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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…
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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%…
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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…
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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…
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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’…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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