The Nigerian government on Monday revealed that it spent over $3.6 billion in managing the effects of COVID-19 in the country. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab

The Lagos State Government says it will resume the administration of the second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on August 30. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quotes the

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has issued a 21-day strike notice to the federal government with effect from today (Monday). This is coming as the federal government said it has

Protection against COVID-19 offered by two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines begins to fade within six months, underscoring the need for booster shots, according to researchers in

Delta Air Lines on Wednesday said employees will have to pay $200 more every month for their company-sponsored healthcare plan if they choose to not vaccinate against COVID-19. The move

A young Guinean woman, who was the first confirmed case of Ebola in Ivory Coast since 1994 has recovered from the disease, the Ivorian health ministry has said. The 18-year-old

The Nigerian government has approved the use of Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV Covid-19 vaccine in the country. Faisal Shuaib, the executive director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) made the disclosure

In Edo State now, only those with the vaccination cards or proofs of having taken, at least, their first jabs of the Covid-19 vaccines, would be granted access to public

As cases of Cholera figures continue to rise in Zamfara, Bauchi, Kano, Gombe, Plateau, Niger, Zamfara and Abuja, the Federal Government on Monday announced moves to stem the spread of

The US gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday, a milestone that could boost public confidence in the shots and spur more companies, universities and local governments to make

The Biden administration’s plan to provide Covid-19 vaccine boosters is based on concerns that a decrease in the vaccines’ ability to protect against milder infections could also mean people will

The United States is sending nearly half a million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Rwanda, including the first doses from the Biden administration’s 500 million global pledge earlier this

President of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Prof. Benedict Oramah, has disclosed that the bank will supply a total of 40 million doses of Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria

Uganda has declared a public health emergency after scientists discovered polio in samples taken from two different sewage plants in Kampala. The country was first declared polio-free in 2006 by

As part of a national campaign to provide enough nets for every Nigerian to be protected from the deadly disease every night, the US government has donated five million bed

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has contributed an additional $20 million to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Somalia to help fight against covid-19 pandemic. This

About 700,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the United Kingdom (UK) have been received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. A statement on Tuesday by the British High Commission

Ivory Coast has recorded its first case of the Ebola hemorrhagic virus in 25 years, according to the country’s health minister. On Saturday, Pierre N’Gou Dimba said on national television

 Nigeria’s federal government has taken measures to prevent senior doctors under the auspices of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MEDCAN) from joining the ongoing industrial action by