COVID-19 cases remain low in Kandiyohi County, but delta variant could be on its way
While cases remain low in west central Minnesota, health officials feel it s just a matter of time before the highly transmissible COVID-19 delta variant is found here. State and local officials urge people who aren t vaccinated to get their shots now. 4:11 pm, Jul. 23, 2021 ×
A nurse prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine during a drive-through public vaccine clinic in early March 2021 in Willmar.
Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune file photo
WILLMAR West central Minnesota has had few new COVID-19 cases reported in recent weeks.
However, area health officials are keeping an eye on the delta variant which is spreading quickly in other parts of the country.
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By Chioma Obinna
LAST weekend, the World Health Organisation, WHO denied the purported media report of the disqualification of Nigeria from the vaccine through the Pfizer-BioNTech COVAX facility. Nigeria will now benefit from the 16 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine allocation.
However, criticism trails Nigeria’s exclusion as the 100,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines expected to arrive in Nigeria this month was no longer feasible.
Good Health Weekly spoke to a renowned Medical Laboratory Scientist and a Public Health Analyst, Dr Casmier Ifeanyi.
Ifeanyi said Nigeria is yet to get its act together in the procurement of vaccines. For him, while queuing behind WHO/COVAX facility is good, Nigeria should rise up and build capacity in-country for sustainable production of vaccines. Excerpts: