Tag: Covid-19
COVID-19: NCDC releases Nigeria’s lockdown data
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has released the Nigeria lockdown Data for the COVID-19 Africa Challenge.
COVID-19 Update: Nigeria records 6 deaths, 226 cases
With the update, the number of Nigeria's confirmed infections is now 208,630. Death toll has also risen to 2,767, while…
Africa’ s COVID-19 infections grossly undercounted: WHO warns
The WHO puts the number of all infections on the continent at 59 million, over seven times more than the…
86% of COVID-19 infections in Africa go unnoticed – WHO
About 86 percent of all coronavirus infections in Africa go unnoticed, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday.
COVID-19 caused rise in TB deaths for first time in decade – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said deaths from Tuberculosis (TB), one of the top infectious killers in the…
Civil servants to show COVID-19 PCR test or vaccination proof from 1 Dec.
Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to Government of the Federation, said that the move was to improve vaccination rate…
Covid-19: 9 more deaths recorded as FCT, Kaduna lead new cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 284 additional COVID-19 infections with nine related deaths across 19 states…
Cuba’s COVID-19 deaths, cases continue to drop
For the past two weeks, the number of active COVID-19 cases on the island has dropped from 34,172 to 16,975,…
COVID-19 breather for Nigeria: Zero death, 138 new cases
The NCDC said that the number of active cases in Nigeria now stands at 9,386, slightly lower than the 9,404…
COVID-19 kills 19 Nigerians on Independence Day eve
There were 281 additional COVID-19 cases in 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), NCDC said.
Covid-19: Nigeria logs 12 more deaths as Rivers leads new cases
No fewer than 296 new infections and 12 COVID-19 related deaths were recorded in the country in the past 24…
COVID-19 infections in Lagos surpass 76,000
Prof. Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, said the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in the state stands at…
Bolsonaro’s son, 2 cabinet members contract COVID-19
Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina, Solicitor General Bruno Bianco and Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro all confirmed their diagnoses via social media or…
2 dead, Abuja, Lagos, Anambra lead COVID-19 cases
ccording to NCDC data, 17 states accounted for the 433 cases logged for the day. Overall confirmed cases have now…
COVID: US approves BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine boosters for at-risk groups
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Coronavirus booster vaccinations with BioNTech/Pfizer’s drug for the elderly and at-risk groups.