As part of steps to end the on-going strike that has paralysed many hospitals, the Federal Government has directed immediate payment of salary arrears of over 450 medical doctors. Those affected are m ...

China’s drug authority has approved for clinical trials an inhaled Covid-19 vaccine co-developed by domestic firm CanSino Biologics, the company said in a filing on Tuesday. The move comes after the N ...

"There will definitely be another surge at some point," says England's chief medical officer on the first anniversary of lockdown. The COVID crisis will cause a "long rain shadow" and there will "defi ...

Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, says the Astrazeneca vaccine recently inaugurated and distributed to states to treat C ...

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has deployed policemen to beef up security around the cold store where the COVID-19 vaccines are kept in the Ikeja area of the state. The state ...

THE Federal Government has confirmed that the movement of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to  states has commenced on Monday while its delivery will be completed on Tuesday (today). The Executive ...

Nigeria on Friday commenced its COVID-19 vaccination as a medical doctor, Dr. Cyprian Nyong, of the National Hospital, Abuja, will receive a jab of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine any moment f ...

President  Muhammadu Buhari  and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, will receive shots of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday. Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agen ...

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said contrary to widespread insinuations, the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid vaccines presently in the country have not been apportioned to “rich people”. Executive Dir ...

Another 144 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus and a further 6,035 new cases have been reported. This compares to the 290 coronavirus deaths and 7,434 new infections recorded on S ...