Seven countries have so far fully suspended the AstraZeneca vaccinations
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The Incident Commander in the State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, kicked off the vaccine rollout programme after he got the first jab of the serum supplied by the Federal Government
The WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the call at the biweekly news briefing on COVID-19 at the WHO headquarters in Geneva.
WHO Regional Office for Africa said this in a statement issued from its headquarters in Brazzaville, Congo on Thursday.
Mustapha, who is also the Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, made the disclosure on Saturday in Abuja while evaluating the country’s fight against the disease
The WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, in a speech posted on the UN agency’s website on Friday, stated that the number of deaths had also reduced.
The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, made the disclosure at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing on Monday in Abuja.
The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja.
Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the agency’s Regional Director for Africa, gave the warning during a briefing on Thursday.
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The scientist was one of two experts in the 15-member team who had been denied entry after testing positive for coronavirus antibodies during a layover in Singapore, which possibly indicated a previous infection.
WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, made this known during COVID-19 news conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva.
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Moeti made this known in a statement posted on WHO Regional Office for Africa website.
WHO chief clinician Janet Diaz told a press conference from Geneva that there was no clear evidence that the use of remdesivir reduced the risk of death or the need for oxygen support.
Since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was announced on February 27, 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control along with the Federal Ministry of Health and other stakeholders have evolved measures to check the spread of the virus.
Bello, a physician at the National Hospital, Abuja, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja on the occasion of the World Diabetes Day (WDD), which has “The Nurse and Diabetes” as the theme for 2020.
The statement said: “Measles killed an estimated 207,500 people in 2019 after a decade-long failure to reach optimal vaccination coverage, resulting in the highest number of cases for 23 years.
WHO made the disclosure in a statement issued on Wednesday from its Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo.