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CoronavirusNewsVaccinationNigeria to Receive 4.8m Doses of Vaccines on Monday

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 2, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Government of Nigeria is expected to receive about 4.8 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines on Monday. This was disclosed by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Sunday. The Executive Director/CEO of the Agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, in a memo to journalists in Abuja, said the doses were a donation from the United States Government. The expected shipment will be the largest of vaccines received since the nationwide...

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CoronavirusVaccinationCOVID-19 Delta Variant in 98 Countries, Continues to Mutate, WHO Warns

PilotnewsJuly 2, 2021

NEW YORK — World  Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, on Friday, urged leaders to push back against the daunting new COVID-19 surges, with increased vaccination efforts and public health measures. Ghebreyesus warned that with Delta variant was quickly becoming the dominant strain in many countries, saying: “we are in a very dangerous period of the pandemic’’ “In those countries with low COVID-19 vaccination coverage, terrible scenes of hospitals overflowing are again becoming the norm....

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CoronavirusNigeriaVaccinationSenate Chief Whip Commends FG’s Efforts on COVID-19 Pandemic

PilotnewsJune 29, 2021

ABUJA — Sen. Orji Kalu, the Senate Chief Whip, has commended the Federal Government’s effort in tackling the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Kalu gave the commendation during the official launch of the Crystal Hill All Day Wipes and Sanitisers on Tuesday, in Abuja. The Senate Chief Whip, who is also the chairperson of the occasion, buttressed the point by quoting the Prime Minister of Australia, who recently congratulated the government of...

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CoronavirusUnited NationsVaccination91 Countries Now Offer COVID-19 Vaccinations to Refugees- UNHCR

PilotnewsJune 25, 2021

NEW YORK — The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has welcomed the growing number of countries that have offered COVID-19 vaccines to refugees, urging others to do the same. “Beyond the moral imperative, this is in our collective self-interest,” Ann Burton, Chief of UNHCR’s Public Health Section, said in a statement on Thursday. According to her, as long as the pandemic remains out of control somewhere, it is a threat for everyone everywhere. ”To...

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CoronavirusNigeriaVaccination1,005,234 People Receives Second Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 25, 2021

ABUJA — The executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, says 1,005,234 people have received the second dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. As of June 24, Nigeria has confirmed 167,375 cases of COVID-19, and while 163,917 have recovered, 2,118 deaths have been recorded. Shuaib while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Thursday said the agency has extended the timeline for the administration of the second dose by 11 days...

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CoronavirusUnited StatesVaccinationU.S. Administered 300m COVID-19 Vaccines In 150 Days – Biden

PilotnewsJune 19, 2021

NEW YORK — U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said the U.S. had administered 300 million COVID-19 vaccines in 150 days, noting that COVID-19 cases and deaths have decreased by more than 90 per cent. Biden said this in“300 Million Shots in 150 Days: The President’s COVID-19 Strategy is Delivering for Americans’’ issued to commemorate his 150 days in office. According to the statement, when Biden took office 150 days ago, more than 3,300 Americans...

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CoronavirusVaccination44,000 Persons Received First Jab Of AstraZeneca Vaccine In Plateau State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 17, 2021

JOS — Plateau state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nimkong Ndam, says that 44,000 persons have so far received the first jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the state. Ndam, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Monday in Jos, said that the state had stopped administering the first dose of the vaccine, while administration of the second dose of the vaccine would commence on June 13. Ndam, said that this would mark an...

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CoronavirusVaccinationPfizer, Moderna Vaccines Are 94% Effective – Study Shows

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 15, 2021

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday stated that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were found to be 94 per cent effective in health care workers. CDC said in a statement that mRNA vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) were found to reduce the risk of getting sick with COVID-19 by 94 per cent among Health Care Personnel (HCP) who were fully vaccinated. This assessment, conducted in a different study network with a larger...

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CoronavirusVaccinationWellnessCovid-19 Vaccine Has No Health Implications-Fintiri

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 14, 2021

YOLA — Adamawa state Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has reassured the citizens that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe devoid of any health implications. The governor re-echoed this while speaking to Journalists at the Government House Yola on Thursday. “People should avail themselves and take COVID-19 vaccine willingly, is not by force, but it will go a long way in curtailing the spread of the virus across the globe”. “For those of us that have taken...

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CoronavirusVaccinationWorld NewsVaccines Inequality Poses Great Risk To Global Economic Recovery – UN Report

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 12, 2021

The UN says vaccine inequality between countries and regions is posing a significant risk to an already uneven and fragile global economic recovery. The UN economic forecast, published on Tuesday, stated that while the outlook for global growth has improved, the ongoing impacts of the pandemic, as well as inadequate progress on vaccination in poorer countries, are putting the recovery at risk. The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) mid-year report warned that widening inequality...

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