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Nigeria: With Arrival of Covid-19 Vaccines, Govt Steps Up Vaccination Campaign
This Day, 3 March 2021
The federal government yesterday stepped up campaigns towards the vaccination of Nigerians against COVID-19 just as it took delivery of 3.94 million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Receives 3.94 Million Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines
Premium Times, 2 March 2021
The COVID-19 vaccines arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport at about 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday. Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Begins Online Registration for Covid-19 Vaccination
Vanguard, 1 March 2021
Ahead of the delivery of 3,924,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, Nigerians can now register online for vaccination via the website of the National Primary… Read more »
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Nigeria: Covid-19 Vaccines Shipped By Covax Arrives Nigeria
Leadership, 2 March 2021
Nigeria, on Tuesday received 3.94 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) and shipped via the COVAX Facility. Read more »
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Nigeria: Covid-19 - Nine Things to Know About Oxford/Astrazeneca Vaccine Arriving Nigeria
Premium Times, 2 March 2021
Nigeria is one of 92 countries that will receive the free Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccines through COVAX. Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Launches Strategy for Effective Covid-19 Vaccination
Premium Times, 1 March 2021
"Our goal is to introduce COVID-19 vaccine in a phased and equitable manner, based on advice of the WHO...," an official said. Read more »
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Nigeria: Consider Us Among First to Receive Covid-19 Vaccines - Waste Pickers
Daily Trust, 2 March 2021
Waste and scrap pickers in Nigeria on Monday asked the federal government to consider them among the frontline workers to first get the COVID-19 vaccines as Nigeria receives the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Covid-19 - Buhari, Osinbajo to Pick Dates to Be Vaccinated Publicly - Official
Premium Times, 2 March 2021
On Saturday, March 6, "key strategic leaders will receive the first dose of the vaccine". Read more »
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Nigeria: Again, Nigeria Records 'Low' Daily Infections With 360 New Cases
Premium Times, 2 March 2021
The total number of COVID-19 infections in the country is now 156,017, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Read more »
Nigeria Receives Covid-19 Vaccines as Online Registrations Begin
Nigeria is the third West African country to take delivery of AstraZeneca vaccines - 3,9 million doses- under the COVAX scheme, after Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. The government has launched an online registration portal for vaccinations, with the health ministry confirming that the goal is to introduce the vaccine in a phased and equitable manner, based on advice from the World Health Organization. The vaccines are part of the overall 16 million doses to be delivered in batches over the next few months. Health workers at the forefront of the Covid-19 fight are expected to be the first recipients of the vaccine, followed by the elderly above 60 - 65 years and those with comorbidities. Nigeria has recorded 156,017 Covid-19 cases, 133,904 recoveries and 1,915 deaths.
InFocus
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A survey conducted by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and the Institute for Medical Research in September and October 2020 suggests that rates of infection from ... Read more »
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One of Africa's largest conglomerates, the BUA Group, has paid for one million doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines for Nigeria through the African Export Import Bank (Afrexim Read more »
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Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation with over 200 million inhabitants, has at February 2, 2021, seen 131,918 infections, 106,275 recoveries and 1,607 deaths. The government has ... Read more »
A medic prepares a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to be administered to a patient (file photo).
