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Nigeria to reserve 50% of AstraZeneca supply due to anticipated delay
FAISAL Shuaib, executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, has said that only…
India records 352,000 new daily COVID-19 cases, 2,812 deaths
INDIA on Monday saw a new global record of 352,991 daily new COVID-19 infections as a second wave of the pandemic…
905m COVID-19 shots administered worldwide – Report
NO fewer than 905 million COVID-19 shots have been administered worldwide, according to Our World in Data (OWID)…
Zimbabwe limits gatherings during independence holiday to cut COVID-19 spread
THE Zimbabwean government says gatherings of more than 50 people will not be allowed during the country’s 41st independence…
Kwara govt. acquires inverter freezers to preserve vaccines
THE Kwara Government has acquired interverter freezers, generators, and stabilizers for the State Cold Store, to preserve…
COVID-19: Nigeria records 83 new case, no deaths in 7 days
THE Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said Nigeria recorded 83 new cases of COVID-19 with no fatalities recorded from…
British scientists warn COVID-19 cases will rise despite vaccine
A group of scientists, which serves as adviser to the British government over the handling of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak,…
Deeper cooperation needed to end COVID-19, economic scarring
ECONOMIC recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has begun in some parts of the world, but many vulnerable nations remain…
Nigeria records 135 new COVID-19 infections, total now 163,330
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 135 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections…
COVID-19: NCDC records 106 new infections, total now 162,997
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 106 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections…
J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine batch fails to meet U.S. FDA quality standards
A batch of Johnson and Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine failed quality standards and can’t be used, the drug giant has said…
NCDC records 129 infections, total hits 162,891 with 2,057 deaths
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 129 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections…
COVID-19: Biden urges Americans to maintain precautions amid signs of new surge
U.S. President Joe Biden implored Americans to maintain precautions and expanded federal efforts to vaccinate the country as…
2 Poland players test positive for corona-virus ahead of England match
TWO Poland players have tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier against England, Polish football…
Czech Lab discovers new COVID-19 mutation
THE Elisabeth Pharmacon Lab has discovered a new strain of the coronavirus, Czech biologist Omar Sery, who is the company’s
COVID-19: NCDC records 104 new Infections, 7 deaths
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 104 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections…
Zambia settles for AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
ZAMBIA has settled for the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines to be administered in the first pillar of the…
COVID-19 origin-tracing not only focus on particular location, time, – expert
COVID-19 origin-tracing work should not only focus on a particular location or certain time, rather there should be a global…
Philippines records highest daily COVID-19 cases
THE Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) Friday reported 9,838 new COVID-19 infections, the highest ever daily tally…
Vaccine: 26 African countries receive 15m COVAX doses – UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Tuesday, said 26 African countries had received 15 million COVID-19 doses…
Japan records 1st case of mother-to-new-born COVID-19 transmission
A newborn in Japan is believed to have contracted COVID-19 from the mother in what may be the first case of mother-to-baby…
Ethiopia reports 1,994 new COVID-19 cases
ETHIOPIA registered 1,994 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 183,863 as of Friday…
Controversy trails AstraZeneca vaccine
WITH the pronouncement of the World Health Organisation and other experts on the safety of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine,…
Austria breaks 2021 daily record of coronavirus cases
AUSTRIA has broken the record for daily Coronavirus cases since the beginning of this year again, with 3,515 new infections…
Georgia reports nurse’s death after AstraZeneca vaccination
A nurse was reportedly dead on Friday after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine in Georgia’s southwestern city of Akhaltsikhe on…
Vaccinations not enough to stop COVID-19 3rd wave – German health minister
A third wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections has hit Germany and it will not be stopped by vaccinations alone, the German
UK set to undershoot towering COVID-19 borrowing forecast
BRITAIN’S record-breaking borrowing to pay for the coronavirus crisis is likely to be a little lower than forecast….
COVID-19: NCDC confirms 135 new infections, total now 161,409
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 135 new infections, bringing the number of infections in the country to…
Countries object to mandatory virus testing on foreigners in S/Korea
BRITAIN formally protested to South Korea, on Thursday, about regional rules singling out foreign workers for mandatory coronavirus…
WHO reacts to suspension by some EU countries of COVID-19 vaccine, says it’s safe to use
THE World Health Organization (WHO) said in Geneva on Wednesday that some countries in the European Union (EU) temporarily…
1st Vietnam’s homegrown COVID-19 vaccine to be available for use before December
NANOCOVAX, Vietnam’s first locally-developed coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, is expected to be ready for use domestically…
Philippines re-imposes entry restrictions amid COVID-19 surge
THE Philippines on Wednesday announced new travel restrictions for foreigners as authorities scrambled to contain a surge…
COVID-19 Vaccines: WHO admits small fraction of people may have allergic reaction
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) says the agency is aware that a small fraction
of people – around one person in every…
India logs worst daily spike in Coronavirus cases
INDIA recorded 26,291 new Coronavirus cases on Monday, its highest single-day spike this year, taking the total caseload to 11,385,339,
Netherlands halts use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
THE Netherlands says on Monday that it has joined the list of countries suspending the use of AstraZeneca’s Coronavirus (COVID-19)…