Tag: COVID-19 vaccines
UN Undersecretary-General says failure to share COVID-19 vaccines with global south...
…UN Undersecretary-General Winnie Byanyima says denying life-saving vaccines to people of colour is a form of “policy violence” amounting to racism
…She joined a panel...
WTO DG Okonjo-Iweala welcomes breakthrough on COVID-19 vaccine waiver
…The European Union, India, South Africa and the United States is an essential element to any final deal
WED 16 MARCH, 2022-theGBJournal| World Trade Organization...
COVID-19 Variant: Okowa urges Nigerians to embrace vaccination
TUE 30 NOV, 2021-theGBJournal- Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on Nigerians to take the COVID-19 vaccines, saying that vaccination was safe...
EU leaders react to new, scary COVID-19 variant first detected in...
FRI 26 NOV, 2021-theGBJournal- The World Health Organisation (WHO), said today that it will take a while to understand the impact of the new...
UK changes travel rules for travellers from Nigeria to England
…Fully vaccinated travellers from Nigeria will now be able to visit England without needing to take multiple COVID-19 tests or self isolate
TUE 12...
Fifteen African countries hit 10% COVID-19 vaccination goal
…Seychelles and Mauritius have fully vaccinated over 60% of their populations, Morocco 48% and Tunisia, Comoros and Cape Verde over 20%
THUR 30 SEPT,...
Japan gives UNICEF $39 million for vaccine cold chains in Nigeria,...
TUE 15 JUNE, 2021-theGBJournal- Nigeria UNICEF will work with the government to provide cold chain equipment in priority storage sites based on gap analyses,...
How we can prevent more deaths from COVID-19
By Rich Lesser, CEO, Boston Consulting Group
TUE 08 JUNE, 2021-theGBJournal- With countries around the world struggling and India setting new, devasting records for COVID-19...
COVID-19 has reshaped last-mile logistics, with e-commerce deliveries rising 25% in...
…New analysis finds a 25% rise in consumer e-commerce deliveries in 2020, with some of the increased demand expected to last well beyond the...
Gaps remain in countries readiness to deploy COVID-19 vaccines-World Bank
Assessments by World Bank and partners provide insights into more than 120 countries’ readiness to safely distribute vaccines
THUR 18 MARCH, 2021-theGBJournal- As countries undertake...