ThursdayHeadlines 13th of August 2020 1. Fed Govt pumps N8.5b to boost COVID-19 tests - 2. UNILAG VC rejects removal by council - 3. Ex-U.S. ambassador Carrington dies at 90 - Kingbiodun_ Naija_PR
Rusia to produce 5m vaccine doses monthlyThe Federal Executive Council approved the money at Wednesday’s meeting for the purchase of 12 assorted items by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control .
He said: “COVID-19 has exposed the challenges in the two critical sectors of our economy and those sectors actually shape development everywhere around the world – health and education sectors.Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehanire, told reporters after FEC meeting that the cash will help the country address community transmission of the pandemic, which has affected 586 Local Government Areas.
“We are procuring these materials to be able to respond properly to community transmission phase,” he added. On the disregard for COVID-19 protocols at the All Progressives Congress campaign in Edo State and the funeral rites of Senator Buruji Kashamu, the health minister said “there is something the laws says, the law says you must hold election at certain time and then watch what the needs of health has brought forward.
Sanwo-Olu in a condolence message by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said Oke’s demise was a big loss to the state.The governor described him as a fine gentleman; a loyal party man and a committed democrat, who had a deep understanding of local government administration and political landscape.”
Russia may be able to produce five million doses of its new COVID-19 vaccine monthly by December, the Director of the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Alexander Gintsburg, said on Wednesday.
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