Tag: COVID-19 Vaccine

Just In! Buhari, Osinbajo receive Covid-19 vaccination

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari and his vice, Ayeni Osinbajo in Saturday both received the Covid-19 vaccination at the State House, in Abuja. The presidents personal physician, Dr Shu’aib Rafidadi, administered the vaccine at about 11.52 am. The vice-president was also vaccinated by his personal physician immediately after the president received his dose. The president, who is the ECOWAS Champion on the Fight against Covid-19, also received his Covid-19 vaccination card. A similar card was presented to the vice-president by officials of the Federal Ministry of Health, who supervised the exercise. Recall…

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Covid-19: I wont take any vaccine – Yahaya Bello

Aminu Imam

  Says Kogi has no business with pandemic As the Federal Government rolled out the AstraZeneca vaccine jabs yesterday and Nigerians are encouraged to take the vaccine, the Kogi State governor has however stated that Covid-19 is not the business of the State. Speaking on a television programme yesterday, Bello declared that he would neither take any vaccine nor compel anyone in the State to take it. According to the governor, Covid-19 is not our business in Kogi State. We are dealing with more serious issues in Kogi State, not…

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Covid-19: First dose of vaccines administered at National Hospital, Abuja

Aminu Imam

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, (NPHCDA), announced the flag-off ceremony for Covid-19 vaccination in Nigeria. The vaccines were administered at the National Hospital Abuja, in an event chaired by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19, Boss Mustapha, and reported by the NPHCDA on social media. According to reports, one Dr. Cyprian Ngon was the first to receive the vaccine. He led the first set of health workers, including Nurse Faith E. Eragbai, Dr. Nuru Joseph and Dr.…

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Nigeria to begin Covid-19 vaccination today – NPHCDA Boss

Aminu Imam

  Buhari, Osinbajo to take vaccine Saturday The Federal Government has said the country will commence the vaccination against Covid-19 today, Friday, two days after it received the first batch of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shu’aib, announced this yesterday, during a presidential briefing held at the State House in Abuja, the nations capital. He revealed that the government would kick-off the exercise at the National Hospital in Abuja, where the frontline health workers there would be the…

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COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for Hajj pilgrims in 2021

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has mandated pilgrims to be vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of 2021 Hajj. The Kingdom’s Health Minister, Tawfiq al-Rabiah, made the disclosure in a circular issued on Monday. The COVID-19 vaccine is mandatory for those willing to come to the Hajj and will be one of the main conditions (for receiving a permit to come), the minister stated. In 2019, the pilgrimage programme recorded over two million visitors across the globe. The pilgrimage, however, suffered a huge setback in 2020 due to the out-break of COVID-19…

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FG launches on-line registration platform for Covid-19 vaccination

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government yesterday launched the electronic registration platform to enable eligible Nigerians get vaccinated against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. The T.E.A.C.H strategy, which combines indigenous (traditional) approaches with modern technologically enabled systems of vaccination, will leverage experiences gained during the polio immunisation programmes. Recall that Nigeria is set to receive its first batch of 3.92 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine today, according to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). The Executive Director/CEO of the NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, during the official launch of the T.E.A.C.H…

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New Covid-19 variant discovered in Nigeria, 15 countries – NCDC

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’AstraZeneca vaccines to arrive within one week’ FG The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said that a new variant of Covid-19 has been detected in Nigeria and 15 other countries. Disclosing this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 briefing yesterday in Abuja, the NCDC Director-General Chikwe Iheakweazu, said that researchers and scientists were still working hard to understand if the variant had any effect on the virus transmissibility, immunity as well as diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics. As we shared the vaccines, a total of 54 cases…

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NAFDAC approves Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for use in Nigeria

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for use in Nigeria. This information was made public by the Personal Assistant on New Media to President Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, yesterday. According to his statement, the Director-General of the agency, Dr. Mojisola Adeyeye made this decision based on the recommendation of the agency after rigorous scientific considerations conducted by NAFDAC. Dr. Adeyeye noted that the review of the shots efficacy was conducted by NAFDAC after the agency received the vaccine dossier from…

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Covid-19: FG to begin registration of Nigerians for vaccination – Official

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…Gets 1.6m doses of  vaccines from MTN, India The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development (NPHCDA), Faisal Shu’aib, on Monday announced that registration of Nigerians for Covid-19 vaccination will begin this week. Shu’aib said a URL link will be deployed this week for the on-line registration of health workers and other eligible Nigerians, aged 18 years and above, to appropriately schedule them for Covid-19 vaccination. To facilitate the process, Shu’aib said the Technical Working Group has come up with the ‘TEACH’ strategy of registration and scheduling of crowd population.…

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CACOVID disowns BUAs purchase of 1 million COVID-19 vaccines for Nigeria

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The Coalition Against COVID-19, (CACOVID), has disowned BUAs purported plan to purchase one million COVID-19 vaccines singlehandedly for Nigeria. BUA was quoted on Monday that it has paid for 1 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for Nigeria through the AFREXIM Vaccine programme in partnership with CACOVID. Recall that speaking on the development, philanthropist and Founder of BUA, AbdulSamad Rabiu, had yesterday thanked the President of the Afrexim Bank, Dr. Benedict Oramah for making the purchase possible and the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Governor, Godwin Emefiele, for co-ordinating the…

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