Nigeria's COVID-19 vaccination, other health stories published last week

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President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo received jabs of the COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday.

This makes Nigeria the third Africa country to benefit from the COVAX facility after Ghana and Ivory Coast.

Cyprian Ngong, a medical doctor, became the first person to receive a jab of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines in Nigeria. Three other health workers also received jabs during the National flag-off of COVID-19 vaccination at the National hospital, Abuja, on Friday.The House of Representatives has urged the federal government toand Guinea following reports of Ebola outbreak in the countries.

In a report released on Thursday, UNICEF said the affected children had been caged at home for at least nine months since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Director-General of the West African Health Organization , Stanley Okolo, made this known at the 5th Regional Steering Committee meeting of the Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement Programme held virtually on Saturday.President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday

 

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