FG, commissioners meet over sharing of 3.9million vaccine doses today

• Kano expects 155,000 doses • Delta plans to vaccinate three million residents • We’ve received our consignment – Edo • No state has received allocation – Agency • We…

Athletes top priority for COVID-19 vaccine – NOC

Secretary-General of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Olabanji Oladapo, says Nigerian athletes who have qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will be given special consideration when the distribution of…

States gear up as Nigeria gets 3.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Nigeria on Tuesday received 3.94 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID – 19 vaccine. The vaccine was received through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Assess Facility (COVAX). COVAX, an initiative co-led…

RBREAKING: COVID-19 VACCINES ARRIVE NIGERIA

Nigeria has received nearly four million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. UGAMATV learnt that COVAX shipped 3.94 million…

Cross River to deploy drones to supply healthcare materials

The Cross River Health Insurance Agency plans to use drones to deliver health materials to rural areas, the Director-General, Mr Godwin Iyala, said in Calabar on Monday. He said the…

No COVID-19 vaccines for under-18 Nigerians

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said that Nigerians under the age of 18 years will not receive the COVID-19 vaccines in the country. The Minister of State…

BLOOD GROUP DIET

Have you ever heard that eating a diet based on your blood type: O, A, B, or AB can help with weight loss and prevent diseases? Yes, blood group diet affects…

THE TRUTH ABOUT ANOREXIA.

There’s nothing glamorous or fun about anorexia nervosa; it’s a mental illness, not a lifestyle choice. Saying someone chooses to be anorexic is like saying one chooses to suffer from cancer.…

Lawan, Gbajabiamila, others to get COVID-19 vaccines Monday

THE Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaibu, on Monday unveiled the Federal Government’s rollout plan for the COVID-19 vaccines that would be arriving in the country…

NMA faults NPHCDA’s registration portal for COVID-19 vaccination

THE Federal Government on Monday launched the electronic registration platform to enable eligible Nigerians get vaccinated against the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, performed the launching…