CDA FitzGibbon reiterated the need for all eligible persons to come out and receive their COVID-19 vaccinations
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Ikharo Attah, Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to the FCT Minister, made the clarification.
This disclosure is contained in a leaked US classified document.
Governments on the continent of over one billion people have been pushing for more vaccine deliveries as inoculation rates lag richer regions, increasing the risk of new variants such as the Omicron coronavirus now spreading across South Africa.
Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha announced the requirement for federal employees to vaccinate or ensure they bring negative vaccine tests from three-days-prior validity. It seemed like a tall order pointing in only one direction. The regulation would take effect from 1 December 2021, more than six weeks from now.
All three new A380s to be delivered will be fitted out with Emirates’ much lauded Premium Economy cabin as well as its latest A380 cabin interiors and signature features including private suites and Shower Spas in First Class, the popular Onboard Lounge, fully flat seats in Business Class, and the industry’s largest seatback screens for customers in all cabins to enjoy the airline’s extensive selection of entertainment content on ice.
A statement by the British High Commission in Nigeria on Friday said the additional donation to Nigeria brought the total number of vaccine doses donated by the UK to 1,292,640.
The minister made the clarification during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.
Ayuba Pam, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Pam, said this in statement on Saturday in Jos.
The collaboration between Standard Chartered and Afreximbank will help ensure that 55 countries across Africa have access to COVID-19 vaccines. This facility will play a part in ensuring that Africa can achieve its COVID-19 strategy, which targets vaccinating a minimum of 60 per cent of Africa’s population.
The Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, made this known at a news conference on Tuesday.
UNCTAD in a report jointly issued with the UN World Tourism Organisation stated that the estimate was based on losses caused by the pandemic’s direct impact on tourism and the ripple effect on related sectors.
In a boost to the African Union’s target to vaccinate 60 per cent of the continent’s population by 2022, the World Bank and the AU announced that they are partnering to support the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team initiative with resources to allow countries to purchase and deploy vaccines for up to 400 million people across Africa.
It said that at a meeting with the Vice President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission unveiled the selection of Ghana as a possible manufacturing hub for COVID-19 vaccines in Africa.
According to the latest report released on Monday, May 3, by the apex bank, the reserves, which had been fluctuating, rose from $34.85bn as of April 1 before returning to a downward path in the middle of the month.
The NPHCDA disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Sunday.
A deal was reached with Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac after Messi donated three signed Barcelona shirts, with the deal brokered by Uruguay president Luis Lacalle Pou.
The President of NIDS, Prof. Dimie Ogoina, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja, allaying fears about the coronavirus vaccines.
“Although progress is being made, many African countries have barely moved beyond the starting line,” Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, said in a statement issued in Nairobi late on Thursday.
Falconi is the third Health Minister to resign in some 40 days.