The world should be back to normal by end-2022 due to vaccines – Bill Gates
The world should be back to normal by the end of 2022 thanks to COVID-19 vaccines, Bill Gates said in an interview for Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and television broadcaster…
At The Moment, Benefits Of AstraZeneca Vaccine Outweighs Risks – WHO
Some countries in the European Union have temporarily suspended the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as a precautionary measure based on reports of rare blood coagulation disorders in persons…
COVID-19: Johnson & Johnson Jab Effective In Countries With Variants – WHO Experts
The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) expert vaccine advisers said Wednesday they could recommend Johnson and Johnson’s Covid-19 jab for use in countries where coronavirus variants of concern are circulating. The…
No cause for alarm, Astrazeneca vaccine delivered to the country is safe – FG assures Nigerians
The Federal Government has assured citizens that there is no cause for alarm regarding the batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine delivered to the country recently. The National Primary Health Care Development…
DRC Sentences Doctor, 15 Others To Death Over Killing Of Ebola Medic in 2019
Sixteen people, including a doctor, have been sentenced to death in absentia for the murder of a Cameroonian Ebola expert, lawyers said on Tuesday. Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung, an epidemiologist…
COVID-19: Gov. Abiodun Gets Vaccinated As Ogun Becomes First State to Receive AstraZeneca Vaccine Doses
The Ogun State government has taken delivery of an initial set of 50,000 doses of the first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Governor Dapo Abiodun received the vaccines on Monday…
COVID-19 Vaccines Are More Than Enough To Go Round – Health Minister
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has disclosed that the COVID-19 vaccine is more than enough to go round for Nigerians. Dr. Ehanire made the disclosure on Friday at…
WHO Scraps Plan For Interim Report On Wuhan Virus Mission
The World Health Organization has scrapped plans for a team that visited Wuhan, China to probe the origins of the coronavirus pandemic to issue an interim report, The Wall Street…
COVID-19 kills more African men than women – WHO study
Women in Africa are less likely to die from Covid-19 than men, but more likely to succumb to maternal complications due to limited access to reproductive services since the pandemic…
WHO predicts Covid-19 pandemic may extend beyond 2021
The World Health Organisation (WHO) believes it is unlikely the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19)will come to an end this year. “I think it will be very premature and unrealistic to think…