The Enugu State Government says it will deal decisively with individuals or groups found dissuading residents against accepting and receiving vaccinations.
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The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), said it will collaborate with the Federal Government to fight diseases associated with animals following two cases of anthrax reported in Nigeria.
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and the Lagos State Government Wednesday continued sensitisation and vaccination of animals across the state in the fight against Anthrax disease.
The Kwara Government has commenced administration of Oral Polio vaccines for children in Lafiagi, Edu Local Government Area of the State.
Yobe has commenced the vaccination of cattle and other livestock against anthrax in four local government areas of the State bordering Niger Republic.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Federal Government had imposed a Dec. 1 deadline to its workers to get the COVID-19 vaccination or be refused entry into their offices.
Jimoh, an SSS 1 student of Elite Comprehensive School, Auchi, made the call on Sunday in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo, at the launch of her book, titled: “Year 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic.”
The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said this on Thursday.
Oyenuga, Deputy Head, COVID-19 Vaccination Local Information Officer, Ogijo Primary Health Centre, Ikorodu, made the suggestion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, on Tuesday.
Adeboye spoke at his church’s monthly Holy Ghost convention held on October 1, coinciding with Nigeria’s independence.
Sam Adurogboye, the General Manager, Public Relations of the authority said this in a statement in Lagos on Thursday.
The protesters, who grounded vehicular movement in the metropolis, carried placards bearing inscriptions as: ‘We need security in Edo, not vaccine’; ‘We will resist any form of executive rascality’; ‘Hunger is killing us, not COVID-19’; ‘Obaseki obey court order’; ‘My body is my right’; ‘Share COVID-19 palliative’.
The NCDC confirmed this in an update on the pandemic on its Facebook page on Saturday morning.
Abimbola Durojaiye, first and eldest son of the family, told the News Agency of Nigeria in an interview on Tuesday in Lagos, that getting vaccinated became necessary, following the death of their father.
“Well once you’ve had the vaccine, you have a feeling of, you know, you’re protected, which is why I think is very important. As far as I can make out it was quite harmless. It was very quick,” the Queen said in a video conference uploaded on Twitter.
Olusanya explained that vaccination campaign is aimed at promoting awareness of rabies among dogs and cats since rabies is a deadly disease mostly transmitted to humans through infected dogs’ bites, which can result in fatalities if not treated early.
The donation, according to Mupita, will help secure up to seven million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for health workers across the continent.
Last week, the UK became the first country in the world to grant emergency use approval to a candidate vaccine produced by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German firm BioNTech.
“Certainly, it is necessary to conduct a separate clinical study, which has not been carried out yet,” Gintsburg said at a roundtable on COVID-19, hosted by the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency.
“In the next two weeks, the first packages of the COVID-19 vaccine will be received, first of all for the medics,” Murashko said in comments carried by state news agency TASS.