Tag: coronavirus
COVID-19 strikes ex-lawmaker, Maikano Rabiu dead
Veterinary doctor and former House of Representative member, Dr. Abdullahi Maikano Rabiu has reportedly died of the coronavirus disease.
No student will be accommodated on campus: UI
The management of the University of Ibadan (UI) has made a clarification that it will not accommodate any student on…
734 doctors die of COVID-19 in India
India’s main association of physicians, on Thursday, said more than four times as many doctors had died than the government…
Panic as Anambra monarchs undergo COVID-19 test
As part of measures to stem the tide of the spread of the pandemic in the state, some traditional rulers…
Confirmed Lagos COVID-19 infections now 50,310: Commissioner
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in the state now…
Australian Open players, staff to undergo COVID-19 test
Up to 600 players, officials, and staff for the Australian Open must quarantine until they provide a negative coronavirus test.
GlaxoSmithKline, CureVac to develop vaccine for COVID-19 variants
British pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline and German vaccine developer CureVac announced a collaboration on Wednesday to create next generation COVID-19 vaccines…
COVID-19 strikes NYSC resident officer dead
There was an outbreak of serious panic among the staff of the National Youth Service Corps on Tuesday after COVID-19…
COVID-19: Pakistan administers Sinopharm vaccines to health workers
A drive to administer the China-donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to frontline healthcare workers was formally kicked off across Pakistan on…
NDDC donates palliatives to Bayelsa vulnerable groups
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Tuesday donated 2,170 bags of rice as palliatives to women organisations, youth groups…
Japanese PM extends state of emergency period
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, on Tuesday, said he will extend the state of emergency for Tokyo and other regions…
COVID-19: Ghana to vaccinate 17m people by June – Akufo-Addo
Ghana is on course to get at least 17.6 million people vaccinated against COVID-19 pandemic by the end of June,…
COVID-19: Oxygen demand in Lagos increased – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that the demand for oxygen by coronavirus patients has increased to 400 cylinders…
COVID-19: Tunisia reports 1,417 new cases
Tunisian Health Ministry, on Sunday, reported 1,417 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to…
COVID-19: Lagos to test Ivermectin’s efficacy
The Lagos State Government said it will deploy Ivermectin drug in a short clinical trial to ascertain its efficiency to…
COVID-19 vaccine delayed because of politics, logistics – FG
Nigeria said the first batch of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 is delayed because of “politics and…
Oyetola calls for adherence to COVID-19 protocols
Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has advised residents of the state to always adhere strictly to COVID-19 guidelines to…
Ex-police commissioner dies of COVID-19
A retired Commissioner of Police, Yomi Onashile, has died of coronavirus complications while receiving treatment at the Olodo Isolation Centre,…
Famous Lagos DJ, Babus bows to COVID-19
Famous Lagos disc jockey, Babatunde Bello aka DJ Babus, has died of the dreaded COVID-19.
NGO distributes fertilizer to Kaduna poor communities
Development and Peace Initiative (DPI), an NGO, has distributed 160 bags of fertilizer to indigent households in eight communities of…
UK suspends flights with UAE, Burundi, Rwanda over COVID-19
United Kingdom bans flights to and from United Arab Emirate, Burundi and Rwanda over the spread of the Coronavirus.
NOA takes COVID-19 campaign to Ibadan public schools
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Oyo, on Thursday took sensitisation campaign on COVID-19 to some public primary and secondary…
Red Cross urges frontline health workers, others to observe COVID-19 protocols
Mrs Adebola Kolawole, the Chairman, Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), Lagos State branch, has called on frontline health workers and…
COVID-19: Buhari tells agency to bridge research, technology gap
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja directed the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to work towards…
COVID-19, an advancement of malaria – Kogi speaker
Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Mathew Kolawole, said Gov. Yahaya Bello’s insistence that COVID-19 was a ruse was to…
COVID-19: No Cross River corps member tested positive – NYSC
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Cross River said no corps member has tested positive to COVID-19 in the…
COVID-19: Reopening of Ugandan schools on hold
Schools and institutions of higher learning in Uganda still remain closed as the country grapples with a surge in Coronavirus…
New, more ‘virulent’ COVID-19 strain from U.K. – Expert warns
Dr Anthony Fauci, a U.S.’s top infectious-disease expert, on Sunday said authorities should assume the worst about a new strain…
COVID-19: Ethiopia reports 469 new cases
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health on Sunday said the country registered 469 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the past 24 hours,…
Mexican president tests positive for COVID-19
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced on Sunday on Twitter that he had tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19).