The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency has given a vaccination waiver for individuals aged 16 and 17 to enable them to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The agency said this in an advisory made available to journalists on Thursday. “The NPHCDA…
After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave driven primarily by the Omicron variant is flattening, marking the shortest-lived surge to date in the continent where cumulative cases have now exceeded 10 million. As of 11 January, there have been…
A new study has indicated that some COVID-19 vaccines may affect the length of a woman’s menstruation. The research found that after getting a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, some women’s menstrual cycles increased by one day longer than usual.…
The Lagos State Government has announced the availability of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines at the designated public and private vaccination centres in the state. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, through his official…
Scientists in South Africa have detected 32 COVID-19 mutations in a 36-year-old woman with advanced HIV. The scientists disclosed their findings in a study published as a pre-print on medRxiv on Thursday. The scientists also reported that the woman had…
Dr. Kingsley Amibor is a consultant clinical pharmacist and chairman of Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria. In this interview with ADEBAYO FOLORUNSH FRANCIS, he says the use of Ivermectin in the management of COVID-19 should not be…
The World Health Organisation says the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that other sectors are crucial to preparing for health pandemics. It noted that the viral pandemic has confirmed that pandemic preparedness is not a job for only the health sector.…
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,723,381 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT Sunday. At least 172,873,850 cases of coronavirus have been…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 920 new infections of COVID-19 in the country, with six deaths in 24 hours. The NCDC made this known via its verified Twitter handle @NCDCgov in the early hours of Sunday. The…
Pharmaceutical firms must be “very transparent” about the risks and benefits of vaccines in efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic, the head of Asia’s largest drugmaker has said. “We have to manage the situation well, be very transparent and extremely…