Tag: Vaccine

By Yakubu Musa Nothing, perhaps, illustrates the tragedy of the current world's most enduring struggle, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, than last Friday’s UN resolution for a ceasefire. Curiously, the United States of America voted against it while her...
By Sanusi Abdullahi Kiru In the ever-evolving landscape of Nigeria's telecommunications industry, there are individuals who leave an indelible mark, reshaping the sector for the betterment of the nation. Among these luminaries, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta stands...

Supreme Court blocks vaccine mandate for large businesses, allows it for health care workers

The U.S. Supreme Court issued two highly anticipated rulings on Thursday, temporarily blocking a Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers but allowing a separate rule applying...

Brazil health ministry website hit by hackers, vaccination data targeted

By Ismail Auwal Brazil's health ministry said its website was hit on Friday by a hacker attack that took several systems down, including one with...

All workers to resume December with proof of vaccination, as FG relaxes restrictions

    The Head of Service of the Federation, Folasade Yemi-Esan, has said all civil servants will resume at the offices on December 1st but will...

W.H.O expresses concern over COVID-19 variant, Omicron

By Sahelian Times   The World Health Organisation (WHO) has named a new coronavirus variant, Omicron, and classified it a variant of concern.   A statement from the...

COVID 19: Austria to lockdown unvaccinated

By Ismail Auwal Austria is days away from placing millions of people not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on lockdown, as daily infections are at a...

W.H.O approves first-ever vaccine for malaria, including for children

By Salim Yunusa   Amid the ongoing battle against Covid-19, the World Health Organization has approved the first ever vaccine against another deadly disease – Malaria....

Jigawa councils to use sweets as enticement for polio vaccines

By Salim Yunusa The Kirikasamma and Guri Local Government Councils in Jigawa plan to woo 109,560 children with sweets and other confectioneries to take polio...

New Covid variant, ‘Mu’ emerges, could resist vaccines, immunity

By Salim Yunusa The World Health Organization is monitoring a new coronavirus variant called “mu,” which the agency says has mutations that have the potential...

COVID-19: FG to receive 4.8m doses of vaccines on Monday

By Salim Yunusa   The Federal Government will on Monday receive about 4.8 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency...

Roadblock to immunity: How infodemic is causing vaccination hesitancy in Kano State 

Sub:  Due to misinformation, many people in Kano State, Northwest Nigeria,  have said they will not take the COVID-19 vaccine, putting a hindrance to...

U.S. to share AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses with world

 By Salim Yunusa The White House said as many as 16 million AstraZeneca doses could be made available to other countries in the next two...

Covid-19: How AstraZeneca lost the vaccine PR war

AstraZeneca’s covid-19 vaccine has rarely been out of the news—and the headlines show no signs of abating. Jacqui Wise explains how miscommunication and politics created a...

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