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 them in Africa. The UN agency is urging every country to vaccinate at least 40Continue Reading
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. The bank’s Regional Chief Operating officer, Mr Abdoulaye Kone, who disclosed this in an interviewContinue Reading
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 and irresponsible’’ The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this in anContinue Reading
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 State of America. The committee’s Director of Publicity, Mr Willie Bassey, made this known inContinue Reading
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 across the globe. The decision to press ahead with booster shots despite the strongest statementContinue Reading
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 the world leaders,’’ European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement. AboutContinue Reading
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 countries. Biden, in a statement from the White House in Washington, DC, said the dosesContinue Reading
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 African consortium comprises Biovac, Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, a network of universities and the AfricaContinue Reading
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 ruled that the vaccines should be delivered by September or face a maximum of 500Continue Reading
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 Africans. The pledge came after the president of the World Bank, David Malpass, met withContinue Reading