The United States on Monday approved Covid-19 vaccines with formulations that more closely target currently circulating variants, as infections are once more on the rise. The new approvals relate to updated vaccines produced by Moderna and Pfizer that correspond to an Omicron sublineage. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concluded that the benefits of receiving the shots outweigh the risks …

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, received $9,261,920 grant from the Canadian government to support the scale-up of COVID-19 vaccine service among high-priority risk groups and to strengthen the health system in Nigeria. At the launch of the Canada Global Initiative for Vaccine grant in Abuja, the High Commissioner of Canada to Nigeria, Jamie Christoff, said the project was another example …

With the strengthening of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) vaccines produced in Nigeria, including those for COVID-19, they will be of internationally acceptable standard, the Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has vowed. During an oversight visit to the NAFDAC facilities and COVID-19 laboratory projects in Lagos by the House of Representatives Committee on COVID-19 last …

Lagos State Government has flagged off the COVID-19 Scales 0.3 Vaccination Campaign aimed at ramping up the records of the 25 percent profile of its population who have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. With the support of the Federal Government through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), for the provision of the vaccines, the state government called …

The World Bank has approved a loan of €454.4 million (about US$474.4 million) to help South Africa fund COVID-19 vaccine purchases. In a joint statement, the bank and South Africa’s National Treasury said South Africa had recorded the most coronavirus cases and deaths on the African continent, with over 3.9 million confirmed cases and more than 101,000 deaths. South Africa …