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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...
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...
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...
Nigerian scientists develop two Covid-19 vaccines and await the start of clinical trials African News

Nigerian scientists develop two Covid-19 vaccines and await the start of clinical trials

LOCAL Nigerian scientists have produced two local coronavirus vaccines from native plants and are currently awaiting clinical trials and certification of the products according to the presidential task force on Covid-19.   With a population of 200m, Nigeria needs purchase about 218.m doses of the coronavirus vaccine if the...
World Health Organisation denies Nigeria Pfizer vaccine because she lacks storage facilities African News

World Health Organisation denies Nigeria Pfizer vaccine because she lacks storage facilities

NIGERIA has failed to make the World Health Organisation (WHO) shortlist of nations that qualify to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine because of the country’s inability to meet the standard requirement of being able to offer storage at the required -70 degrees Celsius.   With the vaccine being distributed worldwide, the...
Nigeria finally opts for Oxford/AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine to avoid storage problems African News

Nigeria finally opts for Oxford/AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine to avoid storage problems

NIGERIAN government officials have decided to proceed with the purchase of Oxford/AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine later this year as part of its programme to combat the spread of the virus across the country.   Medical experts have warned that Nigeria needs to set aside N540.4bn ($1.4bn) to purchase 218.m doses of the new...
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Nigeria told she needs to buy 218m doses of Covid-19 vaccine at a cost of $1.4bn

NIGERIA has been told she needs to set aside N540.4bn ($1.4bn) to purchase 218.m doses of the new coronavirus vaccine next month if the nation wants to combat the growing second wave of the pandemic currently sweeping across the globe.   Over the last week, Nigeria has witnessed a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases as the...
 

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