Tag: Covid-19
WHO data: Global COVID-19 cases top 200 million, deaths 4.25 million
Globally, as of Thursday, there have been 200,174,883 confirmed cases, including 4,255,892 deaths, reported to WHO.
Covid-19 kills over 6000 people in Africa in 7 days
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday that weekly deaths from COVID-19 in Africa had reached a record peak…
Covid-19 kills 11 Nigerians in 24 hours; infections surge
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday reported 566 additional COVID-19 infections due to a surge in the…
COVID-19 infections rise for 4 consecutive weeks globally
COVID-19 infections have continued to rise globally for more than a month now, with over four million cases reported in…
Nigeria records highest daily Covid-19 cases in 5 months
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday recorded 747 fresh cases of COVID-19 infections.
Nigeria amasses more COVID-19 cases as Delta variant spreads
COVID-19 average test positivity rate is estimated at six per cent and the active cases at 7,969
U.S. hands over 4million doses of Moderna vaccine to Nigeria
The U.S Mission to Nigeria has stated that the 4,000, 080 Moderna vaccines doses donated to Nigeria was part of…
Sanwo-Olu raises alarm: COVID-19 killing 6 persons daily in Lagos
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday raised the alarm over rising COVID-19 death in Lagos, saying the virus has…
Covid-19: Lagos records 6 deaths, 519 cases in 48 hours
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said the state recorded six COVID-19 related deaths within two days…
NYSC: 21 prospective corps members test positive for Covid-19
21 prospective corps members of the Batch ‘B’ stream (I) orientation course posted to Taraba State have tested positive for…
Akwa Ibom now Nigeria’s leading COVID-19 hotspot after Lagos
Akwa Ibom state has become the latest hotspot for COVID-19 infections, outside of Lagos as the third wave of the…
Tokyo Olympics: 21 new COVID-19 cases reported
Olympics organisers on Saturday reported 21 new cases of COVID-19 linked to the Tokyo Games.
Covid-19: Lagos takes 74% of new cases; 2 deaths recorded
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 213 additional new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in…
Olympics: Three athletes, others test positive for COVID-19
Tokyo Olympics organisers have reported 16 new COVID-19 cases linked to the Games, and three athletes were among those who…
Covid-19: Nigeria records 184 new cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the country recorded additional 184 COVID-19 infections as of July 22.
COVID-19 kills 4 million in India, death toll under-reported
India's COVID-19 death toll is up to 10 times higher than the nearly official 415,000 fatalities, a report by Center…
Report: COVID-19 fuels domestic violence, forced marriage
Deteriorating economic conditions since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled an increase in domestic violence and forced marriage in…
Covid-19: Again, Lagos takes lion’s share of new cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced additional 143 new COVID-19 cases, with one death.
Lagos records 4 COVID-19 related deaths in 4 days
Lagos State recorded four COVID-19 related deaths between July 14 and July 17, the state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin…
NAFDAC: Why we didn’t approve herbal medicine for COVID-19
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has given reasons why it has yet to approve…
NCDC: COVID-19 still a menace, new cases recorded
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned Nigerians against a false belief that they are no longer endangered by…
Covid-19: Lagos racks up 228 cases in 48 hours
The data released by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that Lagos state registered 228 new cases of…
Nigerian Olympic official hospitalised for COVID-19 in Tokyo
A Nigerian Olympic official has become the first visitor to the Tokyo Games to be admitted to hospital with COVID-19,…
HIV increases risk of severe COVID-19 infection – WHO
A new World Health Organisation (WHO) report has confirmed that HIV infection is a significant independent risk factor for both…
Rwanda goes into lockdown from tomorrow
Rwanda will from tomorrow put the capital Kigali and eight other districts across the country under lockdown as COVID-19 cases…
Senegal alarmed by rising COVID-19 cases
Senegal is alarmed by an "unprecedented" surge in COVID-19 cases, after reporting a record 733 cases on Wednesday.
A-Z of Delta variant, why nations are scared
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the Delta variant of COVID-19, which triggered UNILAG shutdown Wednesday is now in 111…
Babafemi Ojudu: The world is in turmoil
South Africans are on the street looting like there will be no tomorrow. Not even caskets, dildos, and living animals…
Lagos records highest COVID-19 cases in weeks
Lagos has again accounted for the bulk of daily COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, logging 119 out of the 154 for…
Malaysia records its highest ever COVID-19 cases
Malaysia hit an all-high new record for daily Covid-19 cases on Tuesday with 11,079 cases, reported as at noon.