COVID-19 Vaccine

BEVERLY HILLS, March 05, (THEWILL) – Nigeria commenced its COVID-19 vaccination on Friday with Cyprian Nyong, a medical doctor from the National Hospital, Abuja, being the first person to receive the jab of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine. The Chairman of...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 03, (THEWILL) - The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Wednesday dispelled fears that people might not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19, noting that up to 2.3m Nigerians have indicated  interest in taking...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 02, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government on Tuesday, held a reception ceremony to herald the arrival of COVID-19 vaccine doses into the country. The ceremony was attended by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, the Director-General of...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 02, (THEWILL) – COVID-19 vaccines coming into Nigeria must come through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja or they would be declared illegal and immediately confiscated, the Federal Government has announced. This was made known by...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 01, (THEWILL) - The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has commenced online registration of Nigerians interested in taking COVID-19 vaccination ahead of the Tuesday arrival of the first batch of the nation’s vaccines. The NPHCDA later...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 28, (THEWILL) - All things being equal, the Federal Government says, Nigeria will receive the first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from India on Tuesday March 2. The Chairman of PTF and Secretary to the Government of...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 20, (THEWILL) - Russia has approved for domestic use a third coronavirus vaccine, CoviVac. It was manufactured from a coronavirus that has been inactivated and stripped of its ability to replicate. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, on Saturday announced the...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 18, (THEWILL) - The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the AstraZeneca Vaccine for use in Nigeria. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja on...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 17, (THEWILL) - In a bid to distribute Covid-19 vaccines and engage in other allied services to 145 countries, the United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has created an initiative called ‘UNICEF Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative’ which has partnered...

Recently, the Federal Government through the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 (PTF), announced that the sum of N10 billion has been released to appropriate agency to fund domestic vaccine production to tackle the scourge of Coronavirus in the country. The...