CORONAVIRUS

The federal government has said that six months after Nigeria commenced the vaccination of its citizens against the COVID-19 pandemic, over 1.8 million eligible people have been fully vaccinated. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, said this on Monday in Abuja at the…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N836 million as additional funding for the establishment of oxygen production plants across the country. The FEC in June had approved N5.615 billion to four major contractors for the emergency supply, installation and maintenance of the 38 oxygen plants in various parts of…

Osun State Governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola has mandated COVID-19 vaccination for all cabinet members, public servants, health workers, and others in the state. He further directed all Public Servants who have not been vaccinated against COVID 19 to visit the nearest Government Health Centre to them or their place of…

The Federal Government has lifted the ban placed on flights coming into the country from India. Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, made this known in new travel protocol released on Sunday. The new protocol howeverretains the sanctions placed on airlines that convey passengers from restricted countries and…

The Edo state government says it will start restricting entry into government offices for unvaccinated civil servants from Wednesday. Advertisement The state government said the move is the first phase of its enforcement of restriction on large public gatherings for persons without evidence of COVID-19 vaccination. Addressing journalists on Tuesday,…

The Federal Government has concluded plans to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for civil servants and public servants in the country. The government said the process would be gradual, as it will make sure that vaccines are made available and accessible to all before implementing the policy. Secretary to the Government…

The Federal Government said that it had delivered Moderna vaccines to all but eight states in the country because the eight states lack requisite vaccine storage capacity. The Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, who made these known during a…

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, clarified that 135 persons, not 500, died in Lagos from COVID-19 during the third wave. There had been speculations that 500 persons died. But Sanwo-Olu in a press conference on Monday denied that. The governor also providing the COVID-19 update, said about…

Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen on Monday received her first shot of Medigen COVID-19 vaccine, domestically developed by a Taiwanese firm. The vaccine also became available to the public on the same day. Tsai told the media that she did not even feel the needle going in and then gave an…

Three senators, who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, announced on Thursday that they’ve tested positive for COVID-19. Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi , Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, and Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper of Colorado revealed their positive diagnoses in statements from their offices. Wicker and Hickenlooper reported experiencing…