Tag: Vaccine

North Carolina sites halt J&J shots after adverse reactions

North Carolina health officials said on Thursday that they stopped administering Johnson & Johnson doses at a mass vaccination site in Raleigh and at...

Argentina’s president tests positive for COVID after vaccination

By Abba Gwale Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez, who has been vaccinated against Covid-19, announced late Friday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. “At the...

35.7% of vaccine administered in Nigeria – NPHCDA

By Ismail Auwal A total of 718,412 Nigerians received the first jab of Covid-19 vaccine in the month of March, representing 35.7% of its total...

German experts recommend AstraZeneca COVID shots only for over 60s

Germany’s vaccine committee, known as STIKO, on Tuesday recommended using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine only for people aged 60 and over following further reports of...

9.5% of Nigerians are fully vaccinated  – NPHCD

By Ismail Auwal The National Primary Health Care Development has said that Nigeria has vaccinated nearly 10% of its allocated Covid-19 AstraZeneca proportions at a...

Cameroon suspends AstraZeneca vaccine usage

By Ismail Auwal Cameroon has announced the suspension of the administration of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine. The health ministry was scheduled to receive the vaccine on March...

EU’s drug regulator backs AstraZeneca vaccine after safety investigation

The EU’s drug watchdog said on Thursday it is still convinced the benefits of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine outweigh the risks following an investigation into...

Experts say AstraZeneca vaccine unfairly treated by EU countries

By Abba Gwale Multiple experts say that the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is being unfairly targeted by EU countries,...

NPHCDA: AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine safe and effective

By Salim Yunusa The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has released a press statement on concerns about the safety of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Vaccine. This is...

Ganduje, cabinet get AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine jab

By Ismail Auwal Governor of Kano state, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has received the first dose of the Astrazeneca COVID in Murtala Muhammad Hospital in...

COVID-19: More European countries suspend AstraZeneca vaccine amidst health concerns

By ISmail Auwal Three more European countries have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine as they continue to record serious cases of blood clots...

COVID-19: Vaccination in Kano, other states uncertain as FG waits for list of health workers

By Abba Gwale COVID-19 vaccination in Kano and 10 other States is still uncertain as the Federal Government says it has yet to receive the...

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