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Japan donates nearly 900,000 Covid-19 vaccines to Nigeria as part of its fight against pandemic African News

Japan donates nearly 900,000 Covid-19 vaccines to Nigeria as part of its fight against pandemic

JAPAN has donated 859,600 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to Nigeria through the Vaccines Global Assess Facility Covax as part of its contribution to the global fight against the pandemic.   Earlier today, the Japanese ambassador to Nigeria Matsunaga Kazuyoshi, presented the vaccines and 175 solar direct drive (SDD) cold...
Biden delivers on his promise to deliver 4m Moderna Covid-19 vaccine doses to Nigeria African News

Biden delivers on his promise to deliver 4m Moderna Covid-19 vaccine doses to Nigeria

NIGERIA has just taken delivery over 4m doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine from the US received by United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) officials in Abuja as President Joe Biden fulfils his pledge to assist poorer countries with vaccination.   Upon assuming office in January, President Biden promised to assist poor and...
Nigeria and 54 other African nations to benefit from Unicef deal to supply 220m J&J doses African News

Nigeria and 54 other African nations to benefit from Unicef deal to supply 220m J&J doses

NIGERIA and 54 other African countries are to benefit from the donation of 220m doses of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine after the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) signed a supply agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica.   Under the programme due to be introduced by the end of 2022, some 35m doses are to be...
Nigeria set for more vaccines as G7 agrees to loan IMF $650bn for the purchase of extra doses African News

Nigeria set for more vaccines as G7 agrees to loan IMF $650bn for the purchase of extra doses

NIGERIA looks set to benefit from the supply of more doses of the coronavirus vaccine after the Group of Seven (G7) nations approved a $650bn loan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to purchase more shipments for developing countries.   Last week, the G7 met in the UK where among other things, it agreed to bankroll the...
Leading virologist Prof Tomori laments the fact that Nigeria is not a vaccine-producing nation African News

Leading virologist Prof Tomori laments the fact that Nigeria is not a vaccine-producing nation

RENOWNED virologist and former vice chancellor of the Redeemer’s University Professor Oyewale Tomori has blamed inconsistent government policies and personal interest as being among the reasons why Nigeria is unable to produce human vaccines.   With the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging the globe, Nigeria is one nation that is...
Oyedepo tells his church members not to take Covid-19 vaccine saying he has the cure for it African News

Oyedepo tells his church members not to take Covid-19 vaccine saying he has the cure for it

MILLIONAIRE clergyman and general overseer of the Living Faith Church International Church Pastor David Oyedepo has warned his members not to take the Covid-19 vaccine saying that instead the government should come to him for a remedy.   Although spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, Nigeria has so far had 165,419...
Nigeria to receive 29.8m doses of Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine by June African News

Nigeria to receive 29.8m doses of Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine by June

NIGERIA is to receive a consignment of 29.8m doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine through the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Assess Facility (Covax) facility by the end of May or in early June.   Funded by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Covax was set-up to divide about 2bn doses of vaccines across 92 low-and...
IMF says Africa needs a cash injection of about $425bn to get over the economic effects of Covid-19 African News

IMF says Africa needs a cash injection of about $425bn to get over the economic effects of Covid-19

SUB-Saharan Africa needs to attract $245bn in investment over the next five years while the continent as a whole needs as much as $425bn if it is to recover from the debilitating impact of the coronavirus pandemic according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).   Although Africa has been spared the worst of the Covid-19...
India donates 100,000 doses of its local vaccine Covishield to Nigeria to augment AstraZeneca supplies African News

India donates 100,000 doses of its local vaccine Covishield to Nigeria to augment AstraZeneca supplies

INDIA has donated 100,000 does of its Covishield coronavirus vaccine to Nigeria through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) as part of a programme to enable the country carry through its vaccination programme.   Early last month, Nigeria received its first batch of 4m doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca...
Nigeria's vaccination plans face derailment after India suspends exports of AstraZeneca vaccine African News

Nigeria's vaccination plans face derailment after India suspends exports of AstraZeneca vaccine

NIGERIA'S ongoing vaccination plan is facing derailment after India  suspended the exports of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine from the Serum Institute in what is believed to be a response to growing domestic shortages.   Early this month, Nigeria received its first batch of 4m doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus...
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