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Prime Minister BORIS JOHNSON says the United Kingdom is “building up their own long-term UK manufacturing capabilities” for Covid vaccines. JOHNSON said Novavax is going to make a vaccine and GlaxoSmithKline will also finish and bottle vaccines both in the North East. The Prime Minister at a Downing Street briefing said they would provide between […]
German Chancellor ANGELA MERKEL has defended the EU’s decision to procure coronavirus vaccines jointly as the bloc struggles with delays in rollout. European Union leaders are holding virtual talks to discuss vaccine supplies and improving distribution across the 27 nations. Pressure is mounting upon them to deliver after other countries, like the United Kingdom, achieved […]
German Chancellor ANGELA MERKEL has cancelled plans for a strict lockdown over Easter, just a day after the measures were announced. Calling the plan, a “mistake”, MERKEL said she took “ultimate responsibility” for the U-turn. The proposed lockdown was agreed with regional leaders in talks overnight on Monday, with restrictions set to be tightened between […]
The World Health Organization, WHO, has revealed that Nigeria ranks high among African countries suffering Tuberculosis as about 28 thousand persons falls ill to the disease in Nigeria. Head of WHO in Rivers state, CHINENYE OKAFOR made this known at the 2021 World TB Day Organized by the Rivers state Ministry of Health. OKAFOR said […]
Rivers State Ministry of Health says it has achieved 64 percent of the global fund target for Tuberculosis control between 2019- 2020 . The Commissioner for Health, Professor PRINCEWILL CHIKE, made this known the World Tuberculosis Day broadcast in the state. CHIKE noted that 4,521 persons were successfully diagnosed and treated in 2020, assuring that […]
Pakistan is set to purchase its first 1 million-plus doses of Chinese Sinopharm and CanSino COVID vaccines by the end of March. The minister in charge of pandemic operations, ASAD UMAR said the government was in talks to purchase another seven million doses of the vaccines. The consignment is the first purchase of vaccines by […]
The Rivers State Ministry of Water Resources and Rural Development has revealed over 2-point-2 billion people worldwide do not have potable water, as the activities to mark World Water Day takes centre stage. The Commissioner for Water Resources and Rural Development, TAMUNOSISI GOGO-JAJA disclosed this in an interview with Correspondent CHINWENDU NWANI. GOGO-JAJA described water […]
THE COVID-19 death toll in Turkey has risen to over thirty thousand. Meanwhile, health ministry data showed the total number of cases topped 3 million, weeks after the country started easing restrictions. According to the figures, the country recorded 102 deaths, bringing the total to thirty thousand and sixty one. Local media indicate that it […]
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has directed the Minister of Health to ensure effective use of Global Fund’s provision of 890-million-dollar health fund. President BUHARI said the fund, which is spread over 2021-2023, is to support Nigeria’s fight against HIV-AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. BUHARI issued the directive at the virtual launch of the grant, for the period […]
The Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, of the Central Bank of Nigeria is opposed to another round of coronavirus lockdown. CBN Governor GODWIN EMEFIELE, who made this known in Abuja at the end of the first MPC meeting in 2021, said the Bank would work with the fiscal authorities to revamp the economy by working on […]
