Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, a renowned Islamic Scholar in Nigeria has called on Muslims to accept COVID-19 vaccination for health benefit. Speaking at a Ramadan breakfast organized by an NGO, Journalists against Polio (JAP); the Islamic scholar said that COVID-19 is real. He described coronavirus disease as a global problem that required the support of all, urged Muslims to avail themselves of vaccination, saying he had been vaccinated. “Muslim Ummah should ensure the use of...

Dr. Solomon Chollom, the spokesman for Plateau Inter-professional Health Committee on COVID-19 Response, has called for transparency in vaccine development and outcomes of clinical trials. Chollom, a virologist, spoke on Monday in Abuja on the side-line of the 2021 World Immunization Week. Celebration of the 2021 World Immunisation Week, which has “Vaccines Bring Us Closer’’, as its theme, began on April 24 and would end on April 30. Key stakeholders in vaccine research, production, administration,...

Six weeks after taken delivery of the first batch of 65,410 Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, only 37.7% of target has received the COVID-19 vaccination in coal city, Enugu State. The first phase of the vaccination targets health workers, frontline workers from sectors such as military, paramilitary, etc, COVID-19 response team, petrol station workers and strategic leaders (NPHCDA). “Once the health workers are vaccinated, the second phase of the rollout will...

ABUJA —  The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said a total of 8,439 mild adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) had been reported since vaccination began in March. Dr. Faisal Shuaib, the executive director and CEO, NPHCDA, said this at a press conference by NPHCDA and World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday in Abuja, on the status of the COVID-19 vaccination in the country. “Out of over a million persons given the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19...

Leaders in strategic positions of life have been charged to take lead roles in the drive to encourage Nigerians to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The leaders outlined at an ongoing media dialogue workshop in Yola Adamawa, included governors, lawmakers, traditional rulers, religious leaders, market leaders, health workers, and others. The workshop was organized by the Child Rights Information Bureau (CRIB) of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in collaboration with UNICEF. Speaking at the...