Third Covid vaccine dose likely needed within 12 months of vaccination ~Pfizer CEO

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said people will “likely” need a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine within 12 months of getting fully vaccinated. His comments were made public Thursday but were taped on April 1. Bourla said it’s possible people will need to get vaccinated against the coronavirus annually. “A likely scenario is that there will... Read More

New wave of covid-19, limited access to Vaccines may derail Sub-Saharan African recovery~IMF

New waves of Covid-19 infections could derail the economic recovery in sub-Saharan Africa, which is already forecast to lag the rest of the world this year amid limited access to vaccines, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned. In its regional economic outlook released on Thursday, the IMF said growth projections are subject to “greater-than-usual... Read More

VP Osinbajo seeks free access to Covid-19 vaccine by developing economies

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday said the principle of fairness must be applied by leaders in addressing challenges in health, the economy, and other issues in their bids to build a fairer world. Osinbajo stated this today at a virtual forum organized by a leading American Christian University, Liberty University with the theme... Read More

Johnson & Johnson delay rollout of vaccine in Europe after US pause

Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it would proactively delay its vaccine rollout in the European Union following reports of rare but severe cases of blood clots in people who received the shot. “The safety and well-being of the people who use our products is our number one priority,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday.... Read More

African Union, Australia and Philippines limit AstraZeneca’s vaccine use

Australia and the Philippines limited use of AstraZeneca‘s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, while the African Union dropped plans to buy the shot amid global shortages, dealing further blows to the company’s hopes to deliver a vaccine for the world. The vaccine – developed with Oxford University and considered a frontrunner in the global vaccine race... Read More

Nigeria receives 100,000 doses of COVISHIELD vaccines from India

Nigeria has received 100,000 doses of COVISHIELD vaccines donated by the government of India to support the country’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. A statement by High Commission of India in Nigeria on Tuesday said the consignment was delivered to the country through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA. “These 100,000 doses... Read More

IMF approves $2.34 bln facilities for Kenya to fight Covid-19

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved about $2.34 billion 38-month arrangements under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Kenya. The facilities are meant to support the next phase of Kenya’s COVID-19 response and address the urgent need to reduce debt vulnerabilities, the IMF stated in a... Read More

COVID-19 vaccine side effects, why some people get them

Doctors say side effects are not a cause for concern, but merely a sign that your immune system is building up a response. Across the globe, millions of citizens in many countries are currently receiving coronavirus vaccinations providing from various drugmakers, which include Johnson and Johnson, AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. However, some people have been... Read More

Nigeria to receive 70 million J&J Covid-19 vaccines through African Union

Nigeria hopes to receive up to 70 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this year through the African Union (AU), its primary healthcare chief said, according to Reuters. Rolling out vaccines in developing nations such as Nigeria, whose 200 million-strong population is Africa’s biggest, is seen as key to stemming the... Read More

Nigeria, other African nations to get 400 mln Covid-19 vaccines from J&J

Nigeria and 54 other member nations of the African Union (AU) are expected to get 400 million doses of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 before the end of 2022, according to a statement by the US drugmakers on Monday Johnson & Johnson has agreed to supply 220 million vaccines to the AU by the start... Read More