Germany’s federal and health ministers on Tuesday came to the decision in an emergency meeting to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for people under the age of 60 starting on Wednesday. Germany’s vaccine commission issued a corresponding recommendation for AstraZeneca’s use, due to data on “rare, but very severe thromboembolic side effects” that […]
he Presidential Tasks Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has insisted that the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe for Nigerians despite the growing global concerns over possible side effects. Germany, France, and Italy are the latest European countries to halt the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine rollout following reports of possible adverse side effects. The National Incident Manager of […]
Danish health authorities said Thursday they were temporarily suspending the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine as a precaution after some patients developed blood clots since receiving the jab. The move comes “following reports of serious cases of blood clots among people vaccinated with AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine”, the Danish Health Authority said in a statement. But […]
UK stops Enrollment of doctors and nurses from Nigeria and 46 other countries. The United Kingdom government as confirmed in its updated Code of practice has suspended the recruitment of health and care workers from Nigeria and 46 other countries. Africa Check had earlier reported that about 5, 250 Nigerian-trained doctors are on the UK […]
Nigeria’s daily COVID-19 infections have fallen below 700 for the fourth consecutive day, the first time since the beginning of 2021. On Monday, Nigeria recorded 542 new cases, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Nigeria on Sunday recorded its lowest daily tally this year with 521 infections. The reduction in daily cases occurs after weeks […]
Medical experts have disagreed on the most appropriate COVID-19 vaccine for the country as the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), yesterday, gave emergency use authorisation (EUA) for Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently approved Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use. The move to use the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in Nigeria has […]
Eight people died from COVID-19 complications in Nigeria, on Thursday, raising the fatalities from the disease to 1,710, according to health authorities. The country also reported 938 new infections, on Thursday, bringing the total number of known cases in the country to 143,516. This is according to an update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control […]
KINDLY SHARE THIS STORY The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has recorded 1,483 cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 118,138. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the country has so far tested 1,225,179 people since the first confirmed […]
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has told Nigerians to ignore rumours of fresh lockdown alert in circulation on social media. PTF National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, said this in a short video released on Thursday. The rumour started following the emergence of a purported WhatsApp message from a member of the PTF, which […]
The Federal Government has announced that President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and other prominent personalities would be among the first set of Nigerians to be administered the COVID-19 vaccines when the country takes its first batch of delivery by the end of January. The […]