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The Federal Government has on Monday announced that fully vaccinated travellers coming into Nigeria will no longer be required to take a pre-departure PCR COVID-19 test. The Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee, Boss Mustapha disclosed this during a press briefing of the PSC, announcing a revision of the International Travel Protocols. Mustapha, however, said the fully vaccinated travellers will be subjected to a free rapid antigen test at the airport by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NSCDC) has reported that 60 out of 1,229 Nigerians evacuated from Ukraine tested positive for COVID-19. The 60 were among the 62 cases announced for the FCT Abuja by the NCDC on Wednesday.
“A backlog of 62 cases reported for FCT from 8th (3) and 9th (59) March 2022.”

The Federal Government has announced the rolling out of the Johnson & Johnson single dose vaccine in the country. The minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire made the disclosure during the launch of SCALES 2.0 Strategy for the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 vaccination, noting that the strategy entails the integration of the COVID-19 vaccination with childhood routine immunization for eligible adults of 18 years and above as well as children of age zero to two, respectively.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has selected Nigeria and five other African countries to start their own production of mRNA vaccines.

A United States patient with leukemia has become the first woman and third person to be cured of HIV, this was made possible after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS. The case of a middle-aged woman of mixed race, is the first involving umbilical cord blood, a recent approach that may avail the treatment to more people. Since receiving the cord blood to treat her acute myeloid leukemia, the woman has been in remission and free of the virus for 14 months, without the need for antiretroviral therapy.

President Muhammadu Buhari launched a N62 billion HIV/AIDS Trust Fund to assist Nigeria end the public health threat of AIDS and also to ensure more people living with HIV are being treated annually.