Nigeria gets $400 mln in World Bank financing for COVID-19
NIGERIA has received approval for $400 million in World Bank financing to procure and deploy COVID-19 vaccinations, the bank said
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COVAX scheme
Lockdown looms for Nigeria’s Delta
THE governor of Rivers State in Nigeria’s oil-producing Delta region said he may be forced to reimpose COVID-19 lockdown measures
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Tanzania launches vaccination drive
TANZANIA’S President Samia Suluhu Hassan received her COVID-19 vaccine in public, in the most decisive signal yet of a break
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Nigeria adds SA to its COVID-19 ‘red list’
NIGERIA is adding South Africa to its “red list” of countries for which there are stringent restrictions for arriving passengers,
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WHO urges rich countries to donate
THE World Health Organization has urged rich countries to reconsider plans to vaccinate children and instead donate COVID-19 shots to
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France kicks off Europe’s vaccine donations to poorer states
FRANCE will soon become the first European Union member to send some of its own COVID vaccine supplies to developing
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Tunisia, Palestinians among 1st COVAX recipients
AIDAN LEWIS THE Palestinian territories and Tunisia will benefit from a first wave of coronavirus vaccines from the COVAX scheme,
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Poor countries to start vaccinating in February
The World Health Organization has reached an agreement with Pfizer/BioNTech for 40 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine and should
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WHO close to vaccine deal for the poor
EMMA FARGE and STEPHANIE NEBEHAY THE World Health Organization is in advanced negotiations with Pfizer to include the firm’s COVID-19
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Nigeria aims for 42 million vaccines
FELIX ONUAH NIGERIA hopes to get 42 million COVID-19 vaccines to cover one-fifth of its population through the global COVAX
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