Tag: Covid-19
Nigeria’s COVID-19 caseload creeps to 56,735
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 131 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Thursday, increasing the caseload…
Covid-19 pandemic has just begun: WHO envoy Nabbaro
The world is still “at the beginning” of the COVID-19 pandemic and is “not even at the middle,” a WHO…
Indian hospitals scramble for oxygen as COVID-19 cases top 5million
India’s COVID-19 cases surpassed the 5 million mark on Wednesday, with hospitals scrambling for oxygen that they need to treat…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 death toll now 1,083
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) at midnight on Monday said that the death toll from COVID-19 pandemic in…
17 lawmakers test positive for COVID-19
By (Xinhua/NAN) As many as 17 Indian Members of Parliament (MPs) tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, the first day…
Trump lied and 200,000 Americans died
Close to 200,000 Americans, the highest in the world , have died from COVID-19 precisely because President Trump was busy…
Fresh lockdown in UK city of Birmingham
The city of Birmingham will experience another round of lockdown from next Tuesday, after COVID-19 cases exploded.
Nigeria records 197 new cases of COVID-19
Nigeria has recorded 197 new cases of COVID-19, which take the total infections in the country to 55,829 on Thursday…
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine trial result to be known by year-end
Pascal Soriot, the CEO of AstraZeneca has said the company should know before the end 2020 whether its experimental vaccine…
Biden, Pelosi blast Trump for admitting downplaying COVID-19 impact
Opposition figures have lambasted U.S. President Donald Trump after he admitted downplaying the severity of the coronavirus pandemic in the…
COVID-19 scammers on the loose: Nigerian govt. warns
Tourism and culture industry players in Nigeria have been warned about scammers pretending as government licensed consultants for post-COVID-19 palliatives.
Over 900,000 worldwide die from COVID-19
Over 900,000 people around the world have died from COVID-19, according to various tallies on Wednesday night. Worldwide cases also…
Hadi Sirika releases list of items that help fight COVID-19
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has released list of items that could help in fighting and defeating COVID-19 pandemic.
AfDB approves $27.33m for African Union’s COVID-19 Response Initiative
The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors on Wednesday approved $27.33 million in grants to boost the African Union’s (AU)…
Boris Johnson sends COVID-19 marshals on UK streets to enforce Rule of 6
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday that his government will from next Monday unleash on the streets of…
How Nigeria can avoid second wave of COVID-19 infection
By Abujah Racheal Nigeria can avoid a second wave of COVID-19 infection if all citizens adhere strictly to safety protocols,…
COVID-19 protocol violators made to sit in caskets
A task force set up to ensure compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols has punished violators by ordering them to sit…
COVID-19 vaccine setback: AstraZeneca, Oxford pause trial
AstraZeneca Plc, along with Oxford University researchers, has put a hold on the late-stage trial of its highly-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine…
Spain hits COVID-19 milestone, first in Western Europe
Spain on Tuesday hit a COVID-19 milestone, posting over 500,000 cases of confirmed coronavirus infections.
Israel shuts schools, slams curfew in 40 COVID-19 hot spots
Israel announced on Tuesday a partial lockdown on dozens of cities, schools and communities to battle a surge in COVID-19…
COVID-19: India breaks daily death record
India has reported its highest single day death toll so far from the coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease it causes.
India overtakes Brazil in COVID-19 cases, now second to US
India's COVID-19 cases surged past 4.2 million on Monday, overtaking Brazil as the country with the second-highest number of cases…
Nigeria spends N30.5b in fighting COVID-19: A-G Ahmed Idris
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris has revealed that Buhari's Federal Government spent N30.5 billion in combating COVID-19.
India set to topple Brazil in COVID-19 case records
With another world record 90,000 cases of COVID-19 reported on Sunday, India is now set to topple Brazil as the…
Oba Ogunwusi gives COVID-19 warning
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has cautioned Nigerians against relaxing in the observation of necessary protocols as COVID-19…
192,000 Americans killed by COVID-19, to hit 200,000 in 7 days
COVID-19 pandemic has now killed 192,012 Americans, with fresh 984 deaths by Friday night, according to the tracking by worldometers.info.
Nigeria reports 3 deaths, 156 new COVID-19 cases
On the eve of resumption of international flights, Nigeria reported 156 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, 25 more than the…
COVID-19 kills 20 in Kaduna as Nigeria’s new cases tumble to lowest
Nigeria recorded its lowest number of COVID-19 cases, since March, just 125 across the entire nation. But the euphoria over…
Brazil records over 4 million COVID-19 cases
Brazil's COVID-19 caseload overshot the 4 million mark on Thursday, with 43,773 new cases and 834 deaths reported in the…
COVID-19: Three Accelerators to help health services respond faster
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the world: dominating our mindscape, international discourse, national budgets and overwhelming global health systems