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 has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Russia to supply it with any coronavirus vaccine when it becomes readily available so the populace can have access to treatment.
Since the pandemic broke out early this year, several countries have been battling to develop a vaccine, with Russia close to having one...
EUROPEAN Union (EU) officials have entered into an agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to buy 300m doses of any Covid-19 vaccine it manufactures for distribution across the community.
So far, there is no globally accepted coronavirus vaccine although several companies in numerous countries are racing to develop...
AMERICAN health officials have expressed scepticism over the efficacy of the new Covid-19 vaccine Russian scientists claim to have developed saying that there is not enough available data from its clinical trials to convince them it works.
Yesterday, Russia became the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval...