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Nigeria to Receive Over 41m Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines by September Ending –NPHCDA

Nigeria will get a total number of 41,282,770 doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of September 2021, says the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency. According to the NPHCDA, the vaccines will come from Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer-Bio-N Tech and Johnson & Johnson through the COVAX facility and the African Union Commission. The agency also stated that the country has officially ended the…

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U.S. Health Official Says COVID-19 Boosters Could Risk More Serious Side Effects

The United States is reviewing the need for a third COVID-19 booster shot among residents who have already been vaccinated but needs to see more data to know if additional shots could raise people’s risk of serious side effects, a U.S. health official said Tuesday. The official said the second dose for two-shot COVID-19 vaccine regimens was associated with higher rates of side effects, suggesting…

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Nigeria Confirms First COVID-19 Delta Variant

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has detected a confirmed case with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2. The variant was detected in a traveller to Nigeria, following the routine travel test required of all international travelers and genomic sequencing at the NCDC National Reference Laboratory, Abuja. The NCDC disclosed this in a statement made available…

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No Delta Variant of COVID-19 Yet in Nigeria, Says NCDC

The Nigeria Center For Disease Control has said Nigeria has no case of the COVID-19 Delta variant that was first detected in India. The NCDC Director-General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this at the national briefing of the COVID-19 Presidential Steering Committee on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the variant has been identified in at least 92 countries and is…

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Unwise Summer Travel Could Lead to ‘Autumn of Worry’ – German Minister

German Health Minister, Jens Spahn, has called on citizens to keep an eye on the pandemic situation in countries they plan on travelling to. The travel advice is coming, particularly in the light of the spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus. “I appeal to all travellers to inform themselves carefully about the incidence of infection, to accept test offers and to take the quarantine…

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'Two COVID nations': Delta Variant Threatens Sections of the Country where Vaccination Rates Lag

‘Two COVID nations’: Delta Variant Threatens Sections of the Country where Vaccination Rates Lag

No state has been as successful in its vaccination effort as Vermont, with 64 percent of its population fully inoculated against the coronavirus. Other Northeastern states, including Massachusetts, Maine and Connecticut, are not far behind, with rates of about 60 percent of residents who have been fully vaccinated. By contrast, only 28.9 percent of Mississippians are fully vaccinated against…

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Delta Variant Could Cause Next COVID Wave: "This Virus Will Still Find You"

Delta Variant Could Cause Next COVID Wave: “This Virus Will Still Find You”

Whether it’s airports, NBA games, or concerts, crowds are gathering across the nation as Americans start a return to pre-pandemic life. But with just 45% of Americans fully vaccinated and only 16 states that have fully vaccinated more than half of their populations, health experts are worried about the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. It is 60% more contagious than the Alpha…

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