The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has approved two additional COVID-19 vaccines. The new Covid vaccines include Moderna from the United Kingdom, as well as Sputnik from Russia, which is yet to be approved by the World Health Organisation. NAFDAC’s Director-General, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, announced at a news conference in Abuja that tests…
Some European countries that suspended the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine have resumed their rollout. These include Germany, France, Italy and Spain, while other countries are free to determine when to re-start their vaccination. This comes after the European Medicines Agency reviewed concerns over blood clots in thirteen EU states where the vaccine had been in…
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen has admitted the EU was too late to rollout Covid-19 vaccines. She also acknowledged that the EU over overconfident about meeting production targets despite delays at factories. The EU President had come under fire for the union’s slow vaccine rollout. But she was adamant that ordering vaccines…
The Federal Government is targeting the vaccination of up to seventy percent of Nigerians for Covid-19. The Secretary to Government, BOSS MUSTAPHA, says the Federal Government will do all it can to achieve the target. MUSTAPHA, who is the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, made this known at an event in Abuja. The event…