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More countries engaging in coronavirus vaccine facility – WHO
The World Health (WHO) Organization says 172 countries are currently engaging with the COVAX Global Vaccines Facility, the largest and most diverse COVID-19 vaccine...
India to make COVID-19 vaccine available to Ghana – High Commissioner
The Indian Government will make available to Ghana and the rest of the world, three vaccines for coronavirus disease that are currently under trial.
The...
Kenya to engage Russia over vaccine
Health officials in Kenya have said they will engage Russia over its Covid-19 vaccine, radio station Capital FM reports.
This is after Russia became the first...
Coronavirus: Putin says vaccine has been approved for use
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said a locally developed vaccine for Covid-19 has been given regulatory approval after less than two months of testing...
Coronavirus: Putin says vaccine has been approved for use
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said a locally developed vaccine for Covid-19 has been given regulatory approval after less than two months of testing...
UK signs deal for 60 milllion virus vaccine doses
The United Kingdom (UK) government has signed a fourth coronavirus vaccine deal, securing up to 60 million doses of an experimental treatment being developed...
Oxford coronavirus vaccine can train immune system
A coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford appears safe and trains the immune system.
Trials involving around 1,077 people showed the injection led...
Coronavirus: Russian spies target vaccine research
Russian spies are targeting organisations trying to develop a coronavirus vaccine in the United Kingdom (UK), United States (US) and Canada, security services have...
WHO calls for equitable access to future COVID-19 vaccines in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa joined immunization experts in urging the international community and countries in Africa to take concrete actions to...
Oxford researches feel COVID-19 pandemic will end on its own; won’t need a vaccine
Oxford researches feel COVID-19 pandemic will end on its own; won't need a vaccine
It has been over six months since we first heard of...
India’s second COVID-19 vaccine cleared for human trials
In some positive development, Indian pharmaceutical company, Zydus Cadila received the green signal from The Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) to start phase...
Oxford University tests coronavirus vaccine in South Africa
The first clinical trial for a vaccine against COVID-19 has been going on in South Africa as well as the United Kindom (UK) and...
India’s first Covid-19 vaccine candidate cleared for human trials
Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for human trials, making it India’s first domestic candidate to get the green light from the government’s...
Who would be the first to get a Covid-19 vaccine?
Probably people in the country where the first effective vaccine is developed.
About a dozen different vaccines are in various stages of testing worldwide, including...
Coronavirus: How long does it really take to get a vaccine ready? We explain...
Will we get a vaccine to fight COVID-19 this year?
The world over recorded one of the biggest spikes in COVID-19 cases yesterday (June 23)...
South Africa to start Africa’s first coronavirus vaccine pilot
South Africa has rolled out the continent’s first coronavirus vaccine trial this week.
The university leading the pilot has said, as the country grapples with...
Nigerian researchers announce Covid-19 vaccine
A team of Nigerian scientists has announced the discovery of a preventive vaccine against the novel coronavirus, local media reported Saturday.
“It is our passion...
China to prioritise Africa once coronavirus vaccines are ready
China has promised to give priority to African countries once COVID-19 vaccines are ready to use.
The Chinese President Xi Jinping was quoted by the...
Coronavirus vaccine: The first vaccine may not prevent you from getting COVID
Desperation for a way to keep economies from collapsing under the weight of Covid-19 could mean settling for a vaccine that prevents people from...
Coronavirus – all you need to know as breakthrough human vaccine trials to start...
Scientists at Imperial College London will start human trials for a new coronavirus vaccine next week as a Government spokesperson described their progress as...
Monkeys, ferrets offer needed clues in coronavirus vaccine race
The global race for a COVID-19 vaccine boils down to some critical questions: How much must the shots rev up someone's immune system to...
Fact-Check: Has President Akufo-Addo signed a Bill Gates coronavirus vaccine pact?
Social media commentary captured in a news publication here claims that Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has committed Ghana to a vaccine pact to receive...
With multiple Coronavirus vaccines still in works, Russia to roll out its first COVID-19...
Russia will start giving its first drug approved to treat COVID-19 to patients next week, its state financial backer told Reuters, a move it...
4 Indian coronavirus vaccines to begin human trials soon
In the global race to develop a potential vaccine for coronavirus, India is not that far behind. In a recent development, four Indian vaccines are...
Coronavirus vaccine status update: Here is everything you need to know
Coronavirus vaccine status update: Here is everything you need to know
Countries across the globe are desperately scrambling for a cure for novel coronavirus in...
Coronavirus vaccine status: Stages of COVID-19 vaccine development in India
8COVID-19 vaccine status in India explained
The number of COVID-19 infection cases has breached the 1.40 lakh mark in India as of today (May 26)....
Coronavirus vaccine trial Phase 2 – who it involves and what it means for...
The second phase of the trial of the coronavirus vaccine tipped to be the ‘front runner’ in the fight against COVID-19 has started today.
The first phase...
A new drug can stop coronavirus ‘without vaccine’, say Chinese researchers
The world is waiting for a vaccine that will put an end to the aggressive hold of coronavirus across countries.
Lives have come to a halt,...
Scientists to produce up to 1bn doses of coronavirus vaccine from September
AstraZeneca has said it has the capacity to manufacture one billion doses of the University of Oxford 's potential Covid-19 vaccine and will begin supply in September.
The pharmaceutical...
Coronavirus: Why Africans should take part in vaccine trials [read]
There have been numerous scare stories about trials for a coronavirus vaccine being carried out on people in Africa.
However, scientists say that it is...
Coronavirus: Moderna vaccine trial shows promising early results
The first coronavirus vaccine to be tested in people appears to be safe and able to stimulate an immune response against the virus, its...
COVID-19: Vaccine developers need to take their time
The fast pace at which various laboratories are working on vaccines against Covid-19 carries both promise and peril. On Monday, Moderna Therapeutics Inc. announced...
Here are the 9 top contenders for coronavirus vaccines
Here are the 9 top contenders for coronavirus vaccines
Even as countries toy with the idea of relaxing lockdown and restarting life in the COVID...
Coronavirus vaccine: Animal trial offers hope
A vaccine against coronavirus appears to have provided protection against the disease Covid-19 in six rhesus macaque monkeys.
It gives early hope for the vaccine, which is...
Coronavirus: Bishop Oyedepo makes revelation on vaccine
Pastor of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, has kicked against the bill before the House of Representatives which has been a source of...
COVID-19 vaccine status: These 4 coronavirus vaccines are leading the race
Nations around the world have closed their borders and ordered a strict lockdown in order to avoid further pressure on the already overwhelmed medical...
Compulsory coronavirus vaccines in the UK, other rumours fact-checked
We’ve been fact-checking the most widely shared dubious coronavirus claims this week.
There’s no mandatory vaccine law in UK
First, we’ve looked at a widely shared...
China conducts first successful coronavirus vaccine test on monkeys
While the government and scientists all over the world are trying to develop an effective vaccine against the deadly coronavirus, which has claimed lakhs of...
Ghana to find vaccine for Covid-19 – Prof Alex Duodu
The Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Professor Alexander Duodu, is optimistic Ghana can help find a vaccine for the deadly novel coronavirus...
Why not test COVID-19 vaccine on senior govt officials first? – Social justice advocate...
Social justice advocate, Martha Wangari Karua, has come out to strongly oppose the testing of the coronavirus vaccines on Kenyans.
On Saturday, the Kenyan politician, who...