Youth influencers drawn from Pankshin, Mangu, Kanam, Kanke, and Bokkos Local Government areas of Plateau central zone have been sensitized on Covid-19 Vaccine safe and Effectiveness at a townhall meeting. The town hall meeting with Youth influencers was in tandem with the project activities for Covid-19 Vaccine Public Awareness, VaccinesContinue Reading
Researchers are concerned about the new covid variant because they say it shows an “extremely” high number of mutations of the coronavirus. They have found 32 mutations in the spike protein. By comparison, the delta variant; which is considered highly infectious, shows eight mutations. While the number of mutations inContinue Reading
The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr. Paul Enenche, has stated that the compulsory vaccination mandate is from the pit of hell. Enenche made this statement on Friday, October 15; while speaking to his congregation during a programme tagged ‘Early will I seek thee’; which was aired on the official YouTube channel ofContinue Reading
The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC), on Wednesday, October 13, said that civil servants would from Dec. 1 present proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), tests conducted within 72 hours to have access to offices. The Chairman, PSC, on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha disclosed this during the presidential press briefingContinue Reading
As part of its mandate to spur individuals towards social growth and development, a Non-profit organization SpeakLife Initiative lunches a project Tagged, Climate Actions: Responding to Covid-19 (CARC19). According to a post on its official Facebook page SpeakLife Initiative, it hope to use climate action to mitigate the adverse economicContinue Reading
The Federal Government has reintroduced COVID-19 restrictions across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This new directive is to take effect by midnight of Tuesday, a member of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Dr Mukhtar Mohammed, declared. Mohammed, who is the Head of Technical SecretariatContinue Reading
Facebook has announced that it’s donating $5 million towards the Go Give One fundraising campaign established by the World Health Organization Foundation. The money will go towards the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) mechanism; which is helping to distribute COVID-19 vaccines around the world equitably. While increased vaccine production and increasedContinue Reading
The Federal Government on Sunday, March 28, dispelled reports of any fake COVID-19 vaccines; being administered or sold by unauthorised institution in the country. This is contained in a circular regarding the COVID-19 signed by Dr Adebimpe Adebiyi, the Director, Department of Hospital Service, Federal Ministry of Health, on behalf of theContinue Reading
The Federal Government has raised alarm over three thousand doses of fake COVID19 vaccines sent to Africa from China. The Director of Hospital Services of the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), Dr. Adebimpe Adebiyi, made this known in a letter dated March 26, 2021, to the Chief Medical Directors/Medical DirectorsContinue Reading
Some countries in the European Union have temporarily suspended use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine; as a precautionary measure based on reports of rare blood coagulation disorders in persons who had received the vaccine. Other countries in the EU – having considered the same information; – have decided to continueContinue Reading