vaccine

Covid-19: Unvaccinated 11 Times More Likely to Die

Covid-19: Unvaccinated 11 Times More Likely to Die

“Nigeria’s 0.8% vaccination rate contrasts poorly with South Africa’s 12.2%, Malaysia’s 52.8%, India’s 12.5%, Indonesia’s 15.1% and Kazakhstan’s 31.5%”. Covid-19… Read More

2 years ago

U.S. Study Confirms Safety of AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine

The coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford is 79% effective in preventing symptomatic illness and 100%… Read More

2 years ago

New AstraZeneca Vaccine Troubles Put Africa’s Recovery At Risk

Several European nations have temporarily halted the rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine over reports of fatal brain hemorrhages and… Read More

2 years ago

Covid-19: Vaccine Delivery, Rollout Gather Pace in Africa

The first Covid-19 vaccination campaign in Africa kicked off in Ivory Coast on Monday with the administration of doses from… Read More

2 years ago

Russian Vaccine 3 Times More Expensive in Africa

Africa will be paying more for Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine than it is for Oxford/AstraZeneca, Novavax, and other ‘western’… Read More

2 years ago

Nigeria to Get 4M Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine Next Week

Nigeria will get 4 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine next week in the first tranche of Covax facility consignment to… Read More

2 years ago

Ghana Receives First Shipment of Covid-19 Vaccine through Covax

Ghana this week became the first African country to receive a shipment of coronavirus vaccines through the World Health Organisation’s… Read More

2 years ago

Covid-19: Pfizer to Cut Vaccine Production Time By 50%

American drugmaker Pfizer has said it plans to reduce the amount of time it takes to produce a batch of… Read More

2 years ago

Nigerian Markets Last Week: New Covid Vaccines Lift Oil Prices, CBN Holds Monetary Rates

The Nigerian Markets report for the week ended January 29, 2020. It captures indexes that gauge performance across a number… Read More

2 years ago

Oil Prices Get Boost from New Novavax & J&J Vaccines

Reports surrounding two new vaccines – from Johnson & Johnson and Novavax – succeeding in the final stages of clinical… Read More

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