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ensure covid 19The Nigerian Medical Association and the National Association of Resident Doctors have urged the Federal Government not to politicise the COVID-19 vaccination. The medical associations advised the government to ensure that the vaccine gets to the people that need it, rather than politicians that can afford it.

The NMA and NARD said the vaccines are meant for Nigerians and not for some special persons. The associations called for transparency in the distribution and prioritisation of COVID-19 vaccination in the country.

why anyone whoAn Assistant Professor of Biology at the Penn State University, David Kennedy, says skipping the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine could lead to mutation and allow the virus to spread. Another expert warned that the second dose of vaccine gives you the most protection and prevents you from becoming seriously ill and/or hospitalised due to COVID-19.

This is even as experts say Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and other COVID-19 vaccines require two doses each. For instance, the recommended dosage for the AstraZeneca vaccine is two doses given intramuscularly (0.5ml each) with an interval of eight to 12 weeks, according to the World Health Organisation.

oncologistAs mass vaccination against COVID-19 continues across the globe, oncologists have allayed fears over a recent side effect of the vaccine that resembles symptoms of breast cancer. They noted that the side effect, which appears like swollen lymph nodes and is being mistaken for breast lumps, is the body’s normal response to the vaccine.

The experts revealed that the side effect has been associated with the mRNA vaccines and can be detected through mammograms and other imaging machines. The experts, in a report published by USA Today, urged patients intending to undergo a mammogram to carry out the procedure before getting a COVID-19 vaccine or to have the two well-spaced out.

over 2millionAbout 2.3 million Nigerians have registered on the online registration portal for COVID-19 vaccinations, Nigeria’s primary healthcare agency boss said on Wednesday. “In less than 24 hours, 2.3 million Nigerians have registered to take the vaccines and the numbers keep increasing,” Faisal Shuaib said during a Channels TV interview.

Osindeinde Ademilayo Abodede, a healthcare worker, was the first to register for the vaccine, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said in a Tweet on Monday. Her appointment was scheduled for March 12 in Abuja.

Thursday, 04 March 2021 16:17

Reps Raise Alarm Over Second Wave Of Ebola

reps raiseThe House of Representatives has warned of a second outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the country, urging the country’s health officials to embrace preventive measures. The House gave the warning on Wednesday in plenary, after adopting a motion on the subject, sponsored by Rep. Idem Unyime(Akwa Ibom-PDP).

The motion is entitled: “Urgent Need to Create Immediate Public awareness to Combat Possible outbreak of Ebola Virus, and to take measures to avoid the same”. In his motion, Rep. Idem, who represents Ukansfun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State, while presenting his motion, recalled that “Ebola Virus Disease (commonly known as “Ebola”)

fg 1The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has convened a meeting with commissioners for health in the 36 states as part of efforts to ensure effective sharing and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr Nimkong Lar, and his counterpart in Cross River State, Dr Betta Edu, who disclosed this in separate interviews without correspondent on Wednesday, said the meeting would hold in Abuja on Thursday (today).

fully vaccinatedThe United States Centres for Disease Control says people who have been fully vaccinated can gather indoors with other fully vaccinated people without wearing a mask. In the new guidance released on Monday, CDC said those who are fully vaccinated can also gather indoors with unvaccinated people from one other household (for example, visiting with relatives who all live together) without masks unless any of those people or anyone they live with has an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19.

People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after their second dose in a two-dose series,

only 200Marte disclosed this at the weekend when he led a delegation to the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, in Abuja. The delegation sought the federal government’s intervention in the state’s healthcare delivery system.  
Prof Marte said over 35,000 people have been killed and two million displaced as a result of the Boko Haram crisis in the state.  
He said the total cost of destruction in the state amounted to billions, adding that there was need for the federal government to support the state government in delivering healthcare to the suffering people of the state.

psn cautionsThe Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has called for caution against the use of Ivermectin in the treatment of COVID-19 even as it declared COVID-19 vaccines are safe for use in Nigeria.

The pharmacists decried that even with the availability of funds and infrastructure Nigeria cannot produce vaccines due to the absence of an effective Pharmacy law in the country. Addressing a press conference on the Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines in Lagos,

uk covid 19A new study has revealed that the B.1.17 COVID-19 variant first discovered in the United Kingdom last year has a significantly higher death rate. According to a report published by Reuters, the highly infectious variant that has spread around the world is between 30 percent and 100 percent more deadly than other dominant COVID-19 variants.

The study compared death rates among people in Britain infected with the new SARS-CoV-2 variant – known as B.1.1.7 – against those infected with other variants of the COVID-19-causing virus, scientists said that the B.1.1.7 mortality rate was “significantly higher”.

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