Covid vaccines
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Africa
Christian party in South Africa marches against mandatory Covid vaccines
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) in South Africa marched to the Constitutional Court on Thursday to oppose “mandatory” coronavirus…
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Africa
Top Nigerians join ‘Call from Africa’ on need for more Covid vaccines
Call comes as African continent lags behind in vaccination rates, with cases rising UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelique Kidjo and other…
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Africa
Money seized from Equatorial Guinea VP to be spent on Covid vaccines
The US justice department says that $26.6m (£20m) seized from Equatorial Guinea’s Vice-President Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue will be spent…
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Africa
African countries destroy 450,000 Covid vaccines
A total of 450,000 Covid vaccine doses have been destroyed in nine African countries, a World Health Organization (WHO) official…
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Foreign
Covid: India vaccinates eight million in a day
India has launched a new vaccine drive, announcing a record eight million jabs on the first day of the programme.…
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Foreign
Palestinians cancel Covid vaccine swap deal with Israel
The Palestinian Authority has cancelled a deal under which Israel was to give it at least one million Covid vaccine.…
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Health
Gbajabiamila warns against playing politics with Covid-19 vaccines
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged all Nigerians to rally behind the Federal Government to…
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Health
Vaccine: CACOVID wants to scuttle purchase of 1m doses – BUA
BUA Group has accused the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) of trying to scuttle its purchase of 1million doses of AstraZeneca…
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Health
Nigeria to procure 80 million doses COVID-19 vaccines – Fayemi
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Ekiti Gov. Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, revealed that about 80 million…
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Foreign
Covid vaccine: WHO warns of ‘catastrophic moral failure’
The world is on the brink of “catastrophic moral failure” because of the unequal distribution of Covid vaccines, the head…
