Tag: Covid-19
NCDC reports zero COVID-19 case
The spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria continues to record a significant decrease as the latest statistics by the Nigeria Centre…
Lagos records uptick in COVID-19 cases
By Abujah Racheal/Abuja Lagos recorded an uptick in COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said.…
No COVID-19 death in Nigeria for 14 days: NCDC
Nigeria did not record any death from COVID-19 in the last 14 days, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed…
WHO chief Tedros worried over explosion of COVID-19 cases in Africa
World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said COVID-19 cases and deaths are rising in all regions of the world,…
COVID-19: Uzodinma inaugurates Imo Steering Committee
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has inaugurated the Imo Steering Committee on Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES)…
Tanzania to join COVAX vaccine-sharing facility – WHO
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said Tanzania plans to request to join the COVAX global vaccine-sharing facility.
COVID-19: Lagos, Gombe, Rivers log 17 new cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 17 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, with Lagos accounting for 13 of…
COVID-19 infections hit 167,078 in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has reached 167,078, as its registered 12…
U.S. COVID-19 death toll surpasses 600,000
The United States has now lost over 600,000 people to COVID-19, about 15% of the world's total fatalities of around…
Nigeria records lowest COVID-19 cases in 12 months
Nigeria recorded only seven new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, its lowest daily figure since 15 April, 2020
Global Financial Wealth soars to record high of $250trn in 2020
Global financial wealth reached an all-time high of $250 trillion in 2020 as household savings rose and markets showed unexpected…
COVID-19: Eight Venezuela players test positive
Ahead of today’s kick-off of the Copa America in Brazil, eight Venezuela players have tested positive for COVID-19.
Only Akwa Ibom, Rivers reported COVID-cases on June 12
Only two states Akwa Ibom and Rivers reported new COVID-19 cases on June 12, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC)…
Again, Ondo topples Lagos in daily COVID-19 cases
Ondo state displaced Lagos on Thursday as the state with the most COVID-19 cases, just like it did on 8th…
COVID-19 infections endure in Lagos with 9 new cases
Lagos accounted for nine out of the 11 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Nigeria on Sunday, the Nigeria Centre for…
COVID-19 kills 18 Nigerians, new cases shoot up
COVID-19 killed 18 Nigerians on Thursday and the daily cases also increased five-fold from the previous day record.
Nigeria’s active covid-19 cases plunge to 5638, first time since 2020
Active COVID-19 cases in Nigeria plunged to 5,638 for the first time since last year. This followed the discharge of…
UK reports Zero COVID-19 death, first time in 10 months
The UK today reported zero Covid-19 death for the first time in 10 months, Department of Health figures showed
Smokers face higher risk of developing COVID-19
Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of, World Health Organisation (WHO) said that smokers have up to a 50 percent higher…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 active cases now 7,657
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) said active COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has increased to 7,657
Brazilians stage nationwide protests against Bolsonaro
Brazilians staged protests against President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in at least 16 cities on Saturday
COVID-19 cases decline in India, death toll still high
India on Saturday reported 173,790 new COVID-19 cases, its lowest in 45 days and a big contrast to its grim…
Lagos, 7 other states report new COVID-19 cases
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 63 new COVID-19 cases, with Lagos in the lead with 25.
NCDC reports some uptick in COVID-19 cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 48 new cases of COVID-19, raising the caseload in the country…
Japan’s Osaka buckles under COVID-19 surge, weeks to Olympics
Weeks to the Olympics, hospitals in Japan's second largest city of Osaka are buckling under a huge wave of new…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 caseload tops 166,000
Nigeria's COVID-19 caseload topped 166,000 on Sunday after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announced 40 new cases.
Nigeria declares 90 quarantine dodgers wanted [Full List]
Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has released the names of 90 returning travellers, that it declared as 'Persons of…
NCDC updates active COVID-19 cases, Nasarawa leads
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported on 22 May 35 new cases of COVID-19 , raising the active…
India logs world record COVID-19 deaths, daily cases decline
India on Wednesday recorded an unprecedented 4,529 COVID-19 deaths, making it the highest single-day spike of fatalities anywhere in the…
India releases new COVID-19 drug
India has begun the distribution of a newly developed drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), to treat Coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms.