The World Health Organisation (WHO) says African countries may miss the goal of vaccinating 10 percent of their most vulnerable populations against COVID, before the end of September. WHO Africa, in a statement on Thursday, said new data shows that 42 out of Africa’s 54 nations may miss the target with the current pace of delivery and […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that there was no record of Indian COVID-19 variant in the state, as was speculated on social media. The governor stated this in Benin on Friday at a news conference to provide an update on COVID-19 response in the state. Obaseki was represented by the state Permanent […]
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The Government of Lagos State has said all its facilities have been placed on high alert to pick up early trends that may suggest a third wave of COVID-19 in the state. Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Commissioner for Health in the state, on Monday in a statement said the state was set to take steps […]
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The Government of Edo state has reviewed the curfew imposed in the state over Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), which will now be from 12 midnight to 5 a.m., instead of 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., which most Edo residents had complained about. Hon. Philip Shaibu the deputy Governor, disclosed that reviewing the curfew was in view […]
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Poorer countries will most likely “bear the brunt of hundreds of thousands of needless deaths” from inequalities in access to Covid-19 vaccines. This dire warning was given by the Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland in a video address to the High-Level Segment at the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 23 […]
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The United Kingdom has reported new cases of a likely vaccine-resistant variant of the coronavirus, said to have emerged from Nigeria. Described as the B1525, a report by researchers at the University of Edinburg, traces the earliest discovery of the variant to December 29, 2020. At least 29 sequences of the B1525 reported in the […]
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The Management of one of Nigeria’s top airline , Air Peace has announced that the UAE Government had stopped passengers’ airlifting from Nigeria to Dubai as part of its COVID-19 measures. The airline’s Spokesperson, Mr Stanley Olisa, made the announcement in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Olisa, however, said that flights bringing Nigerians back […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday revealed that China’s support tremendously strengthened Nigeria’s effort against COVID-19. The President also expressed satisfaction with the progress made so far as China-Nigeria relations clock 50 years. Buhari thanked China for its support in defence matters and infrastructural development of Nigeria. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government says every Nigerian is at great risk of contracting the COVID-19, declaring that everybody has to be vaccinated in order to defeat the pandemic. Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce PTF on COVID-19 who is also Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha made it known on Monday in […]
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The Government of Osun State has announced the discovery of five cases of the deadly B117 strain of COVID-19 in the state. The B117 strain of COVID-19 was first recorded in the United Kingdom. This is coming barely five days after the Chairman Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, PTF, Boss Mustapha announced that Nigeria has […]
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