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COVID-19 testing halts in 13 states, Delta variant surging to unvaccinated Nigerians

Temitope Nlewemchi — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 10:01:55 +0000

There were indications on Thursday that at least 13 states had stopped testing for COVID-19 despite the impending third wave of the disease propelled by the highly infectious Delta strain. Epidemiological data obtained from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control showed that since the first case of the Delta variant was reported on July 8, [...]

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Vaccinate 10% of your population by September, WHO tells country leaders

Temitope Nlewemchi — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 03:06:12 +0000

Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged leaders of all countries to vaccine at least 10 percent of their population by September. The WHO DG said this on Friday in his opening remark at the media briefing on COVID-19. Speaking at the virtual briefing, the WHO boss said that this [...]

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Lagos Govt Set To Vaccinate 1.5m Dogs Against Rabies

Adewale A. — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:26:47 +0000

Lagos State Government confirms it would vaccinate no fewer than 1.5 million dogs in the next two weeks during its current free anti-rabies vaccination campaign in the state to prevent unwanted deaths. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya stated this today at the flag-off of the vaccination campaign held at the palace of [...]

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Abuja People Really Came Out For Our Polio Vaccination – Mathew Ashikeni

David Folami — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 07:02:15 +0000

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said it has immunised about 800,000 under five children against polio during the just concluded Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Week in Abuja. Dr Mathew Ashikeni, the Executive Secretary, FCT Primary Health Care Development Board, disclosed this on Wednesday. “We gave virtually all vaccines required for children [...]

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Over 4.5 Million Kids To Get Free Vaccination Against Polio – Ambode

David Folami — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 11:38:26 +0000

Akinwunmi Ambode, Governor of Lagos state during a meeting with Olufemi Onanuga, special adviser on Primary Healthcare stated that over 4.5 million children within the ages of 0 – 5 will benefit from the free vaccination against polio. Ambode added that the Lagos state government will mount 752 fixed posts, use 2,189 house-to-house team members [...]

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