China’s President, Xi Jinping said his nation has so far contributed two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 120 countries and international organisations.… Read More »China Has Contributed 2 billion Doses of Covid Vaccines to 120 countries, Xi Jinping Says
Director-General (DG) of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, on Wednesday said the agency is working with… Read More »NAFDAC gives vital assurance on expired COVID-19 vaccines
Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, two sources told Reuters, one of the… Read More »Report: Up to 1 million Covid Vaccines Expired in Nigeria Last Month
The United Kingdom has insisted that travellers from Nigeria would still be quarantined. She however said in the spirit of the long-term partnership with Nigeria,… Read More »UK Insist Travellers From Nigeria Will Still Be Quarantined
The Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, has disclosed that Nigeria was expecting to receive a total of 52… Read More »Nigeria expects 52m doses of COVID-19 vaccines by 2022 — SGF
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Thursday, reassured Nigerians of the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in the country. Executive Director,… Read More »FG reassures Nigerians of efficacy, safety of COVID-19 vaccines
US President Joe Biden has said that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about Covid-19 vaccines. Biden’s… Read More »Biden Says Social Media ‘Killing People’ with Covid Misinformation
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has signed an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV to supply up to 220 million doses of the J&J single-dose vaccine to all 55 member-states… Read More »UNICEF to supply AU states 220 million COVID-19 vaccines
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) on Wednesday announced a joint financing package of 600 million euros for Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. to expand… Read More »Coronavirus: US, partners donate €600 million to support vaccine manufacturing in South Africa
South Africa’s president on Monday said the “selfish, unjust” refusal of pharmaceutical companies and allied Western governments to entertain emergency patent waivers on COVID-19 vaccines… Read More »South Africa accuses Big Pharma of ‘selfish, unjust’ vaccine policy
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appealed to developed countries to donate 250 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to protect the frontline workers and most… Read More »WHO urges nations to donate 250m doses of COVID-19 vaccine
President Emmanuel Macron of France has pledged to support Nigeria combat insecurity bedevilling the Lake Chad basin area and the entire stretch of the Sahel… Read More »France To Support Nigeria In Fight Against Insurgency
Germany on Thursday rejected a US proposal to waive patent protection for COVID-19 vaccines, saying the greatest constraints on production were not intellectual property but… Read More »Germany Rejects US Proposal To Waive Covid Vaccine Patents
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has again, called for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines. Okonjo-Iweala made the appeal on… Read More »Okonjo-Iweala Seeks Equitable Access To Covid Vaccines
The European Commission is weighing legal action against pharmaceutical giant, AstraZeneca, to ensure delivery of sufficient COVID-19 vaccines, according to multiple diplomatic sources. The EU… Read More »EU Commission Weighing Legal Action Against AstraZeneca
Africa accounts for less than two per cent of the 690 million COVID-19 vaccines administered globally so far. “Although progress is being made, many African… Read More »Africa Administers Less Than 2% Of Global COVID-19 Vaccines – WHO
The World Bank will provide 50 countries with finance to buy COVID-19 vaccines by mid-2021, Mr David Malpass, World Bank Group President has said. Malpass… Read More »World Bank To Provide COVID-19 Finance To 50 Countries By Mid 2021, Says President
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), updating the National Economic Council (NEC) on the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, says the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccines had… Read More »NPHCDA To NEC: COVID-19 Vaccines Delivered To 35 States