Over 80 drone applications under review, training centre in pipeline — NCAA
Stories by Dickson Omobola Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has said it is in the process of approving a new aviation training facility for drone operators. NCAA’s Director of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards, Engineer Godwin Balang, said the agency has chosen to be methodical to ensure the facility met all operational benchmarks. Balang, who spoke at the […]
Tanzania’s president urges public not to ignore COVID-19
Tanzania’s President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, on Friday, urged the public not to ignore a third wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19). This came after her predecessor, the late John Magufuli, alarmed the world with his sceptical approach to the pandemic. Since Hassan took office after the death of Magufuli in March, the government has changed from downplaying […]
Japan pledges support for Nigeria on COVID-19 challenges
“One of my priorities would therefore be to address the various challenges in the medical and health sectors, including the response to COVID-19, through the cooperation between Japan and Nigeria,’’ Kazuyoshi said.
2m Nigerians receive COVID-19 jabs
More than two million Nigerians have received the first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency declared in Abuja on Thursday. Its Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib, told newsmen that 2,099,568 people have been vaccinated with their first doses, while 1,005,234 have received their second doses of the vaccine as […]
COVID-19: Nigeria calls for waiver on Intellectual Property Rights on vaccine
Nigeria has called for a waiver on global intellectual property rights so that developing countries can produce COVID-19 vaccines and effectively check the wave of the pandemic.
2m Nigerians receive COVID-19 jabs
More than two million Nigerians have received the first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency declared in Abuja on Thursday. Its Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib, told newsmen that 2,099,568 people have been vaccinated with their first doses, while 1,005,234 have received their second doses of the vaccine as […]
COVID-19 vaccine: US donates 55m doses globally, Africa gets 10m
US President Joe Biden, on Monday, announced plans to allocate 55 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the world, noting that 10 million doses would be shared to Africa countries. Biden, in a statement from the White House in Washington, DC, said the doses were the remaining part of the 80 million he pledged to […]
COVID-19: UAE makes u-turn, extends travel ban between Dubai, Nigeria
“Customers travelling to and from Lagos and Abuja will not be accepted to travel. Customers who have been to or connected through Nigeria in the last 14 days are not permitted to board from any other point to the UAE.
COVID-19: NCDC reports zero cases June 20
The spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria continues to record significant decrease as the latest statistics by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reveal Nigeria now has 167,206 confirmed cases. The NCDC, said on its verified website on Monday, that the case count has continued to creep down in the country. It revealed that no […]
UK reports another 10,476 coronavirus cases
Britain has reported another 10,476 Coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour, bringing the total number of Coronavirus cases in the country to 4,610,893, according to official figures released on Friday. The country also recorded another 11 coronavirus-related death. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now stands at 127,956. These figures only include the […]
Kremlin rules out mandatory COVID-19 vaccination in Russia
Vaccination against the coronavirus in Russia is not mandatory and the authorities do not plan to force citizens to get the injection, Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told Sputnik on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Russian consumer rights watchdog had announced that companies in Moscow and the Moscow region were asked to vaccinate at least 60 […]
Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine: COVAX to provide 3.92 additional doses to Nigeria
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has announced that Nigeria is to receive 3.92 million additional doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines from COVAX, by the end of July 2021. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, made the announcement at a press briefing on Tuesday, in Abuja. The News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN) recalled […]
World Bank, AU to deploy vaccines for 400m Africans
The World Bank (WB) and the African Union (AU)’s COVID-19 Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) have announced a decision to work together to deploy vaccines for 400 million Africans. The pledge came after the president of the World Bank, David Malpass, met with the AVATT to discuss ways to accelerate vaccine deployment to Africa, […]
Antibody treatment failed in preventing COVID-19 in exposed patients – AstraZeneca
Anglo-Swedish drug maker AstraZeneca (AZN.L) said on Tuesday a study of its monoclonal antibody treatment, AZD7442, did not meet the main goal of preventing symptomatic Coronavirus (COVID-19) in people recently exposed to the novel COVID-19. The company said the participants in the trial were unvaccinated adults older than 18 years with confirmed exposure to a […]
COVID-19 vaccine: UNICEF hails G7 commitment to sharing 870m doses
UN on Sunday welcomed G7 nations’ commitment to immediate sharing of 870 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, supporting global access and helping to end the pandemic. The Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta Fore, in a statement, said equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines represented the clearest pathway out of the pandemic for […]
COVID-19: One case of adverse side effects, as 75000 vaccinated in Oyo
By Adeola Badru One person has been reported having complications from the COVID-19 vaccination in Oyo State and other 398 persons with mild symptoms like a slight headache and pain at the point where the injection needle was inserted, as about 75000 people were vaccinated against the infection in the first round of the vaccination […]
