Covid Vaccination

Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday flagged off the 2022 Integrated Measles Vaccination Campaign in Lagos State.

Lagos flags off integrated measles vaccination campaign

June 17, 2022

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS

African study: Coronavirus deadlier during pregnancy

June 13, 2022

A picture taken June 23, 2020 shows a few worshippers performing al-Fajr prayer at the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca. – Saudi Arabia held a “very limited” hajj in 2020 and 2021, with pilgrims already in the kingdom allowed to perform the annual ritual as it moves to curb the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the Gulf. (Photo by STR / AFP)

Saudi releases health guidelines, bars persons older than 65 years from 2022 Hajj

May 19, 2022

Haneda Airport As Japan Ready To Ease Covid Border Controls

Report: Japan to allow tourist groups as soon as this month

May 6, 2022

A man receives COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine during the flag-off of COVID-19 Mass Vaccination by the Nigerian government in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 19, 2021. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon - AFP)

Gombe government moves to boost coronavirus vaccination, targets 1.9 million

February 15, 2022

FILE PHOTO - A medical worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a vaccination center in Paris, France, July 23, 2021. REUTERS-Sarah Meyssonnier

Kogi agency denies cash-for-coronavirus-vaccine allegation

February 9, 2022

FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a bilateral meeting with Swiss Interior and Health Minister Alain Berset on the sidelines of the opening of the 74th World Health Assembly at the WHO headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland May 24, 2021. Laurent Gillieron/Pool via REUTERS

Coronavirus: WHO urges countries to lift international travel bans

January 21, 2022

The Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland has issued a fresh call for pregnant women to get vaccinated. The warning comes as the spread of the Omicron variant continues to cause high case numbers in Northern Ireland.

Coronavirus: Pregnant women urged to get vaccinated over fear of stillbirths

January 17, 2022

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker administers a dose of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a child at a vaccination centre in Les Pavillons-sous-Bois, near Paris, France, December 18, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

French parliament approves Emmanuel Macron’s coronavirus vaccine pass plan

January 6, 2022

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Former world No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic speaks during a news conference in Belgrade, Serbia July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Andrej Isakovic/File Photo

Novak Djokovic hearing adjourned, to remain in immigration detention

January 6, 2022

GAVI, the main donor funder of vaccination in low and middle-income countries, has announced the launch of a full-scale malaria vaccination programme at a time when attention on the Covid-19 pandemic negatively affected the fight against malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Nasarawa reclaims lead position in coronavirus vaccination

December 28, 2021

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said it recorded zero fatality from coronavirus on Monday, though 167 additional infections were reported in seven states and FCT.

NCDC: Nigeria reports 1,940 new cases of coronavirus

December 24, 2021

The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, says the federal government will take possession of the repatriated Benin artefacts and will take into “cognizance the culture that produced the art works”.

Vaccine inequality: Only three per cent of Nigerians vaccinated against coronavirus – minister

December 5, 2021

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Niger has commended the efforts of Mr Hamzat Adekunle with state code number NG-19C-1696, for conducting free diabetes tests for 65 persons in the camp.

NYSC swears in 1,329 corps members in Yobe

November 30, 2021

Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HoSF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, has advised Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure strict compliance with service and establishment matters so that their Organisation can stand the test of time.

Coronavirus: Nigerian government directs all workers to resume, get vaccinated

November 27, 2021