The President of the Nigerian Medical Association , Professor Innocent Ujah , on Wednesday , says there will be increase in Covid infections as schools reopen amid the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic . The NMA president spoke on a PUNCH Online interview programme , The Roundtable. Schools in the country reopened on Monday […]

Zimbabwe’s Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo has died after succumbing to COVID-19, the government says. Born in 1960, the former army general gained international prominence in 2017, when he announced the military takeover that ousted long-serving President Robert Mugabe from power. Zimbabwe has recorded a surge in COVID-19 cases since the festive season. There have been […]

The UK coronavirus strain has spread to at least 60 countries, the World Health Organization reported on Wednesday, after US President-elect Joe Biden led a moving tribute to American victims. Covid-19 has claimed more than two million lives globally since it was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan more than a year ago, […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,301 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 113,305. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. “1,301 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-551 FCT-209 Oyo-83 Plateau-65 Kaduna-64 Enugu-61 Rivers-44 Ondo-39 Benue-37 Akwa Ibom-31 Kano-19 Delta-18 Gombe-18 […]

Lagos State Governor , Mr . Babajide Sanwo- Olu, on Tuesday, said any malaria- like symptoms should henceforth be considered as COVID – 19 virus infection unless and until proven not to be one. He , therefore , advised that anyone with such symptoms should proceed to any of the state’ s public health facilities […]

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, says the decision to reopen schools is in the best interest of “our children”. Schools were initially scheduled to reopen on January 4 but the resumption date was postponed over rising COVID cases. The federal government later approved January 18 for school reopening in the country, with a directive of […]

US President – elect Joe Biden ’ s spokeswoman quickly dismissed Donald Trump’ s announcement Monday that a Covid-19 ban on travelers arriving from much of Europe and Brazil would be lifted , underlining the fractious transition of power . “ On the advice of our medical team, the Administration does not intend to lift […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,617 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 112,004. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Monday. “1,617 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-776 Kaduna-147 Kwara-131 FCT-102 Plateau-78 Edo-59 Ogun-53 Osun-45 Rivers-37 Taraba-36 Nasarawa-34 Adamawa-33 Kano-26 Delta-20 […]

The Ministry of Finance has released N10 billion to support domestic vaccines production to tackle COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made the disclosure at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) COVID-19 briefing on Monday in Abuja. Ehanire said: “The Ministry of Finance has released N10 billion to support domestic […]

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 pandemic has assured that unless vaccines are safe and effective, they will not be administered on people in the country. Chairman of the task force and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, who gave the assurance, on Monday, during the task force’s media […]