By Aluta News Sept 14, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, on Tuesday said more than 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered globally, but only two per cent of… Only 2% of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Africa – WHO
By Aluta News Aug 13, 2021 The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), which facilitated the procurement of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ vaccine, says the vaccine costs Nigeria $7.50 as against $10 per dose.… Single dose J&J COVID-19 vaccine costs Nigeria $7.50 per dose, says Afreximbank
By Aluta News Aug 11, 2021 The Federal Government says a media report raising doubt on the propriety of using the four million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines donated by the U.S. is “fake, baseless… Nigeria not a testing ground for Moderna vaccine – FG
By Aluta News Aug 7, 2021 The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC), says the country will start administering the second batch of COVID-19 vaccines from Aug. 10. The vaccines were donated by the United… COVID-19: Nigeria to begin administering 2nd batch of vaccines Aug. 10
By Aluta News Aug 5, 2021 Germany and France said they would give COVID-19 vaccine boosters from September, disregarding an appeal by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to hold off until more people are vaccinated… Germany, France to give COVID-19 vaccine boosters, ignoring WHO call
By A luta News July 27, 2021 Seventy per cent of adults in the European Union(EU) had been jabbed at least once against COVID-19, the European Commission announced on Tuesday. “These figures put Europe among… 70% of adults in EU have received at least one vaccine
By Aluta News June 22, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden, on Monday announced plans to allocate 55 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the world, nothing that 10 million doses would be shared to Africa… COVID-19 vaccine: U.S. shares 55m doses globally, Africa gets 10m
By Aluta News June 22, 2021 World Health Organisation (WHO) is supporting a South African consortium in establishing the first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub, the UN health agency announced on Monday. The South… COVID-19: WHO supports South African consortium to establish mRNA vaccine transfer hub
By Aluta News June 18, 2021 A Brussels court on Friday ordered AstraZeneca to deliver an additional 50 million doses of Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to European Union (EU) member states or face fines. The court… AstraZeneca to deliver 50m vaccine shots or face fines, court rules
By Aluta News June 15, 2021 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… World Bank, AU to deploy vaccines for 400m Africans