Vaccine

FILE - In this July 30, 2021, file photo, Bradley Sharp, of Saratoga, N.Y., gets the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from registered nurse Stephanie Wagner in New York. Starting Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration convenes its independent advisers for the first stage in the process of deciding whether extra shots of Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines should be dispensed and, if so, who should get them and when. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

US regulator approves expansion of coronavirus vaccine boosters

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Nigerian Red Cross

Coronavirus vaccination: Society urges more sensitisation of Nigerians to end pandemic

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Nigerian banks make coronavirus vaccination compulsory for staff

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The International Monetary Fund on Thursday forecast that Africa’s economic rebound from pandemic-induced shrinkage would be weaker than in the rest of the world in 2021 and 2022.

IMF sees Africa lagging in rebound from pandemic blow

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The Food and Drug Administration added a warning to the fact sheet for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine saying that the shot may lead to an increased risk of a nerve condition called Guillain–Barré syndrome. The agency says that the benefits of the vaccine still outweigh the risk.

US approves ‘mix and match’ coronavirus vaccine booster

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FILE PHOTO - Doses of the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen at a vaccination centre in Zilina, Slovakia June 7, 2021. REUTERS-Radovan Stoklasa

Source: EU decision on Russia’s Sputnik V shot ‘impossible’ this year

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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a virtual global climate summit via a video link in Brasilia, Brazil April 22, 2021. Marcos Correa-Brazilian Presidency via REUTERS

Brazil senators want president charged for homicide over 95,000 coronavirus deaths

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Snake bite victims in more danger as cost of Anti-snake venom hits roof

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Vials of the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine are seen at the Del-Pest Central Hospital in Budapest, Hungary, February 12, 2021. Zoltan Balogh-MTI-MTVA-Pool via REUTERS

South Africa rejects Russian Sputnik vaccine over HIV fears

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The new emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has reacted to the mass deaths recorded in Kano State.

Kano emir tasks subjects on coronavirus vaccine

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Nigerian government asks civil servants to take vaccine or present negative coronavirus result

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“This service will start on the 20th of October to allow the necessary preparations on the EVDS (electronic vaccination data system) registration system and also other logistical preparations,” Health Minister Joe Phaahla said.

South Africa to vaccinate teenagers with single dose of Pfizer – health minister

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Nigerian government may expand access to coronavirus vaccination ahead of December deadline

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NPHCDA to establish mass vaccination sites across Nigeria

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WHO: Coronavirus deaths at lowest in one year

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