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BUA, CACOVID Battle Over Vaccine Donations
Leading food and infrastructure conglomerate, BUA, and the private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) are currently at loggerheads following BUA’s announcement of the purchase of one million doses of Covid-19 vaccine for Nigeria. The CACOVID Point Of View The private sector-led coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) on Monday, February 9, 2020, opposed an earlier statement credited to…
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Oil Prices Revert To Pre-Covid Level Despite Low Demand
Oil prices have experienced a revert to pre-pandemic levels having hit an all-time low last year. While demand for oil is still lower than normal, the rolling out of vaccines have positively affected the oil prices, leaving in its wake hopes of a speedier than expected economic recovery. Prices “Black gold” has now reached $60…
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A Look At Global Expectations For 2021
At the beginning of the year, many hoped for economic recovery and of course accessibility to vaccines. While some of our expectations might be slowly coming through, here is a look of the general public’s expectation for 2021 as researched by Ipsos. Despite the terrible loses of last year, 2020 and the first month into…
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Fact-Check : WHO Did Not Disqualify Nigeria From Global Vaccine Bid
Contrary to the news making the rounds, The World Health Organisation (WHO) has not disqualified Nigeria from the global vaccine bid. According to Public Health Epidemiologist and WHO Representative, Kazadi Mulombo, Nigeria as a member state of the COVAX facility can not be disqualified from accessing an approved vaccine for their population. The Truth? Matshidiso…
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Global Increase In Covid-19 Vaccine Enthusiasm
As the world battles with growing cases of Covid-19, a recent Ipsos MORI poll has found that vaccine hesitancy is now transitioning into a global enthusiasm for access. The issue of supply has recently made the rounds with AstraZeneca informing the European Commission that there would be a major shortfall in the number of doses it is…
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Why Pregnant Women Should Avoid Covid-19 Vaccines
Health experts have asked that pregnant women avoid Covid-19 vaccines as it has not been recommended for use. In a recent post on the World Health Organization’s official website, experts said they do not recommend the use of the vaccine in pregnant women unless they are at high risk of being exposed to the virus.…
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Covid-19 Spike Frustrates Japan’s Domestic Air Travel Rebound
From Japan being one of the countries with most success in combatting the pandemic last year and slowly growing back its aviation industry, a new surge in infections is threatening to wipe out the local airline industry’s hard-won gains. New reports claim the Japanese government have declared a state of emergency for the second time since the…
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Pfizer-BioNTech Claim Vaccines Are Effective Against UK COVID-19 Variant
A recently published research paper by Pfizer and partner BioNTech is claiming its coronavirus vaccine is likely to be highly effective against the UK COVID-19 variant. The variant also known as B.1.1.7, has caused alarm among experts because of its increased ability to spread and supercharge virus outbreaks. Pfizer research paper which has not been subjected to…
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UK Records Over 1000 Fresh Coronavirus-Related Deaths and 33,552 Cases
The UK has reported 1,401 new coronavirus deaths and an additional 40,261 infections on Friday, bringing the total number of deaths in the UK to 97,329. This latest figure was reported just after senior doctors called on England’s chief medical officer to cut the 12-week gap between doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. Also, a total of…
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India Vaccinates Over 380,000 People In 3 Days
According to India’s Health Ministry, the country has successfully vaccinated over 381,305 people since nationwide vaccination began on Saturday. India recently gave emergency approval to vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and a local pharmaceutical company, Bharat Biotech as daily cases hit 12,584. On Monday alone, 148,266 people received injections. Health Ministry officials also revealed 580 cases…