This is contained in a circular signed by Dr Adebimpe Adebiyi, the Director, Department of Hospital Service, Federal Ministry of Health, on behalf of the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire in Abuja.
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The ministry also dispelled any possibility of COVID-19 vaccines being available for sale or being administered by any unauthorised institution in the country.
Commissioner for Health, Dr Bashir Bello, made this known on Wednesday in Ibadan while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the weekly state’s Executive Council meeting.
It was the first time in the history of its operations that Emirates had operated a cargo only flight on a passenger aircraft.
The WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, announced this at the bi-weekly news briefing on COVID-19 at WHO headquarters in Geneva.
The governors made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, the Head, Media and Public Affairs of NGF Secretariat.
Some of them, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in separate interviews, said that they preferred provision of food, security and other social amenities to the vaccine.
He stated this on Tuesday while featuring on a PUNCH Live interview.
Dr Emmanuel Akabe, Deputy Governor of the state gave the confirmation on Tuesday while inspecting vaccines storage facility at the central medical store in Lafia.
The WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the call at the biweekly news briefing on COVID-19 at the WHO headquarters in Geneva.
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the commission, Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan, stated this at a news conference to mark the one year in office of the Fourth Board of NAHCON, held at Hajj House, Abuja on Friday.
The governors, in a statement on Wednesday by Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, the Head, Media and Public Affairs of NGF Secretariat, said the emergency meeting would be held virtually.
Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this at a State House briefing in Abuja on Thursday.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, and made available to newsmen in Benin on Wednesday.
The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, said that the Federal Government planned to cover 70 per cent of Nigerians within two years.
The strategy, named T.E.A.C.H, was initiated by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) in collaboration with the federal ministry of health.
Speaking on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Monday, Mamora said receiving the vaccine is not a license to disregard the already established COVID-19 travel protocol.
“We are told that by the end of this month, which is about 10 days from now, we shall get the vaccines,” the Minister said.
The BUA Group announced the development in a statement on Monday.
The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday.