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 ...

  Lagos, Nasarawa, others susceptible to virus Nigeria now has 54 cases of the United Kingdom’s (UK) variant of the COVID-19 virus, Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday approved the emergency use of AstraZeneca vaccine (EUL) also known as Covishield, manufactured under license by Se ...

The NCDC says it is aware of confirmed Ebola cases in Guinea and is assessing the risk to Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it would soon issue a  public health advisory over ...

..scientist behind Pfizer-BioNTech jab says Professor Ugur Sahin says the UK should provide evidence to back up its vaccination strategy. The scientist behind the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine says ...

It is often believed that aged people, particularly those with underlining ailments, are prone to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. But, a 101-year-old grandma has been successfully treated and discharged ...