Tag: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
FG reveals important update on reports of COVID Variant XEC in Nigeria
In a statement released on Saturday, Mr. Alaba Balogun, Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations at the Ministry of…
Gabon faces COVID-19 resurgence – minister
"A total of 5,964 cases of seasonal flu were reported during the period from Oct. 6 to Nov. 9. During…
Japanese PM Kishida contracts COVID-19, now in isolation
Kishida, 65, is only displaying mild symptoms of the virus and was able to attend a meeting remotely from his…
Somali president Mohamud contracts COVID-19
Some members of the president’s delegation had earlier tested positive for COVID-19 during their stay in Dubai, UAE.
Cambodia becomes COVID-free
Cambodia has so far vaccinated at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccines to over 15 million people or 94 per…
North Korea says COVID-19 explosion under control
It marked a third consecutive day the daily figure stayed below 200,000 and the first time for the North to…
Nigeria records 230 new COVID-19 cases – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the country registered 230 additional COVID-19 infections in 13 states and the…
COVID-19 strikes 536 Nigerians on New Year’s Day
NCDC said 12 states and the FCT Abuja reported the new COVID cases.
Omicron less vicious than other variants – Report
A professor of clinical microbiology at Cambridge, Ravi Gupta said there are still challenges ahead despite the seemingly positive findings.
NCDC records 2 deaths, 197 Covid-19 cases
With the new deaths, NCDC revised the fatality toll to 2,980 and confirmed cases also increased to 214, 513.
3.4m Nigerians fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director, NPHCDA, disclosed this during the inauguration of mass vaccination exercise for Nasarawa State on Friday…
COVID-19: NCDC registers 144 new infections, five deaths
By Abujah Racheal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said it had registered 144 new COVID-19 infections across…
89 new COVID-19 infections, one death: NCDC
Till date, 209,387 cases have been confirmed, 197,312 cases have been discharged and 2,838 deaths have been recorded in the…
Australia’s Victoria tops 1,000 daily COVID-19 cases
State health authorities said Thursday that 1,438 cases - all locally transmitted - had been recorded the previous day. Five…
Covid-19 kills 25 people in Lagos in 3 days
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said the state recorded 25 COVID-19 related deaths and 401 infections…