Volunteers have begun being immunised with a new UK coronavirus vaccine, developed by Professor Robin Shattock and his colleagues, at Imperial College London. About 300 people will have the vaccine over the coming weeks. The initial tests in animals suggest the vaccine is safe and triggers an effective immune response. Experts at Oxford University have […]
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10 employees of Atlanta-based Delta Airlines have died of coronavirus (COVID-19), while 500 others have tested positive. Ed Bastian, chief executive officer of the airline, confirmed the spread of the disease among its employees during the company’s annual shareholder meeting. “We lost 10 employees to the coronavirus; every one of them breaks my heart,” he said. “Among […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 452 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of the cases in the country to 21,371. NCDC gave the figure on Tuesday night through its official Twitter handle. The agency said that the new cases were from 14 states, with seven deaths recorded on June […]
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Nigeria on Monday recorded 675 new cases of Coronavirus. The NCDC confirmed this through its official twitter handle on Monday. A breakdown of the cases are, Lagos-288 Oyo-76 Rivers-56 Delta-31 Ebonyi-30 Gombe-28 Ondo-20 Kaduna-20 Kwara-20 Ogun-17 FCT-16 Edo-13 Abia-10 Nasarawa-9 Imo-9 Bayelsa-8 Borno-8 Katsina-8 Sokoto-3 Bauchi-3 Plateau-2. As of Monday 22nd June, the total Coronavirus […]
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The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu has said no state in Nigeria is free from the pandemic called COVID-19. Ihekweazu admitted this at the presidential task force briefing on Monday. According to the NCDC boss, states need to boost up testing to discover people with the virus that are […]
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The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), on Sunday announced 436 new cases of COVID-19, taking the total infection in Nigeria to 20,244. According to the agency in a tweet, of the new cases, 169 were recorded in Lagos, 52 in Oyo and 31 in Plateau. Other affected states are Imo with 29 cases, Kaduna […]
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 661 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday to bring the total number of the virus in the country to 19,808. NCDC made the announcement on its website late Saturday said 6718 cases have been discharged and 506 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital […]
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The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 pandemic has said that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, remains one of the hotspots where community spread of the virus is prevalent. The Chairman of PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, made this known on Friday, while receiving a donation of Personal […]
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Nigeria on Friday recorded 667 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, pushing its total infections past the 19,000 mark. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said Lagos reported the highest number of new cases with 281, Abia with 48, Oyo with 45, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with 38 cases. Other states […]
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Nigeria on Thursday recorded its highest single-day coronavirus (COVID-19) infections with 745 new cases. This was revealed in a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). According to the NCDC, Lagos State had the highest number of infections for the day with 280 cases and is followed by Oyo and Ebonyi states with […]
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