Japan has put a batch of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine on hold after a foreign substance was found in a container. The Japanese health ministry said a pharmacist saw several black particles in one container of the vaccine in Kanagawa Prefecture. The development comes less than a week after Japan suspended the use of over one million Moderna…
Activities have been suspended for ten days at the Nigerian High Commission in London. The move is meant to prevent the spread of Covid-19, after two officials tested positive for the coronavirus. The High Commission confirmed in a statement that the positive test was discovered among the Head of Immigration Section and two other officials who went…
Additional one hundred and seventy-six thousand doses of Covid-19 vaccine are expected to be delivered to Nigeria tomorrow. This comes as the federal government prepares for the second phase of the vaccination programme. The expected delivery is from the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, which are coming days after over four million Moderna jabs were received from the…
The Akwa Ibom State government has ordered one million doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Governor Udom Emmanuel made this known following the increasing cases of the new Delta variant in the state. Governor Emmanuel advised people of the state to ignore what people are saying about the vaccines and take them to protect themselves. He was speaking at…
US pharmaceutical company Pfizer says it has identified fake versions of its corona virus vaccine in Mexico and Poland. Pfizer said the vaccine doses were seized by authorities in the Mexico and Poland, and tests carried out on them proved them to be fake. It said the fake vaccines found in Mexico had false labels, while the…
The Lagos State Government has confirmed that it is operating two patterns of registration for the Covid-19 vaccination. The Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, said one of the ways is for residents of the state to visit the online platform for pre-registration. Professor Abayomi said those who cannot pre-register online are also allowed to visit the…