’s Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has disclosed the alarming number of Covid-19 sample tests in the state since the start of the pandemic. In a tweet posted on Wednesday, January 20, Abayomi revealed that 285, 948 total samples were tested, out of which 263, 358 were valid. He said that the remaining…
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Nigeria Approves N6.45bn For New Oxygen Plants
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the disbursement of the sum of N6.45billion for setting up of oxygen plants in 38 locations nationwide to enhance the treatment of COVID-19 patients. This was disclosed at the first National Economic Council (NEC) of 2021 presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed said the…
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Nigeria To Heavily Fund Home-Made Vaccine Production
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the release of N10 billion to support local production of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Minister for Health, Osagie Ehanire, revealed this at the media briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, which held on Monday in Abuja. The minister further disclosed that the country was making…
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Covid-19: An Insight On The Cost Of Testing In Nigeria
As COVID-19 vaccination continues to be at the centre of discussion in the world right now, African countries like Nigeria still struggle to make Covid-19 testing affordable and accessible to both rich and poor. While Covid-19 tests are made available for free in some African countries, others like Nigeria require its citizens to pay for…
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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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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…